This
industrial complex is inserted into a rural rice-growing area.Flat,
regular planes with small differences of level, and rows of tall trees like
green theatrical backdrops – these are the design’s inspiration elements. The
volumes are compact and linear with flat roofs at different levels. The offices
block has a completely glazed façade with protective “eye-lids” that projects
the spaces towards the exterior. As
a follow up to this first phase completion, FDG was called on 2003 to the
design and construction of its expansion: new masterplan, new entrance scheme,
recladded outlet point and a new wharehouse. The
simple wharehouse’s structure gave space to design approach in two directions:
the interaction between ‘old’ and ‘new’ and the new ‘public facade’: a screen
of gigantic coloured pixel. Coloured modules protected with a sand-blasted glass skin
that by night reveals the window sections lit by security blue neon lights.