Vaillo - Irigaray and Associates, SLP

Pharmaceutical Factory

Pharmaceutical Factory

Pharmaceutical Factory

Vaillo + Irigaray Architects

BUDGET
Undisclosed

SIZE
3000 Sqft - 5000 Sqft

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Lecároz, Spain

TYPE
Industrial › Factory

The valley of Baztan is located in the North of Navarra, in the border with France, into a privileged environment, surrounded by mountains and composed of little villages.

Pharmaceutical Factory
Pharmaceutical Factory

The demolition of an old and famous school building, leaved an empty area for the economic development of the valley.

The construction of the first building in this site generated some concern on the population for the impact that a pharmaceutical factory might have –the first project presented by an engineering firm was too rigid and hard-.

Pharmaceutical Factory
Pharmaceutical Factory

The order comes as a request to solve the relationship between volume and environment.

The project is conceived as a reflection about the relationship between the volume and its surroundings.

Pharmaceutical Factory
Pharmaceutical Factory

In general, the valley houses are “caserios”, typical constructions of slopped roofs, of small size, and the addition of them creates the image of the villages.

In addition to that, the permanent presence of the wavy geometry of surrounding mountains.

Pharmaceutical Factory
Pharmaceutical Factory

The result is an exercise of rooftops aggregation as an interpretation of architectures addition that helps to configure a volume capable of connecting tradition and nature.

Inside, the project follows the functional requirements derived from an industrial process.

Pharmaceutical Factory
Pharmaceutical Factory

The project optimizes the resources, the volume and the circulations to allow the building to have the maximum flexibility and adaption to the processes.

Constructively the project is solved with a simple steel structure and one single material for the cladding, a drilled steel sheet, -facade and roof-, obtaining a stripped image that reminds –conceptually-, some old timber constructions blackened over time, typical of these latitudes.

Pharmaceutical Factory


Pharmaceutical Factory
Pharmaceutical Factory
Pharmaceutical Factory
Pharmaceutical Factory

Vaillo - Irigaray and Associates, SLP
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Vaillo - Irigaray and Associates, SLP
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