In the province of Naples, in a complex of industrial buildings dating back to the eighties, a company decided to establish one of its representative offices. In order to adapt this unique factory, consisting of two large vaulted volumes, the client had the need to replace the electrical system and to slightly change the layout, with a very small budget. Demolitions have been reduced to the minimum necessary, while for the office environments a process of complete masking of the previous state has been chosen. Therefore, in the offices, the electrical system was ejected from the walls in such a way that, in designing the rooms with textures with never regular rhythm, it could become the protagonist chiaroscuro of an unlikely widespread boiserie; the old floor has been replaced by a white ceramic laid "grid" that runs with a tile even on the perimeter walls, and extends to cover the vertical surfaces when needed; finally, all the furniture designed to measure for the project, have been realized in stackable structures of masonry and almond-shaped sheet or light tubular galvanized iron. In the two vaulted rooms, the problem of replacing a deteriorated plastic floor covering was an opportunity to bring to light and restore an old black floor in cement tiles mixed with bitumen; the system of the vaults has been subjected to an appropriate restoration of the plasters and windows and has proceeded to the removal of the horizontal elements to the tax. In one of these two vaulted rooms, then, a huge metal trellis sloping was electrified, to allow to have a large island of work under itself. Instead, in the furnace room, a series of metal rods are attached to the vaults like very dark parasites and, betraying them too, support on sight all the technical elements necessary to perform the work in safety immediately below.
In provincia di Napoli, in un complesso di edifici industriali degli anni Ottanta, un’azienda ha deciso di stabilire una delle sue sedi di rappresentanza. Al fine di adattare questa singolare fabbrica, composta da due ampi volumi voltati, la committenza aveva la necessità di sostituire l’impianto elettrico e di modificare blandamente il layout planimetrico con un budget molto esiguo. Le demolizioni sono state ridotte al minimo indispensabile, mentre per gli ambienti degli uffici si è optato per un processo di completo mascheramento dello stato pregresso. Negli uffici l’impianto elettrico è stato espulso dalle pareti in modo che potesse divenire il protagonista chiaroscurale di una improbabile boiserie diffusa; il vecchio pavimento è stato sostituito da una ceramica bianca posata “a griglia” che gira con una mattonella anche sui muri perimetrali e si estende a rivestire le superfici verticali quando serve; infine, tutti gli arredi disegnati su misura per il progetto, sono stati realizzati in strutture impilabili di muratura e lamiera mandorlata o in tubolare leggero di ferro zincato. Nei due ambienti voltati è stato riportato alla luce e restaurato un vecchio pavimento nero in piastrelle di materiale cementizio misto a bitume; il sistema delle volte è stato sottoposto a un opportuno restauro degli intonaci e dei serramenti e si è proceduto alla rimozione degli elementi orizzontali all’imposta. In uno di questi due ambienti voltati, poi, un enorme traliccio metallico sghembo si è elettrificato, per consentire di avere un’ampia isola di lavoro sotto di sé. Invece, nella sala dei forni una serie di bacchette metalliche si agganciano alle volte come parassiti scurissimi e, tradendole anch'esse, sostengono a vista tutti gli elementi tecnici necessari per eseguire le lavorazioni in sicurezza immediatamente sotto.
Restoration and adaption of an industrial building / Arcopinto, Luigi. - In: PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. - ISSN 2420-9090. - Anno IX:44(2023), pp. 122-125.
Restoration and adaption of an industrial building
Arcopinto, Luigi
2023
Abstract
In the province of Naples, in a complex of industrial buildings dating back to the eighties, a company decided to establish one of its representative offices. In order to adapt this unique factory, consisting of two large vaulted volumes, the client had the need to replace the electrical system and to slightly change the layout, with a very small budget. Demolitions have been reduced to the minimum necessary, while for the office environments a process of complete masking of the previous state has been chosen. Therefore, in the offices, the electrical system was ejected from the walls in such a way that, in designing the rooms with textures with never regular rhythm, it could become the protagonist chiaroscuro of an unlikely widespread boiserie; the old floor has been replaced by a white ceramic laid "grid" that runs with a tile even on the perimeter walls, and extends to cover the vertical surfaces when needed; finally, all the furniture designed to measure for the project, have been realized in stackable structures of masonry and almond-shaped sheet or light tubular galvanized iron. In the two vaulted rooms, the problem of replacing a deteriorated plastic floor covering was an opportunity to bring to light and restore an old black floor in cement tiles mixed with bitumen; the system of the vaults has been subjected to an appropriate restoration of the plasters and windows and has proceeded to the removal of the horizontal elements to the tax. In one of these two vaulted rooms, then, a huge metal trellis sloping was electrified, to allow to have a large island of work under itself. Instead, in the furnace room, a series of metal rods are attached to the vaults like very dark parasites and, betraying them too, support on sight all the technical elements necessary to perform the work in safety immediately below.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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