entresitio presents the new icoma headquarters at the 4th workplace strategy organized by grupo via
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the new offices for icoma are implemented on an existing space in a residential building, connecting the street level space with the one on the second floor. the adaptive reuse of the existing space involved the aperture and definition of two small glass courtyards, new light sources for the ground level, that allowed for an open plan in visual continuity while helping to clarify transits and the definition of static versus dynamic areas. there are two main strategies ruling the project; one from inside-out (opening a former dead space to light), and another from outside in (concealing the work space at street level with a veil for privacy)indeed, the refurbished space is not exactly a retail space but it is in relation with the street. a new skin of translucent glass channel and glass pane provides a curated balance between privacy and publicity. a thick but light skin that allows for a peculiar type of permeability where the fragmented vision of the street help users to not lose track of the outside and the pass of time through the day, and the inner light and the casted shadows provoque an abstract activation of the outside street wall materiality plays a big role in the project.
location: avenida de santiago 5. vitoria-gasteiz, alava, spain.
client: ilustre colegio oficial de medicos de alava. icoma
completion date: july 2018
built area: 866 m2
costs: 1.089.000 euros
design team: estudio__entresitio; maria hurtado de mendoza, cesar jimenez de tejada, alvar ruiz, maria urigoitia, belen gonzalez, carlotta albini, eduardo blanes, peio erroteta, carlos diaz del rio.
consultans: geasyt ingeniería (mep), ignacio aspe (structures), felix andres ortega (construction surveyor).
main contractor: construcciones ruesma
photo credits: montse zamorano
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