In Madrid, a Warehouse Turned Residence Is an Act of Preservation
Local firm Burr Studio is on a mission to guard the city’s industrial heritage by turning vacant spaces into homes.
Local firm Burr Studio is on a mission to guard the city’s industrial heritage by turning vacant spaces into homes.
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Project Credits:
Location: Madrid, Spain
Architect: Burr Studio / @burr.studio
Structural Engineer: TQE Engineers
Footprint: 1,300 square feet
From the Architects: "Blasón is part of a project series called ‘Elements for Industrial Recovery, a strategic toolset to protect the city’s industrial heritage.
"Industrial activity in the center of the city of Madrid has gradually decreased in the last 30 years to end up in the current situation: a foreseeable disappearance. Current urban planning regulations encourage property owners to change the land use from industrial to residential, which requires a reduction in the usable area, leading to the demolition of part of their properties: the warehouses. Our proposals aim to become a strategic toolset to protect the industrial heritage of the city through land-use and occupation alternatives that allow to extend this typology’s life and avoid its demolition.
"Blasón is organized along a large wall: a central spine that separates the more public areas from the more private ones. As different elements adhere to the wall, they cause ledges, gaps, abutments and buttresses. All these projections adapt to the functions that each space requires, becoming for example a support structure for the kitchen or a platform on which two sections of a metal staircase lean to give access to a study. The openings that appear along the wall lead to the bedrooms and bathrooms, separated from the more public areas used as a garage, gym, kitchen, dining room or living room.
"Blasón is the home and studio of the writer Juan Ramón Silva Ferrada."
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