ABTS case study.

CORTES
METALÚ RGICOS
OVIEDO
INDUSTRIAL FACTORY
AT VALLADOLID SPAIN
POOJA LALE
ROLL NO 08
4TH YEAR DIV C
 Light, intended as the origin of the project; as an immaterial element that
became the principle of the structural order. The origin of its rhythm and its
proportion. The layout of the plot, on the east-west axis, imposed its search. The
project was conceived from the section; as a vertical stacking system composed by
a sequence of elements attached in height to each other with the sole purpose of
exploiting natural lighting. With our project strategy, we were not only meant to
achieve an appreciable energy saving, but we should also provide the working
area with the most favorable, warm atmosphere for the development of working
activities

• The goal was to illuminate naturally, without dazzling, using

the orientations and shadows; in an anodyne, anonymous
environment, marked by constructions without character,
which could be the fixed photo of any industrial state located
on the outskirts of a medium-large city.
• The conception of the technical offices could not miss this
ABOUT THE PROJECT
encounter with the light.
• Outlined over the warehouse background, the offices volume
is placed on the main façade of the building, at street level,
being accessible after crossing the opening of both truss- •Prize Winner in Architectural Design / Industrial Buildings
doors. •Firm Location Valladolid, Spain
• The glass skin is transparent on the ground floor, being •Company CONTEXTOS DE ARQUITECTURA Y URBANISMO
protected by the suspended volume of the first floor, which, •Lead Architect Oscar Miguel Ares
although it is also made of glass, becomes intimate and •Client CORTES METALÚRGICOS OVIEDO
heavy by the use of a curtain wall composed by U-glass and •Year 2018
thermal glass. •Area 7500 m2
• The air chamber between both layers helps to dissipate heat
and control the interior temperature.

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 The interior of the offices, clad in steel
and glass, are designed as smaller pieces
of architecture contained inside the
bigger composition.
The offices and meeting rooms, of
smaller scale, are distributed inside a
bigger scale space, as an enclosing
enclosure that generates its own
atmosphere. 
The composite slab is set as a sky,
establishing a dialogue with the LED
luminaires and the embracing light,
filtered by the curtain wall that becomes
the horizon. 
The aim is to recreate one world inside
another. The control of space and light
provides the building with a
comfortable working environment .

Wrapped in a skin of corrugated sheets, a

series of counterbalancing elements attached
in height to each other form a vertical stacking
that optimizes incoming natural light,
minimizing energy consumption and creating
an atmosphere suitable to work spaces that
combine production and offices. The
administrative area presents two levels. The Contoso Ltd.
lower one of glass surfaces is set back slightly, 6
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Glass.
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Thank You
Pooja Lale

Acknowledgement
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Photographs
©Jesús J. Ruiz Alonso y Pedro Ivan Ramos Martín