Warehouse Morinha by stu.dere in Amarante, Portugal

Mission: Warehouse Morinha
Architects: stu.dere – Oficina de Arquitectura e Design
Location: Vila Mea, Amarante, Portugal
Space: 3,595 sf
Pictures by: Ivo Tavares Studio

Warehouse Morinha by stu.dere

It was a tragic and a empty place become a big gentle house and dynamically fitted, as an area for youngsters needs to be.

Within the first contact with the constructing, it was discovered a spot too wanton by way of house distribution. Regardless of the consumer’s request for an open house idea, the intention was to create a way of exploration as one walked by means of house, as if it have been a labyrinth, like a recreation for a child. Therefore the implementation of the wire mesh, which creates a bodily however not visible barrier, thus fulfilling the consumer’s premises.

Along with the realm dedicated to displaying and storing the gadgets, the bottom flooring consists of an workplace and a small storage room. When accessing the higher flooring, there’s a studio for product pictures. This division was subdivided into two areas with a glazing system, which have been designed to increase house.

The supplies used have been chosen in such a means that their use is exclusive, with out the necessity for adjoining layers and ending with different merchandise . Honeycomb polycarbonate has been chosen for the inside partitions, suggesting an industrial look in concord with the microcement-coated flooring. To counterbalance this, the ceilings and the workplace have been lined with birch plywood, making a extra intimate really feel. This observe has a daily metric that permits each the rhythm to be created and the group of house, comparable to furnishings format, to be guided.

A small space devoted to youngsters was created subsequent to the steps to the higher flooring. This playful house was coated with polycarbonate and with a double peak, at which the lights of a design object fell. The lights mirrored within the polycarbonate allude to a world of magic, creativeness and creativity. The commercial type pendant lamp was designed particularly for the place.

-Mission description and pictures supplied by Ivo Tavares Studio