Hub Offices In Madrid

HUB OFFICES IN MADRID

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Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello

PHOTOGRAPHS
Daniel Torrello

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Madrid, Spain

CATEGORY
Renovation, Offices Interiors

Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello

Text description provided by architect.

The customers, a group of young entrepreneurs who wanted to build the Madrid headquarters of a global network The Hub .

Timeshare offices for social entrepreneurs, which conduct the most varied projects that seek to "change the world."

Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello
Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello

" When we saw the garage, we got a strong impression; it was intact, untouched since the 40's, this space was a bubble in the most silted area of Madrid-Centre.

We wanted to implement energy-saving criteria, economic sustainability and recycling processes that we believe pose the challenge of the times we live in, explore a new way to refurbish the buildings of the twentieth .

We considered whether we would be able to not alter or obscure the layers of life in this space, virtually no even to design ...

Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello
Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello
Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello

... What happens if we isolate only the cover, add a floor heating system under large planks of wood, warm in winter and cool in summer, if we don’t paint the walls, lined only with recycled wool felt in meeting rooms , to letting their patina expression, their old labels, the defects ..

.... What happens if I buy almost introduce anything new, if we call on the people of the Hub to donate their used furniture, if we add other furniture retirees to give them another chance ....

Anyway we need some furniture, a kind of wildcard... so we ordered boxes, fruit boxes, which are also stools, support, form a ladder, shelves, a ticket office. ... And if we plant an orange tree in the old moat of oil change. ..

Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello
Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello

Hub Madrid currently hosts numerous events and has become a major focus of cultural and social activity in the neighbourhood.


Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello
Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello
Hub Offices In Madrid
© Daniel Torrello


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