Barberí Laboratory
Olot, Girona, Spain · 2008
Photo · Photo by Hisao Suzuki
An exemplary precedent for adaptive reuse, showcasing how raw historic stone walls can be paired with dark, precise steel interventions to create a highly focused and atmospheric studio workspace.
- What we like about this project
- The ceiling panels have a subtle metallic sheen that reflects the filtered light from the louvers.
Materials
- steel
- stone
- glass
- iron
Visual identifiers
- steel-shelving
- vertical-louvers
- stone-wall
- steel-ceiling
- shared-desk
Style tags
- industrial
- minimalist
- adaptive-reuse
- material-contrast
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- industrial-chic
- workspace
- library
- dark-interiors
- Geometry
- A deep rectangular room defined by a massive rough stone wall on the left, a full-height dark steel shelving unit along the back, and a continuous band of vertical steel louvers on the right. The ceiling is clad in dark, slightly reflective steel panels.
- Facade system
- Vertical steel louver screen over glazing.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing historic stone masonry with inserted steel framing.
- Spatial scale
- A generous, single-height studio space with a long, shared working desk accommodating multiple people.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight filters through a dense screen of vertical steel louvers, supplemented by task lamps on the desks and soft uplighting along the top of the shelving unit.
- Atmosphere
- Moody, intellectual, and quiet, characterized by dark metallic tones and filtered daylight.
- Environmental context
- An adaptive reuse interior within a historic industrial structure in Olot, Spain.
- Spatial experience
- The space feels intensely focused and atmospheric, balancing the raw, heavy texture of historic stone with the precise, dark, and industrial qualities of modern steel insertions.
- Composition rhythm
- The vertical rhythm of the window louvers contrasts with the strong horizontal lines of the book-filled steel shelving.
- Style reading
- Industrial minimalism with historic preservation
- Program
- Architecture studio or creative office
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- steel, stone, glass, iron
- Visual identifiers
- steel-shelving, vertical-louvers, stone-wall, steel-ceiling, shared-desk
- Style tags
- industrial, minimalist, adaptive-reuse, material-contrast
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, industrial-chic, workspace, library, dark-interiors
- Geometry
- A deep rectangular room defined by a massive rough stone wall on the left, a full-height dark steel shelving unit along the back, and a continuous band of vertical steel louvers on the right. The ceiling is clad in dark, slightly reflective steel panels.
- Facade system
- Vertical steel louver screen over glazing.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing historic stone masonry with inserted steel framing.
- Spatial scale
- A generous, single-height studio space with a long, shared working desk accommodating multiple people.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight filters through a dense screen of vertical steel louvers, supplemented by task lamps on the desks and soft uplighting along the top of the shelving unit.
- Atmosphere
- Moody, intellectual, and quiet, characterized by dark metallic tones and filtered daylight.
- Environmental context
- An adaptive reuse interior within a historic industrial structure in Olot, Spain.
- Spatial experience
- The space feels intensely focused and atmospheric, balancing the raw, heavy texture of historic stone with the precise, dark, and industrial qualities of modern steel insertions.
- Composition rhythm
- The vertical rhythm of the window louvers contrasts with the strong horizontal lines of the book-filled steel shelving.
- Style reading
- Industrial minimalism with historic preservation
- Program
- Architecture studio or creative office
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior