Corporativo Knova
The general concept of this company dedicated to the manufacture of industrial tools was under the same industrial character but with an avant-garde touch in finishes and design concepts. Thus, a purposeful nave is formed with a white sheet arch roof, and with apparent block walls with a translucent polycarbonate façade topped only with the company logo. The main idea was to prioritize, through different bodies and zones, the work areas, having a more direct interrelation between each of them.
Thus, there are, on only two levels, the general work areas on the ground floor and the executive one on the second level, where the latter takes on a more relevant character being a cubic body almost suspended in the air, with overhangs of more than 5 meters. , and suspended by a structure on the roof. On the ground floor is the work patio with designer furniture on the perimeter walls, and towards the center and forming two glass blocks, the management offices delimiting a central hallway that leads to the executive rooms and offices.
Having only two points of structural support and resolved in metal reinforcement, the executive office block is located, in such a way that only two walls containing a staircase that accesses the upper floor and protected by two sandblasted glass cubes that house a meeting room and an exhibition room.
Likewise, on the management floor there are a pair of offices with a terrace each and two meeting rooms overlooking the office patio. As a support area, there is a large deck in the back where workers can relax during their meal time, with a kitchenette and tables with a finish on the wall covered with bamboo.
PHOTOGRAPHER: JAIME NAVARRO
Location
CDMX
Area
740 m²
Date
2005