Harquitectes . photos: © Adrià Goula

The new Prodis headquarters is located in old industrial buildings that were originally part of the Vapor Marqués. The buildings are made up of the traditional perimeter structure of ceramic brick load-bearing walls following a regular rhythm of pilasters and openings every 3 meters. The 12-meter span of the buildings is covered by wooden trusses -some quite affected by roof leaks- that follow the same rhythm as the pilasters. The roof also follows the traditional structure of wooden straps and battens topped with Arabic tiles. Between the two buildings, the original service street has been built over the years with hybrid constructions of metal structure and ceramic vault. As a result of the industrial activities that have been carried out there, all the buildings have been transformed and altered over the years and therefore the main value of the complex lies in its urban structure (warehouse-street-warehouse), in its archetypal condition as an industrial warehouse and in its inherent imperfection as a product of the history of its transformations and the accumulated memory. Continue reading Harquitectes