Roadside Restaurants | Zaragoza | Spain | Designed By Langarita-Navarro

Km. 45 A-122, La Almunia de Doña Godina, Zaragoza
architects: Víctor Navarro, María Langarita; team: Roberto González, Cristina Garzón, Juan Palencia; structural engineers: Mecanismo s.l.; mechanical engineers: Nieves Plaza;

photo: Miguel de Guzmán, Luis Díaz Díaz, LNA

Roadside restaurants are a rare species within the increasingly prestigious restaurant world. Such places superpose their condition as an infrastructure adapted to the commercial, informational and social flow of the road network on mythical scenarios taken from road movies and literature. In recent years, their structures have evolved in order to offer services for large-format events without this having involved anything more than a change in scale. The project rose to the challenge of changing this trend by building a structure capable of managing a programme subject to constant reorganisation, with the presence of a heterogeneous public and the expectation of diverse uses, a flexible space capable of setting itself up as a scenario for almost any type of activity. The aim was to transform a roadside restaurant into a versatile infrastructure for events and meals........more

Office Interior Design | Heldergroen | Haarlem | the Netherlands | Designed by Zecc Architecten

On the ground Floor of the old Droste Silo a creative communication office called Heldergroen is housed. In between a solid concrete structure we designed a flexible office concept where the industrial character melts in with the ultimate flexible interior. Every day the wooden tables (made by old telephone poles) are towed by large industrial motors to the ceiling, which gives the opportunity to use the area different after working time and in the weekends: expositions can be held, clinics, courses or maybe a good party.

The used materials refer to the old industrial atmosphere in the building and on the quay. The transparent façade gives the office a good exposure and a good view to the old city centre. The closed side of the area is used as a facility-wall. All the supporting functions (toilet, copy area) are shaped in a sculptural white wall made by waltzed steel car doors. Every evening the tables and the computers disappear in the white acoustic ceiling landscape with Led lighting. Only the chairs on the black concrete floor reminds of a hard working day…more
project name: re-use droste-silo heldergroen haarlem
client: Heldergroen inspiratie en creatie
program: office space communication agency
period: 2009

Office and Apartment Interior Design | Utrecht | the Netherlands | Designed By Zecc Architecten

In a courtyard in the heart of Utrecht an internal storage was accommodated. This space is transformed into a parking garage with two stories of offices on top. Because of privacy to the surrounding gardens daylight only enters the building through new roof lights. By keeping the floor free from the façade and by introducing big voids also the underlying office floor is provided of sufficient day light en nice sightlines between the stories are created. The volumes on a visible steel construction create a spatial experience.
project name: Re-use of storage into office space Utrecht, the Netherlands.....more

client: Rossence
contractor: Thesis Bouw
program: Office space with parking and 2 apartments
period: 2006-2007