PROJECT: ATELIER CARACAS
TYPOLOGY: ARCHITECTURE
LEAD DESIGNER: AURIMAR MORENO
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING: TECNOGERENCIA + OFINOVA
PHOTOGRAPHY: OUTER VISION
THE SERVICE FACILITY IS DEVELOPED IN THE
SECOND-LEVEL PARKING TIER OF AN OFFICE BUILDING IN A COCURED AREA OF CARACAS,
AND WE WERE ASSIGNED AND RECEIVED IT WITHOUT ANY FINISHES, JUST THE BASIC
CONSTRUCTION SHELL IN GRAY STATUS. THIS
ABSENCE OF `MATERIALITY´ GAVE US A FIRST CLUE, THE IDEA TO PROPOSE A SPACE SO
SUFFICIENTLY NEUTRAL AS TO MAKE THE CAR´S PRESENCE THE PREVAILING THEME. MORE THAN A BLANK CANVAS, THE PROJECT ACTS AS
A REFRACTIVE ONE.
THE SPACE IS SET ALMOST IN ITS TOTALITY IN WALLS COVERED WITH PREFABRICATED
STAINLESS STEEL PANELS, REFLECTING MACHINES’ COLOR IN MOVEMENT. MORE THAN COMPETING WITH THE MACHINE THE
SPACE ALTERS THE PERCEPTION OF IT, INVITING AND GENERATING INDIVIDUAL AND
PARTICULAR NARRATIVES. IN OUR
CASE, IT WAS TO CREATE AN ALMOST SURREALISTIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN AUTOMOBILE AND MAN.
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