BACKGROUND Burbucar is a carwash located at Costa Rica Street in Madrid. It is an established business, which uses clean and innovative processes and seeks to visualize its philosophy by means of a renewed image.

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Architects: Lina Toro

Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Architect In Charge: Lina Toro

Area: 750.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Imagen Subliminal

Collaborators: Raquel Ruiz y José María Sánchez Laforet

Contractor: linatoro.arch

Landscape Design : Jorge Basarrate

BACKGROUND
Burbucar is a carwash located at Costa Rica Street in Madrid. It is an established business, which uses clean and innovative processes and seeks to visualize its philosophy by means of a renewed image.
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The carwash occupies the ground floor of a 7-storey building, in a 70 m-long and 12 m- wide tube. It rests on a 10cm neoprene bedding, which absorbs vibrations of the machines at the car wash tunnel. 80% of the water used is recycled at a purifying room, through 6 specific tanks. In winter, humidity exceeds 80% and the apparent temperature is 0ºC. Running non-stop 12 hours a day from Monday to Saturday, an average of 80 cars are washed daily at Burbucar.

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