FREAKS wraps French warehouse conversion in corrugated steel
Architecture studio FREAKS has clad an old printing warehouse in France shiny corrugated metal cladding and converted it into a research centre for lighting company Sammode.
Located in Lamotte-Beuvron close to Orléans, the converted offices combine highly controlled testing areas and well lit work spaces.
To achieve this, four wooden boxes clad with spruce house testing areas, spread across the warehouse like buildings-within-buildings.
These rooms are connected by a series of open spaces and corridors.
Closed-off rooms are designed to be airtight and light-proof to allow Sammode to test the resistance of their technical light fittings.
There are also zones for prototyping and assembling the lights.
The external walls of the timber boxes hold shelves and kitchen areas. FREAKS also built large metal shelving units and wall-mounted grids, from which light fittings can be hung.
In the open spaces, meeting rooms are in three greenhouse-like structures with glass panels in black frames.
While the people inside can be seen by the colleagues, the acoustic properties of the glazing mean that conversations are kept private.
FREAKS left the steel supports of the existing warehouse exposed, along with ventilation ducts and electrical cables, to create an industrial-feeling space.
As well as keeping existing small openings in the existing structure, additional windows and skylights have been inserted to provide ample natural light inside.
Externally, the entirety of the forme...
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