MDK Headquarters, Alicante Mondraker Mountain Bikes Company, Contemporary Southern Spanish Commercial Building
MDK Headquarters in Alicante
Mondraker Exhibition and Commercial Building in Spain ? design by FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS
25 Nov 2017
MDK Headquarters
Design: Tomás Amat Estudio de Arquitectura
Location: Alicante, Spain
MDK Headquarters, Alicante

The project consists in the construction of the headquarters for Mondraker, a company dedicated to the manufacture of competition mountain bikes. Located in an industrial park and surrounded by orthogonal edification, the building seeks to break away from the adjacent geometry and encloses itself, with a circular plan hollowed out by a central courtyard.

Two vaults pierce the geometry allowing the access to the building, and creating a sort of central atrium which can be used, due to its form, to generate events and exhibitions. This geometry separates the building from its surrounding, reinforcing the corporative identity of the company and improving the quality of the open space in the plot.
The metallic materiality of the building reveals its industrial character. The micro perforated metallic mesh shows an opaque façade during the day, while the artificial lighting reveals a transparent building that strengthens the geometry of the project.

One of the main premises for the development of the project was the manufacturing chain, which generates an itinerary throughout the building. The material is brought insid...