Burgos, Spain

Spanish architect Álvaro Moral García and his design team have designed a headquarters building situated in an industrial zone characterized by dilapidated structures and inferior façades.

The new headquarters of a technological company dedicated to robotization and automatism in the automotive sector.

Located in an industrial estate, the classic typology of poor-quality building fronts is employed to resolve the disorderly and casual character of the industrial buildings.

To address the surrounding architectural chaos, the design rotates the conventional building layout by ninety degrees, showcasing the building’s functional aspects.

In recognition of his work, Álvaro Moral García was awarded with a Europe 40Under40 Architecture and Design Award by by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies , which acknowledges the talent of architects under the age of 40 across Europe.

Named Potencia y Control, the building is centered around a spacious courtyard, the structure comprises two large prismatic volumes separated by a significant void and connected by two substantial cantilevered trusses that form bridges.

These bridges unify the first floor, which houses the engineering offices.

The industrial and modular construction emphasizes emphatic volumetry and employs a play of transparencies between materials to achieve a distinctive character without formal concessions.

Project: Potencia y Control Building
Architects: Álvaro Moral García
Design Team: Eduardo Carazo, Daniel González, Victor Ruiz, Manuel Cuadrado,Alba Garcia, Pablo Cendón, Delia Encinas, and Pablo Manteca
Contractor: Ferrovial
Client: Potencia y Control SL
Photographers: Javier Bravo