Quilmes' Brewery New Headquarters

#CiudadQuilmes Quilmes' Brewery New Headquarters

Buenos Aires. Argentina.

Private Competition - participation by invitation.

Work team: Ricardo Sargiotti, Maria Rovea Aguirre, Agustin Mauro, Franco Frisicaro, Daniela Lauandos, Maria Leguizamon, Luca Clementi.

The opening of the new headquarters will concur with the return to the offices and workspaces after the pause imposed by the pandemic. As companies and their teams prepare for such a return, some questions are being posed with urgency: How do we use our offices? Are The environments they offer still appropriate? How should the new postpandemic workspaces look like? And how could they overcome the inertia of the home-office tendency?

This project argues for a new reinterpretation of the workspace, and adopts a programmatic layout that links the company's slogan: "we have the dream of uniting people for a better world" to the concept of “encounters” in the city. This idea of using qualities of the city as sustenance and organization for our proposal, allowed us to conceptualize the new office-space as a sequence of places that bring inside the experience of walking around streets, parks and urban blocks (public, semi-public and private spaces):

a true city inside the city that brings people together.

Barrio Nuñez, Buenos Aires. Argentina

Centro Empresarial Libertador

#CiudadQuilmes

a place for encounters.

The city originated from the encounter between people, and today it continues to be the meeting place par excellence: It is the scenery of our lives. This is why it is embodied in the program’s layout, representing so forcefully in its essence what the beer Quilmes means for Argentines: gathering.

#Streets

public thoroughfare.

The streets or corridors have the particularity of always being visually connected with the outside, leading into open squares facing the river's façade with direct entrance of natural light. The experience of walking through these streets (unlike traditional dark corridors) allows users to easily recognize and find the most suitable place for the activity to be carried out.

#Squares

open spaces for community gatherings.

The "squares", clearly defined by their geometry, equipment and lighting, will always count with wide direct views towards the city and natural lighting, giving place to all kinds of relaxed, solitary or group-activities in the right environment. Their transition to the more formal areas (the "blocks") is made through coffee spots and stand-up sectors.

#Blocks

working areas.

Blocks, understood as the semi-public and private areas of the city, are defined by the “facades” that build the perimeter offices: meeting rooms, quiet or huddle rooms, phone booths and coffee spots, each one adapted to satisfy its needs. Inside the blocks, in the areas towards the outside of the building’s floor, one can find the more traditional areas (open offices) whose characteristics of natural lighting and views according to their position, will mark the personality.

A new paradigm

These concepts of the city give shape to the programmatic matrix of the proposal, therefore, the logic of its internal subdivision does not respond only to a technical-functional reason but also a conceptual one that gives unity to the proposal.

It is necessary to apply a balance between the virtues (in permanent change) of technological support and the need to provide pleasant, innovative and motivational places for people, which can give them security and familiarity, over uncertainties of permanent or superficial change.

Main entrance - welcome plaza // Floor 26

26th floor plan

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Section

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A city within the city...

The program separates itself from the main facade to allow the greatest possible entry of natural light and wide views to the outside. Other activities and services such as kinesiology, beauty and recording room, among others, are located in the Southwest angle, near the entrance to the 26th floor.

All the decisions and ideas that guided the development of this project contributed to the materialization of a place that, beyond contemplating each of the functional, technological and constructive demands and requirements, places people at its center and as its raison d’etre:

“El lugar del encuentro” - a place of encounters.

Blocks - open office // Floor 27

Street - hallway // Floor 26

27th floor plan

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South terrace vegetation

27 1/2 th floor plan

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Space for more than one species

Human beings have an innate affinity for all living things. In architecture and interior design, this translates into the use of plant species in the field of housing or work to create an environment closer to Nature. It is proven that this connection contributes to our well-being and a better quality of life, giving us greater positivity, energy and happiness.

South Terrace// Floor 27

North Terrace // Floor 27

Quincho Maldonado

RSA ARCHITECTS

TYPE: NEW STUDY ROOM AND QUINCHO Site: Córdoba, Argentina. March 2021 Involvement phase: design development.

- Intensively studied and iterated design options for facade, terminations and material selections helping to speed up project decision making.

- Completed design drawings in AutoCAD, and constructed flexible and alterable 3d computer models used extensively during design sessions with the architects and client.

- Developed high quality rendering images used on client presentations to communicate the project's idea and final appearance.

Project description: The commission consisted in designing a new quicho outside the house, in the former garage, with a study space and recreation room. A helical staircase located behind the first volume connects the two spaces, and a raised walkway connects the studio with the interior of the house on the upper floor.

Cañuela's interior design

ARQ & Co. TO BEGIN

Type: RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR DESIGN Site: Córdoba, Argentina. May 2021 Involvement phase: design development.

- Worked together with the Lead Designer to propose an interior design for a house under construction.

- Produced 3d models and digital ‘study’ images used for decisionmaking regarding materials and constructive terminations, and high-quality interior renderings for presentations and meetings with the client.

- Computation of materials and budget development, getting in contact with construction companies and material suppliers.

Project description: The project includes the interior design for a house under construction, with proposals for the living room space and its exterior quicho, bedrooms and bathrooms.

Pedrazzoli's renovation

ARQ & Co. IN PROGRESS

Type: RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR RENOVATION Site: Córdoba, Argentina. June 2021 Involvement phase: design development.

- Lead Designer on the project for a house interior renovation. Developed the design idea and proposal under the supervision of the Architects of the Studio, producing 3d models, digital images and technical drawings.

- Completed the project's technical plans and construction paperwork on AutoCAD, submitting all required documents before the construction process began to ensure the supervision of legal specifications and company procedures..

Project description: The client requested a comprehensive interior renovation of the house, including the living-dining room, cellar, bathroom and bedrooms. The decision of using noble materials and a warm color palette aimed to create a cozy and domestic atmosphere

Derqui's renovation

ARQ & Co. IN PROGRESS

Type: APARTMENT INTERIOR RENOVATION Site: Córdoba, Argentina. January 2021 Involvement phase: design development.

- Worked together with the Lead Designer to propose an interior renovation of an old apartment, adapting its interiors and functional distribution to respond to new necessities and ways of living.

- Produced several study images for material testing, furniture incorporation and new interior layouts, using 3d programs and digital imagery.

- Outlined project schedules and tasks, getting in contact with contractors and material suppliers, developing technical CAD drawings for the project's execution.

Project description: The project seeks to remodel and re-adapt an old apartment from the year 85’ to the new needs and ways of living. The remodeling was comprehensive, including all of the unit’s rooms and spaces.