La Felguera Film School + Film Sets in the old Duro Factory Langreo, Asturias, Spain
La Felguera (Oviedo, Asturias), one of the cradles of the industrial development in Spain. Is located in a place that was once the largest metallurgical factory steelwork in Spain. This place iscolloquially known as “The Factory” from La Felguera. The main idea of the project is the use of the old factory as a volume in which to develop a set of reprogrammable, flexible spaces in order to develop a new school and film sets under the shelter of the abandoned factory. In a place dominated by the old warehouses, laboratories, cooling tower, and the railroads we generate a new film school that works in its entirety as a recording set. In this way a project is developed where the sets and different areas are combined to create a group in which all serve all and were at every moment the environment is changing and modifying according to the required needs.
... Everything is a school and everything is a set.
... The project is proposed as a solution to the problem this area has been suffering since the abandonment of this and other factories, along with the end of mining in the region. It tries to provide a new economic engine, a new industry, the audiovisual“industry”. Taking advantage of the large areas and infrastructures that are left the old factories throughout all along the territory.
Interior routes
Overhead cranes
A system of paths through the structural tissue providing unity to the whole set and creating an unique “artifact”
The existing cranes are kept at the factory They are used for filming and to build scenery inside the factory
3 large ramps organize the communications They are also used in the storage and depot
Interior spaces
Existing structure
Inside the scaffolds a series of volumes collecting the different spaces needed for filmmaking are developed
Structural system of collumns and longspan trusses
New “boxes” that provide great versatility to the spaces
The structure remains unchanged at all, keeping the same old character outside
Internal flexibility
Preservation
A new grid of points takes over all the surface
All industrial complex of la Felguera remains intact to the outside
A grid of foundations helps to manipulate the organization of scaffolding depending on the specific or permanent project needs.
Seeks to preserve character that this factory has had on the region historically
Added structure
Film sets
New spatial structure formed by a grid of scaffolds
The largest area of the factory is intended to film sets
Scaffolds are adapted and modified to respect the existing structure, changing its modules and geometry for it
In addition to the interior sets a series of outdoor spaces can also engage in sets as required
Transversal Section The School: the recording set
A “re-programmable” building where each of its parts adequately responds to the needs of fthe shooting
Plan + 6,5 m The train, the warehouse, the truck and the cooling tower
This design is based on a scaffolding system and intertwined routes that allows you to rearrange the Factory according to the flow of the sfilming. This is achieved between a new fabric of integrated scaffoldig foundations into a new sfloor slab and the protection of the old factory cover.
Groundfloor interior filming set - exterior filming set
5 scaffold strips organized the performance of the whole project. Each strip contains independent shooting sets thatcan communicatie with the outside areas of the project, being able to expand its presence if necessary
Plan +11,5 m The overhead cranes meet the film
At the height of overhead cranes a new world within the project unfolds. New public areas and support filming areas takes place here
Scaffolding details elementos sencillos que se extienden
All the new structure inserted in the project is based on just one construction system. 3 types of bars, 2 knots and a piece of foundation to develop them up to create a whole new intervention
Longitudinal sections 5 sections, 5 programs, 5 spaces
Each scaffold strip creates a rich and complex space inside, looking to develop powerful architectural ideas while trying to solve the needs of the shoot at every moment