casaPública shared with us their unique project, the KM-QRO (Krauss Maffei Management and Operating Facilities), which are built inside an industrial building with a structure that couldn’t be touched. The project is located in the Industrial complex Benito Juárez, Santiago de Querétaro. Queretaro state. México. A new freestanding two level structure, with the possibility of being dismantled, is erected in the interior of the facility, allowing a maximum amount of free space for exhibition and heavy equipment manoeuvring of up to 50 tons.
It’s façade and form, as well as the selection of materials, are the strict result of function and the required program, just as the simplification of circulations, clearly showing the visitors the way to take. In addition, the facility has a call centre, two showrooms, training area, kitchen – eating room, a heavy equipment warehouse, a meeting room, offices for 25 people and service areas.
The corrugated aluminium panels used for the façade gives privacy and security to the personnel from any possible accidents. The glass transparency separating the office area from the showroom allows permanent visual contact between management and technical tasks.
Project name: KM-QRO / Krauss Maffei management and operating facilities.
Location: Industrial complex Benito Juárez, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro. Mexico
Date: 2009Architects: casaPública: Pamela Moreno Caballero / Patricio Guerrero
Collaborators: Rodrigo Durán, Daniel Ibarra, Sara Villanueva.
Construcción and Engineering: EstructurArq.
Carpentry: Tandemex (victor meizner) / Diseño en Madera (Ricardo Jarillo)
Construction: 350 m2 / 2 LevelsPhotographs by Rafael Gamo
Website: casapublica.com
