Entrepreneur Offices in Madridejos

The municipality of Madridejos wanted to rehabilitate a former health center that had been abandoned in this “Manchega” locality and organized the ideas competition for it. The building is now be aimed at promoting employment and the creation of new businesses in the area, with several offices for entrepreneurs, co-working areas, meeting rooms, exhibition areas for presentations, management and relaxation area and interaction for users.

OOIIO's winning project is based on the recovery of the old building through strategies that enhance their sustainability, accessibility and maintenance economy. Trying not to eliminate the things that work on the previous building, the intervention tries to be as economical and efficient as possible.

The daily activity now will happen around the two existing patios, promoting the relation with natural light and gardens. OOIIO proposed the elimination of the old facades, which did not have adequate insulation conditions, and to broadly reinforce the insulation of the building with important contributions of insulating interior wall linings. Further, a strategy to protect against the intense sun that is suffered in this area happens through a double-facade made by a lattice of brick, which avoids direct sunlight in vertical facades and keeps some shadow over severl windows.

On the other hand, the new building increased the size of the windows to introduce as much natural light as possible to the interior (also including skylights), but keeping the window sizes under control, not too big, due to the extreme weather of the place: very hot in summer and very cold in winter.

The sustainability strategy is completed by passive architecture with active elements such as a fully renovated air conditioning system, which is able to acclimatize for sectors every corner of the building. The new building recycles an obsolete one into a representative and symbolic place for Madridejos, a town where you can build your own future.