1973年,里卡多-波菲发现了一个废弃的水泥厂,这是一个世纪之交的工业综合体,由30多个筒仓、地下通道和巨大的机房组成,他决定将其改造成Taller de Arquitectura的总部。改造工作持续了两年时间。这个被遗弃的工厂,部分处于废墟之中,是一个超现实主义元素的汇编:不知爬到哪里的楼梯,没有任何支撑的强大的钢筋混凝土结构,悬挂在空中的铁片,巨大的空旷空间,但却充满了魔力。

In 1973 Ricardo Bofill found a disused cement factory, an industrial complex from the turn of the century consisting of over 30 silos, subterranean galleries and huge machine rooms, and he decided to transform it into the head office of Taller de Arquitectura. Remodelling work lasted two years. The factory, abandoned and partially in ruins, was a compendium of surrealist elements: stairs that climbed up to nowhere, mighty reinforced concrete structures that sustained nothing, pieces of iron hanging in the air, huge empty spaces filled nonetheless with magic.

改造过程从拆除部分旧结构开始,使迄今为止被掩盖的形式清晰可见,就像混凝土被雕琢过一样。一旦空间被界定,水泥被清理,并被新的绿色植物所包围,就开始了适应新方案的过程。八个筒仓被保留下来,成为办公室、模型实验室、档案馆、图书馆、放映室和一个被称为 “大教堂 “的巨大空间,用于展览、音乐会和与建筑师的专业活动相关的一系列文化功能。该建筑群矗立在有桉树、棕榈树、橄榄树和柏树的花园中。这个项目证明了这样一个事实:一个富有想象力的建筑师可以使任何空间适应新的功能,不管它与原来的功能有多么不同。

The transformation process began with the demolition of part of the old structure to leave hitherto concealed forms visible, as if the concrete had been sculpted. Once the spaces had been defined, cleaned of cement and encompassed by new greenery, the process began of adaptation to the new programme. Eight silos remained, which became offices, a models laboratory, archives, a library, a projections room and a gigantic space known as “The Cathedral”, used for exhibitions, concerts and a whole range of cultural functions linked to the professional activities of the architect. The complex stands in the midst of gardens with eucalyptus, palms, olive trees and cypresses. This project is evidence of the fact that an imaginative architect may adapt any space to a new function, no matter how different it may be from the original one.

Architects: Ricardo Bofill
Year:2012
Photographs :Courtesy of Ricardo Bofill, Richard Powers
City:SANT JUST DESVERN
Country:Spain