Esrawe Studio’s Mexico Metropolis workplace has an “sincere industrial aesthetic”
Weathered wood trusses cowl the workplace of Mexico Metropolis’s Esrawe Studio, led by designer Hector Esrawe, which takes over a former dance corridor.
Positioned within the metropolis’s tree-lined Roma Norte neighbourhood, the 565-square-metre constructing features a showroom for EWE Studio, which Esrawe runs with Spanish designer Manuel Bañó and Mexico Metropolis-based Estonian curator Age Salajõe.
A lot of the house, nevertheless, is an workplace for Esrawe Studio. The design studio’s renovation concerned stripping again the interiors to reveal the wooden construction of the constructing that dates again to the 1950s.
The present metallic ceiling was restored and painted, and concrete beams had been constructed to supply extra assist.
The studio coated the flooring in concrete and painted the perimeter partitions white inside for a clear and minimal fashion.
“The sincere industrial aesthetic proved to be perfect for a artistic ambiance,” Esrawe Studio stated.
EWE Studio turns dance corridor into its showroom in Mexico Metropolis’s Roma Norte
The studio additionally added an out of doors space inside the floor flooring with lush plantings, after which replicated it on the ground above. Glass partitions with a gridded design enclosed the world and permit pure gentle to penetrate into the constructing.
A number of partitions had been inserted to create personal places of work and convention rooms, whereas a big bookshelf acts as a room divider inside the constructing to separate Esrawe Studio’s workplace from the showroom.
Skylights had been additionally added to usher in pure gentle as a result of the workplace has no home windows.
The workplace is open plan and crammed with massive, black desks accommodate varied workplaces for architects, designers, engineers and different employees.
They embody desktop computer systems, together with house for mannequin making, a 3D printer and a laser slicing machine.
Corkboards cowl the perimeter partitions to show initiatives in progress and assist soak up sound. Cabinets showcase fashions and designs, together with furnishings ideas, and supplies checks like samples of woods, metals and stones.
“This enables us to construct an archive of our previous initiatives, our processes, our mockups and ultimately, the reminiscence and information constructed alongside the years,” the studio stated.
Esrawe Studio’s workplace is full with a kitchen and eating space on the primary flooring, together with a rooftop terrace.
Hector Esrawe is considered one of Mexico’s most well-known designers. He was born in Mexico Metropolis in 1968 and studied industrial design on the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), earlier than founding his eponymous studio in 2003. He co-founded EWE Studio in 2017.
Initiatives by his eponymous studio vary from furnishings to inside design, together with Mexico Metropolis’s Tori Tori restaurant and Auditorio Nacional bar. The studio has additionally not too long ago accomplished its first constructing venture, a brick residence referred to as Casa Sierra Fría.
Images is by Genevieve Lutkin.
Mission credit:
Structural engineer: Grupo BVG
Lighting: LUA Luz en Arquitectura
Landscaping: Arturo Flores