{"id":3349,"date":"2025-08-12T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=3349"},"modified":"2025-08-15T15:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:28:52","slug":"burr-studio-converts-madrid-warehouse-into-skylit-events-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/burr-studio-converts-madrid-warehouse-into-skylit-events-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Burr Studio converts Madrid warehouse into skylit events space"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Patio<\/div>\n

The industrial character of a former warehouse<\/a> has been playfully subverted to create this multipurpose events space in Madrid<\/a>, Spain, designed by local architecture practice Burr Studio.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named Patio, the transformation of the former storage facility into a venue for artistic productions, events and residencies is defined by a bright yellow entrance area, textured render walls and circular skylights.<\/p>\n

For local practice Burr Studio<\/a>, the retrofit forms part of a wider project called Elements for Industrial Recovery, which seeks to protect and revitalise the many disused industrial spaces in Madrid.<\/p>\n

\"Interior
Burr Studio has transformed a warehouse into an events space in Madrid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Over the past three decades, industrial activity in central Madrid has steadily diminished, reaching a point where it has virtually disappeared,” said the studio.<\/p>\n

“As a result, urban industrial buildings have become obsolete \u2013 too large for local commerce, too costly for industry, too constrained by regulations for recreational use, and financially unappealing to younger generations inheriting family businesses.”<\/p>\n

“Elements for Industrial Recovery explores urban and architectural tools to retain these structures in a context that otherwise incentivises their disappearance,” it added.<\/p>\n

\"Colourful
A bold primary colour palette defines the interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The client’s own artistic practice, based on ideas of “perceptual distortion”, informed Burr Studio’s design approach, which sees a layered series of walls, openings and sliding doors inserted within the shell of the original warehouse building.<\/p>\n

Two larger volumes, defined by the studio as “spatial anchors”, mark the beginning and end of the route through the updated space.<\/p>\n

\"Courtyard
Circular skylights draw daylight into the venue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next to the entrance, a bold yellow volume containing bathrooms, storage and mechanical spaces projects into a kitchen and dining area, with stainless steel counters and blue and red furniture completing the primary colour palette.<\/p>\n

At the far end of the space, the second of these volumes is a large timber storage unit that helps partially enclose a more private room that can be used as live-in accommodation during artist residencies.<\/p>\n