Motor’s shop

The shop by Roberto Benito in San Francisco, Argentina, features a volume that seems to float over the space, leaving the ground floor and much of the double height free.

The project by Roberto Benito is located on a corner lot on a wide avenue of a commercial corridor in San Francisco, Argentina. The commission arises from the owner’s need to move an engine’s shop located elsewhere in the city with the purpose of adding square meters to the exhibition room and achieve better accessibility. The structure is solved with concrete columns and block masonry on the two median sides and metal columns and light enclosures on the two free faces.

Img.1 Roberto Benito, Motor’s shop, San Francisco, Argentina, 2016

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Roberto Benito, Motor’s shop, ground floor

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Roberto Benito, Motor’s shop, first floor

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Roberto Benito, Motor’s shop, west elevation

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Roberto Benito, Motor’s shop, north elevation

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Roberto Benito, Motor’s shop, section A

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The cover is made of self-supporting sheet metal mounted on reticulated beams with metal profiles. The need for use demanded that the storage area be similar to the area of the sales room, this leaded to the first functional decision, longitudinally divide the intervened surface. In the sales room, it appears mounted on columns, a prism that contains the administrative area of the company, leaving the ground floor and much of the double height free. This allows it to project the free and autonomous volume image, almost floating over the space.

Img.9 Roberto Benito, Motor’s shop, San Francisco, Argentina, 2016

Motor’s shop, San Francisco, Argentina
Program: shop
Architect: Roberto Benito
Area: 825 sqm
Completion: 2016

Motor’s shop

The shop by Roberto Benito in San Francisco, Argentina, features a volume that seems to float over the space, leaving the ground floor and much of the double height free.

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