
Project
Learning Studio
Project type: Facility Renovation
Location: Monterrey, Mexico.
Year: 2012
Size: 36.56m2
Client: Marina Salazar Avendaño
Collaboration: Sofía Pámanes
Photography: GroovyChaos
Category: Interiors, Graphics
This project was designed for an educational counseling center located in Monterrey, Mexico. The space is located on the ground floor of a two story extension built onto a residence.
The architectural brief that guided the intervention consisted in linking the existing areas into a fluid and continuous space, in which sunlight is the articulation axis to comply with the necessary space characteristics in order to receive the well defined program required by the client. The site was originally subdivided in two square parts adjacent with only one window in every room resulting in a very poor illumination.
The original structure of the construction was modified adding a sliding window as the only light source, at the same time the dividing walls were eliminated, substituting the central column by a beam set out in two existing perimeter columns in order to link the two rooms and also integrate the space of 5 sq. meters of a restroom that was not in use and this space is now the kitchen area.
Every piece of furniture was specially designed for this space, with wood as a defining and divisor element of the different areas to show or hide the public and private zones of he project.

Learning Studio Overview

Left Side View

Wood Cladding Detail

Kitchen

Kitchen Detail

Floor Detail

Front View

Chairs and Desk

Wicker Chair Detail

Group Desk

Side View

Chair Detail