Mini Break Showroom / Francesca Perani Enterprise

Mini Break Showroom / Francesca Perani Enterprise - Interior Photography
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Albano Sant'Alessandro, Italy
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Text description provided by the architects. Inside a plastic processing plant, a space once intended only to accommodate industrial materials was redefined to be flexible and multi-functional: a comfortable area where workers can rest during the busy workday and a dedicated showroom for clients and visitors.

Mini Break Showroom / Francesca Perani Enterprise - Interior Photography, Windows, Beam
© Francesca Perani
Mini Break Showroom / Francesca Perani Enterprise - Interior Photography, Windows
© Francesca Perani

The project provides a reinterpretation of the main floor of a mezzanine located in an 800 sqm plastic processing factory and identified by an industrial structure undergoing rigid steel frames. A minuscule 19 sqm environment is able to disconnect users from the intense noise of machinery and the cold technical lighting of the factory and reconnect with themself through a warmer dedicated space.

The concept was targeted at highlighting plastic's enduring qualities, transparency, aesthetical quality, functionality as well as recyclability while performing in combination with "softer" natural tones and dedicated lighting.

Mini Break Showroom / Francesca Perani Enterprise - Interior Photography, Table, Chair
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The metal environment structure of the mezzanine is painted in a glossy safety color coding and a wider illumination of the room is maintained by adopting a transparent cladding of extra clear methacrylate partition panels which gives not only a direct visual relationship with the exterior but also reflects the natural light coming from the warehouse's sheds.

Mini Break Showroom / Francesca Perani Enterprise - Interior Photography, Stairs, Facade, Beam, Steel
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Mini Break Showroom / Francesca Perani Enterprise - Interior Photography, Chair, Glass, Windows
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Custom-made furniture in low-cost pine plywood, as well as veneered wood, was ideal for converting the formerly warehouse space into a calming area, blending warmer textures and shapes with the existing rigid factory skeleton.

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As rising from the floor, which maintains a resin finish like the rest of the factory, wooden paneling surrounds the room's perimeter, hiding cabinets, and an air ventilation system. At the same time, all the kitchenette amenities are concealed inside custom cupboards built underneath the mezzanine's staircase featuring a triangular void intended as a tiny exhibition display space.

Mini Break Showroom / Francesca Perani Enterprise - Interior Photography
© Francesca Perani

Above the 90cm high closets, a built-in backlight linear LED system transforms the shelving into a showcase area for technical inspections of plastic products by customers and sales reps. A new pine plywood table placed in a diagonal line in the center of the room speaks to the sense of community, inviting employees to eat, meet and socialize through its sinuous and large proportion, and it can be used for formal or informal meetings.

Mini Break Showroom / Francesca Perani Enterprise - Interior Photography, Dining room, Chair
© Francesca Perani

The conversion of a dark, residual space into a new, relaxing hub is achieved through a light-filled, sound-controlled environment and new textures. The use of the space is extended; it can be adapted to diverse functions throughout the day, promoting a creative culture focusing on a variety of users. 

Mini Break Showroom / Francesca Perani Enterprise - Interior Photography
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Address:24061 Albano Sant'Alessandro, Province of Bergamo, Italy

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Cite: "Mini Break Showroom / Francesca Perani Enterprise" 26 Apr 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/980785/mini-break-showroom-francesca-perani-enterprise> ISSN 0719-8884

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