![Argos, Building for an Electrical Generator at a Cement Factory / MGP Arquitectura y Urbanismo - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5009/5af9/28ba/0d27/a700/2629/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414074678)
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Architects: Felipe Gonzalez-Pacheco: Felipe Gonzalez-Pacheco & Juan Ignacio Muñoz (MGP Arquitectura y Urbanismo)
- Area: 575 m²
- Year: 2008
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Photographs:Andrés Valbuena
Text description provided by the architects. In July 2006, the project is the winner of an architectural contest, for the resolution of a “skin” for a technical building containing an self generation electrical plant for cement factory. The Factory wanted to generate also a corporative image with the building. Their purpose became a mutual opportunity to generate an experimentation laboratory of technical possibilities with the material they produce, with very low density concretes. In a parallel way with the technical solution we found a high symbolic value in cultural textures found in the 3 sites the project was built, which had manual work implied, making an industrial building a reference for the local people of each site.
![Argos, Building for an Electrical Generator at a Cement Factory / MGP Arquitectura y Urbanismo - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5009/5b01/28ba/0d27/a700/262a/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414074695)
As a result we designed 2 great format prefabricated pieces placed in a way to simulate the textures made by the locals in fibers to fabricate artisanal objects.
![Argos, Building for an Electrical Generator at a Cement Factory / MGP Arquitectura y Urbanismo - Facade, Column](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5009/5aed/28ba/0d27/a700/2628/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1414074681)