Inditex corporate headquarters service building in Arteixo
An expansion of the Inditex headquarters that orders and restructures the rest of the complex.
A 170,000 sqm newly created building will be the base for Zara's commercial and design teams at Inditex's headquarters in Arteixo. The new facilities, characterized by the simplicity of their lines, large open spaces, energy efficiency and sustainability, have been conceived to enhance the horizontal work dynamics between designers, pattern makers and commercial professionals.
The project is characterized by the simplicity of horizontal lines and the presence of large windows with eaves that will give it sun protection and will flood interior spaces with free heights of 4.70 meters with natural light.
Large open-plan work spaces will be distributed over 125,000 sqm organized in 5 floors, allowing the flexible distribution of the different departments of Zara. A structural grid will arrange the pillars every 12 × 22 meters, generating large open spaces that will contribute to open communication and the dynamism of workflows.
Its visual identity, both exterior and interior, will be in line with that of the adjoining zara.com building, also designed by batlleiroig, in which white, glass and high ceilings with visible installations predominate.
The five floors of the building will have dimensions of 230 meters long by 104 meters wide, and will be divided into two large work areas of 9,500 sqm each.
The new infrastructures will also have two underground parking floors with capacity for more than 1,000 vehicles.
The proportions and dimensions of this large building give it a “shape coefficient” which, together with a system of facades and roofs with a high degree of insulation, allows optimizing its energy consumption and achieving energy self-sufficiency.
This smart building will have a state-of-the-art facility management system that will guarantee the efficiency of its different elements at all times, in constant adaptation to the conditions of temperature and quality of outdoor and indoor air.
The 15,000 square meter roof will have a large proportion of landscaped areas aimed at improving the building’s thermal insulation and mitigating the “heat island” effect. The vegetation will be maintained with the reuse of rainwater.
The building will also follow the highest sustainability standards. The digitization in the design phase will allow a construction process based on industrialized elements. This fact and an intensive use of recycled materials will minimize the CO2 footprint and the generation of waste on site.
This new design aims to continue improving the integral conditioning of the exterior spaces of the Inditex headquarters, a project started in 2018 to promote landscaped spaces and covered pedestrian connection areas.
Two large longitudinal squares adjacent to the east and north facades will expand the existing plaza next to the zara.com building, promoting the health and well-being of users. A system of multiple walkways will connect the new building with the adjacent ones at different points, thus guaranteeing the interior connectivity of the complex.
A new highly sustainable building will be the base for Zara’s commercial and design teams at Inditex’s headquarters in Arteixo.
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