La Fábrica is a disused cement factory near Barcelona that Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill found in the early seventies.
He transformed the whole building into offices, archives, a library, spaces for exhibitions and cultural events.
It's really impressive to walk through this concrete industrial complex consisting of huge spaces and endless gardens.
Remnants of cement were cleaned up and hidden elements were exposed to keep the industrial aspect and original features. You still see elements of its former use kept in a surrealist way: staircases that go to nowhere, enormous silos hanging from the ceiling.
The building is sculpted into living areas like a piece of art.
The impressive rooms of majestic heights were the perfect backdrop for the FR-One sheer and drapery collections.
This magical space is surrounded by a fantastic garden full of eucalyptus, palms, olive trees and cypresses.
Hanging from the outside walls are long lines of greenery which give the place a feeling of paradise.
See the yellow chair we set in a corner of the garden surrounded by tropical plants, one of the highlights, and the cover photo, of our Hotel Jardin collection.
“To be an architect means to understand space, to understand space organized by man, to decipher the spontaneous movements and behavior of people, and to detect the needs of change that they might unconsciously express. It is essential to track down these issues if we want to contribute with our personal work to the history of architecture.” -- Ricardo Bofill
