Legos Cloister

Merging without fragmenting in a historic warehouse.

The former industrial wing attached to the Pickman pottery factory, now the headquarters of the Andalusian Historical Heritage Institute, shows how utilitarian architecture is able to take on new uses without losing its way. The roomy warehouses, the structural layout and the natural light continue to define the space.

Francisco Reina’s design preserves the building's original spatial logic, whilst hosting research, conservation and outreach programmes. A new architecture is not superimposed on the old, but rather it draws on its qualities.

Given this balance, the emergency lighting must blend in naturally with the spatial flow without fragmenting it, and adapt to the layout and use made of each area.

In the historical domed warehouse used as an exhibition space, the LENS TRACK-MOUNTED luminaire covers the technical and emergency lighting requirements in a single suspended system, aligned with the circulation routes and the arches, without breaking up the space’s flow.  

In this design, a newly built space devoted to presentations have been fitted out, in which the pure architectural lines feature IZAR luminaires flush-mounted in the ceiling. Their small size and refined design showcase a discreet, harmonious setting.