Factories
Why are so many factories places where the human spirit goes to die? We see beautifully designed headquarters (or campuses in the tech industry), but factories are generally functional, utilitarian, designed to maximise production, with little or no thought given to aesthetics. Is it any surprise that the workers feel like cogs in a machine? What’s lacking is architectural imagination. Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill gives an idea of what is possible: he transformed an old cement factory into his company’s head office, known as ‘La Fábrica’ or ‘The Cathedral’, complete with biophilia-inspired living roofs, trees, orchards and green lawns.
— Wayne Visser
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