BACKGROUNDnnBurbucar is a carwash located at Costa Rica Street in Madrid. It is a establish business, which uses clean and innovative proces...
BACKGROUNDnnBurbucar is a carwash located at Costa Rica Street in Madrid. It is a establish business, which uses clean and innovative processes and is seeks to visualize its philosophy by means of a renewed image.nThe carwash occupies the ground floor of a 7-storey building, in a 70 m-long and 12 m- wide tube. It rests on a 10cm neoprene bedding, which absorbs vibrations of the machines at the car wash tunnel. 80% of the water used is recycled at a purifying room, through 6 specific tanks. In winter, humidity exceeds 80% and the apparent temperature is 0ºC. Running non-stop 12 hours a day from Monday to Saturday, an average of 80 cars are washed daily at Burbucar.nThe COMMISION is made with a single condition: the running of the business will not be interrupted at any time.nThe project is executed in one month. Uninterrupted. nnBEHIND THE SCENES: NO ONLY A CAR WASHnn#BehindTheScenes offers spaces, associated with the waiting time, which visualize the formerly hidden washing processes. n#BehindTheScenes changes the corporate image of the conventional carwash into technified SPA.n#BehindTheScenes the technic decision of coating every surface with epoxy paint solves the general concept, allows a quick execution and the maintenance.n#BehindTheScenes fuses architecture, design and technic in a combined operation.nnLINEAR SCENOGRAPHYnThe project integrates and shows all its elements in a continuous 100m- long sequence exterior-interior-exterior: carwash tunnel, boxes, showcases, decoration, clothing, toilets, furniture, machines, installations, lighting, rooms, vegetation and ramps. The play takes place in an average time of 25 minutes.nSENSORIAL SPAnThe washing processes and their specific technology are revealed in the service of the client’s experience through three showcases. The tunnel-showcase, 7 consecutive arcs giving a singular spectacle; the purifying-showcase shows the recycling process of the water (decanting of coarse and fine solids, storage tanks, hydrocarbon separator and filters) and the hedonistic-showcase of the VIP room, where the furniture registers the positions of the active and passive wait, whether sitting on the suspended transparent chair or in the ball pool.nTECHNIC BACKSTAGEnThe technic resolution (just one line item) based on epoxy paint of specific composition solves everything: image, efficient execution and water resistance. The monochrome background highlights the machinery’s and space’s backstage. nnSPECIAL THANKS TO:nMy client, José Luis Ciprés.nMy collaborators, Raquel Ruiz García and José María Sánchez Laforet.nEl Hijo Tonto and the team: Elena Aranda, Roberto García, Blanca Gómez, Miguel G. Castro, Andrés Juste, Marta Muñoz, María Núñez, Ángela Peralta; Narcís Molina, Pablo Santacana, Miguel Zetina, Paco Lidón, Luisa Costales, marta de las Heras y Roberto Rodríguez.nnArchitecture, design and production: www.linatoro.com Less
