Miquel del Rio and Hans Focketyn propose a building consisting of two volumes, united by floating public spaces and enclosed by a façade of corrugated sheet metal, referencing the industrial character of the original building. In the smaller of the two volumes we find two separate and acoustically insulated event rooms as well as backstage and production elements on three floors and an underground floor. In the second volume, areas for gastronomy, offices, workshops, radio studios and other facilities are proposed on five floors. >>>

The design is a studio project from Master of Architecture. The project is an approach to attenuate the problem of groundwater depletion in Marfa, Texas due to massive farming and oil drilling and the building demonstrate as an example with how to resolve it. The future of desert climate conditions can be reversed with bio-climatic approach and critical design thinking. >>>