架构师提供的文本描述。该项目的目的是为公司总部重新设计一座从80年代开始的现有工业建筑。公司的主要要求之一是，重新设计的质量与他们在市场上的标准相同。

Text description provided by the architects. The aim of the project was to redesign an existing industrial building, dated from the 80´s, for the headquarters of a company. One of the main company requests was that the redesign achieves the same quality as their standards in the market.

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策略是保持现有的结构，考虑两个目标：使现有的设施适应新的用途，并为外部形象创造新的皮肤。

The strategy was to keep the existent structure, considering two goals: adapt the existing facilities to a new use, and create a new skin for the exterior image.

这种皮肤是由两层穿孔铝板组成的，采用三角形，既可以作为安全系统，也可以作为太阳能遮阳保护。

That skin was built with a two layers system of perforated aluminum sheet, assuming a triangular form that works both as a security system and as a solar shading protection.

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c.Ricardo Machado

现有的建筑被改造成一座大型雕塑，相对于穿孔金属板材的冰冷形式，一根木条打开了员工休息室和控制中心的外部。

The existing building was transformed into a large scale sculpture. In opposition to the cold form of the perforated metal sheet, a wood batten opens the personnel´s resting room and the control center to the exterior.

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c.Ricardo Machado

随着木材延伸到大门的十字架，定义了入口点：一个种植百年橄榄树的小花园。

The cross created with the extension of the wood to the gates, defines the entry point: a small garden where a centenary olive tree was planted.

在地面一级，主入口被假定为油漆钢的投影箱，作为灯箱工作，公司的身份所在。

On the ground level, the main entry was assumed as a projected box in painted steel that works as a light box and where the company identity was located.