While ensuring maximum efficiency for the production line as in a “classical” cheese factory building, the boutique factory adopts a more contemporary attitude via its monumental form. The building wraps around an inner green courtyard and opens itself to the exterior via its large welcoming canopy. The building typology is upgraded from the status of a simple production space to that of a cheese showroom–museum. The building wraps the linear production process and spaces in an ellipse enclosing an inner courtyard. From this courtyard within, all sequences of the production can be observed in 360° degree by the visitors. The transparency of the facade lets us peek into the production spaces while the staff animates the whole.
The Farm 38° 30°, Afyon Tazlar, Turkey
Program: factory
Architects: Slash Architects, Arkizon
Area: 800 sqm
Completion: 2016