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Truck Dealership / Workshop / Industrial Facility
Guatire, Venezuela, 2013–2014
Toyota Hino Trucks Dealer is organised around the operational logic of large vehicles, movement and manoeuvre.
Due to the irregular geometry of the plot, each building is positioned where it can obtain the greatest spatial efficiency according to its functional and dimensional requirements. The project is therefore structured as a set of complementary pavilions, each responding to a specific programme while maintaining a clear relationship with the whole.
The space between the two buildings becomes the key element of the proposal. Conceived as a manoeuvring yard, this central void is not a leftover space, but the operational heart of the project: the area that enables circulation, access, service and the daily functioning of both pavilions.
Rather than treating the dealership as a single commercial object, the project works as an industrial system — a precise arrangement of buildings, yards and flows designed for visibility, efficiency and the scale of heavy vehicles.
Client: Mantrucks C.A.
Program: Truck dealership
Status: Approved by the municipality for construction
Location: Guatire, Venezuela
Year: 2013–2014
Authors: Karla Montauti and José Jraige
Structural advisor: A490 Consultores / Ing. Antonio Guell
MEP advisor: Arq. Ariadna Santacruz
Urban advisor: Urvisa
Team assistance: Rafael Malaguera and Pablo Zapata