Posto P10 Estació de Servei by Balko Argentina

Posto P10 Estació de Servei by Balko Argentina is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronze in Disseny d'Arquitectura, Edificació i Estructures Competition Category.

BronzeArquitectura· 2021

Posto P10 Estació de Servei

by Balko Argentina

Client: Balko Argentina Sa

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Posto P10 Estació de Servei

El Posto P10 és una estació de servei situada a Manaus, Brasil. El projecte consisteix en la remodelació d'una estació existent, realitzada per aplicar una imatge de marca unificada. La marquesina s'estén 40 metres en direcció longitudinal i 11 metres en direcció transversal, sense suports intermedis. Dos pilars excèntrics fets de metall i formigó armat sostenen l'estructura principal. Un sostre translúcid permet l'entrada de llum natural des de dalt, mentre que a la nit s'utilitza il·luminació artificial. La disposició oberta permet un flux fluid de vehicles i vianants per tot l'emplaçament.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Posto P10 Estació de Servei és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze, un reconeixement altament prestigiós concedit a dissenys sobresortints que es distingeixen per la creativitat, l'enginy i l'astúcia. Els guanyadors de Bronze són artefactes ampliament hàbils i sorprenentment creatius que autentiquen la vasta experiència, la imaginació i el recurs dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Posto P10 Estació de Servei sigui un objecte molt apreciat, admirat i estimat, notablement professional i innovador. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora les millors pràctiques de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia i és excel·lent per la seva atenció al detall. Posto P10 Estació de Servei satisfà esplèndidament les necessitats, toca els desitjos, encisa els sentiments i crida la curiositat.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This project is part of the transformation that the brand "Equador energia" suffered as a result of the visual identity unification with "Dislub energia". It was based on the remodeling of one of the most important and chosen gas stations in the area of Manaus, transforming it into an (incredible) improved Flagship for the brand. This design is materialized by a Startingate model with 40.00m of free light in the longitudinal direction and 11.00m in the transversal direction of full development that allow the flow of natural light throughout the property and a smooth flow of vehicles and pedestrians that enjoy the station.
Dimensions & Packaging: The design has 40.00m x 11,00 m of free light, united by two eccentric legs made with metal and reinforced concrete. They are responsible for linking the main estructure.
The aesthetics of the canopy transmits lightness and modernity.
On the roof there is a translucent ceiling, that creates the effect of being always illuminated, by day thanks to zenithal lighting and by night by artificial lighting.
On the front and back we find themain identification through the Brand Panel.
Tags: gas station, flagship, fuel sales, gas & oil,
Production Technology: For this project, we first carried out an extensive market research. Gas stations in Brazil are very different from what we are used to.
Once we had a clear idea of the situation, we investigated what was outstanding in Mananos, how its people were, what customs they had, how they spent their time, etc. In addition, we were able to found creative paths that help us to identify design concepts. We presented three to our client, and they choose the "monumental" path, and the rest is history.
Design Challenge: the market for gas stations in Brazil is gigantic. And the level of design that we observed, at least in the city of Manaus, left a lot to be desired. Our biggest challenge was to design a gas station that was on par with those that are present in the bigest cities of the world, with a limited budget, and in a place where users are guided to buy more by the price of their fuel than by the design and comfort of the station.
Research: For this particular project we did not carry out any specific creative process, because those processes had already been done when designing the new image of the company.
Our work consisted mainly in optimizing and correctly use ofthe design choosen to be able to apply it in that specific gas station that needed to be remodeled with the new premises of the brand image.
Inspiration: Together with our client, we sought to have the design of this gas station radically transform the fuel sales market in Brazil.
Inspired by concepts of monumentalism, which we associate with terms like: Aethereo, Futurist and Technology, and ECO - friendly desing, since it is located in the Amazon region, which is considered the lungs of the world.
Project Duration: This project is located in the city of Manaus, in Brazil.
We started to work with our client on November 2017, and once the renovation process started we were abble to see the see the re-oppening on July 2020.
Operation Flow: This iconic gas station in the city of Manaus has positively and radically changed the landscape of the city in which it is developed.
It has helped to give more lighting and status to the area, not to mention that it has also encouraged the movement of both vehicles and pedestrians.

In the future it will also encourage the development of new shops in the area, as this is a flagship station and has a large influx of customers.
Patents: All images were provided by our client and approved for beeing used on the application for this award.
Team Members: Enrique Chardon
Beatriz Cruz
Ernesto Sister
Hernan Gelis
Juan Mallo
Image Credits: All images were provided by our client and approved for beeing used on the application for this award.