Madrid co-working space created from 19th-century industrial building

Jump Studios has completed a 鈧4m co-working building for Google in Madrid.

The 2,500sq m 鈥渃ampus鈥 has been converted from a five-storey former battery factory dating from 1892.

The project inserted a new entrance on the south side, giving on to a public plaza and the main road, improving circulation and letting more light into the building.

Inside is a two-storey cafe, flexible working spaces, meeting 鈥渘ooks鈥 and a triple-height, naturally lit, 200-seat auditorium. For this, Jump Studios retained part of the building鈥檚 original internal structure, including steel ceiling beams, allowing floor plans to be extended in future if more co-working space is needed.

Campus Madrid is the tech firm鈥檚 sixth co-working site. The first was opened in London, with others following in Seoul, Sao Paolo, Tel Aviv and Warsaw.

Jump Studios, which is part of Populous, also worked with Google on the London campus.

For Madrid it worked with property giant CBRE鈥檚 Spanish architects department, formerly FM Arquitectos.

The campuses provide spaces for entrepreneurs to learn, share ideas and launch start-ups. Madrid will be used by 7,000 Google 鈥渕embers鈥, including 50 resident start-up companies.