Office Life In The Middle Of A Forest

This is where you want to work, no matter what job you have. Madrid-based architects Jose Selgas and Lucia Cano of Selgascano have designed their new office, located in the woods near the city. They created a fantastic dreamy tunnel-like space with a north-facing wall of 2 centimeters thick, curved window made of transparent acrylic. The opaque, southside is constructed from a thick, insulated, fiber-glass and polyester sandwich.

The structure looks very pop-up and slightly reminds me of the semi-subterranean huts I used to build during childhood…

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