I made Thomas Guerts Warehouse Modular Building out of Lego compatible bricks

 

In 2021, Thomas Guerts submitted his idea for a Warehouse Modular building to Lego ideas, but sadly it never garnered sufficient votes to see this project made into reality.

 I'm not sure if Thomas ever made the physical model or whether the warehouse was simply a 3D render.  I checked his instagram @elteebricks but never saw it there.

Since he didn't make it, I thought I would give it a try.  I bought a lot of dark red masonry bricks for the warehouse walls.  Everything else was scrounged from my spare brick parts bin.  As you can see,  the warehouse I made has some differences from the original model, yet I'm still trying to maintain the overall design of Thomas Guerts vision.

The first thing you will notice is the baseplate.  I have extended the baseplate and tiled it so that it can accommodate a transport truck.  The size of the baseplate is 32 studs wide by 48 studs deep.  I added a small tree for decoration outside.  I might add a little planter along the right side in future.

Thomas depicts an orange forklift in his warehouse.  I have that same forklift in my collection but decided to use this smaller green one, although I can't quite remember whether it came from a Wange set or some other set.

The rollup garage doors go up and down smoothly.  I'm just missing the handle piece on the right hand side door.   The adjacent office is only a single storey, whereas Thomas mentioned that his model has a second floor that is a canteen for the truck drivers.  I plan to introduce the second floor in the near future.

I'm missing the downpipe that runs next to the office wall.  Need to make tat for my set.

I don't have any markings on the pavement as yet, and I'm missing the overhead lights above the garage doors, but I just made them last night, so I will put them on soon.

Here's a delivery truck parked in front of the doors for scale.  When you use bricks from different suppliers and brands, you run the risk of brick colours not matching as evidenced by the masonry bricks. 

I made the side wall of the warehouse a pop out wall following Thomas Guerts design.

Here's the view from the office side.  As mentioned earlier, I have provisioned for a future second floor.  The roof can be replaced with a break room stacked on top.  Access to the second floor will be from inside the warehouse via stairs I have yet to put in.  The staircase will lead to the doorway shown above.

I decided to use masonry bricks for the office too, although I might change that in future.  Mine is just a brick wall whereas Thomas' office has windows along the side.

I put a back door into my warehouse but it's a long drop for anyone who steps out.   I made a continuous line of windows along the back, which is different from the Thomas warehouse.

Inside the office, I furnished it with a counter and computer terminal, a trash bin, a chair and a small filing cabinet with a radio on top.   There's a door that leads to the warehouse as well as a window.

The roof of the warehouse comes off to display the interior.  The floor is fully tiled and there are two shelves made form technic bricks along the back wall.  One shelf is 5 studs wide and the other is 3 studs wide.  I had to add extra bracing for the garage door tracks.

I made sure the height of the tracks didn't prohibit the forklift from driving around inside.

With the wall removed, you can see inside the warehouse just like the Thomas Guerts design.  

Here's another shot of the inside of the warehouse.

A closer look at the two loading bays.

I just realized I'm missing the HVAC unit from my rooftop.  Need to make one of those.

Thanks for looking at my custom warehouse modular building based on Thomas Guerts design.  Hope you liked it, Bye!