48 foldable units for paddock and hospitality hire at the MotoE in Barcelona

What we delivered

For the MotoE at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, WEFOLDIT supplied 48 foldable units. With these we built paddock structures for the teams, a double-deck hospitality with roof terrace overlooking the track, plus office and production spaces. The structures were ready on time and branded for the race weekend.

The result: a compact, functional paddock in which teams, guests and production each had their own space, all built from the same modular system.

The challenge

A motorsport race weekend runs to a tight schedule with little room to manoeuvre. Everything has to be in place before the teams arrive, on a site that is paddock, car park and helicopter platform all at once. The challenge was therefore to fit many different functions into a limited space, without the build-up delaying the weekend.

On top of that, the client asked for more than just work space. Teams needed paddock structures, guests a hospitality with a view of the track, and the organisation office and production spaces. These functions differ considerably, but had to come from one coherent system.

The approach

We chose 48 foldable units of 6 x 2.45 m as the basis for all functions. Because every unit has the same format, we could assemble paddock, hospitality and offices from the same building blocks. That makes planning, transport and build-up predictable.

For the hospitality we deliberately opted for a double-deck setup with roof terrace. This creates extra floor space on a small footprint and a vantage point over the straight. The staircase and terrace turn a workable unit into a place where guests experience the weekend.

The units are foldable, which means ten fit on a single truck. That saves transport movements to Barcelona and shortens the build-up time on site. On a site where trucks and helicopters also need room, every square metre and every truck you do not have to deploy counts.

Branding at the circuit

The units are fully branded with large panels, including MotoE, Michelin and partner liveries. In this way functional structures also became visible brand carriers along the track. For the teams and partners, that visibility is just as valuable as the space itself.

Because the branding is applied to the modular system, the visual seamlessly matches the shape of the units. The whole looks like a considered design, not like separate containers with stickers.

The result

With 48 foldable units, a complete paddock environment stood that combined paddock, hospitality and production. The double-deck hospitality with roof terrace gave guests a view over the track, while the teams could work undisturbed below. The modular approach kept transport and build-up manageable within the tight schedule of a race weekend.

Would you like a comparable paddock, hospitality or branded structure for a race weekend or another large event? Get in touch without obligation via the request form on wefoldit.nl, and we will be glad to think through the setup with you.