The plot is located in the residential area of Kyiv on the Left Bank of the Dnipro river. One of the advantages of the location is the developed infrastructure of the surrounding area. In addition, there is a large green area around the lake with a renovated fitness park located really close.
The complex is located in the existing building development. It’s surrounded by residential buildings on two sides. Their architecture is metric and «dry». Existing buildings are replicated typical projects that have their own tops, which forms the character of the area. Therefore, we took this factor in the basis for morphogenesis.
Vertical segmentation of facades allowed to structurally approach the surrounding buildings, which also have vertical projections in volume. The two buildings were divided into six volumes, where the accents were identified, which were accentuated by panoramic windows and glass balconies in a random order. They created the code design of the complex. On the secondary facades the windows are relatively smaller. There are public spaces with solid stained glass on the ground floors, which logically completed the tectonics of the wall and expressed its function.
The concept is two volumes of 9 and 16 floors, united by a low-raise base. We divided the two volumes into smaller "boxes" and turned each of them to a detailed calculated angle. These angles are formed by insolation restrictions, view characteristics, and orientation relative to the loud avenue. Due to the rotation of the sections, it was possible not only to provide beautiful views from almost every apartment in the house but also to cover more green space and get a variety of views: some windows can face the park, others - the lake. Also, turning the facades at an angle from the avenue, managed to protect it from direct noise from the avenue to the windows of the house. It also reduced the noise pressure on it.
We designed the volume of the low-raise base of the complex in such way as to get a nice access to the driveway with a green island in the middle. Due to the low-raise base, we got two categories of space. The first space is public one. Here we concentrated the main infrastructure: cafes, restaurants, etc. not only for the residents of our complex but also for the whole district. There’s a promenade along the lake to which we have provided with a barrier-free transit from the complex. The second one is private space. This space is above ground level, on the exploited area of the stylobate part, and is accessible only to residents of the complex. Because there is a playground, chamber recreation areas, lots of greenery, and private terraces on the first floors for a comfortable pastime.
An obligatory element of each apartment is an open balcony. One of the problems in Ukraine is the chaotic glazing of balconies, so one of the main requirements for us, as architects, was to design the house in such a way that the balconies could not be glazed. Due to economic reasons, not all property developers in Ukraine have the opportunity to provide a centralized air conditioning system, so we must provide air conditioning for each room and for each commercial premise so that in the future there won’t be chaos on the facades. In the project, we lay down separate places for placement of external blocks of conditioners which will satisfy engineering and architectural requirements.