programme and spatial concept

“In ancient times northern Europe used to be covered with forests so thick that it was said that a squirrel could easily jump from one branch to another from one end of the forest to another touching the ground not a single time. No wonder, that with such extension the forest was considered the ground of existence, spirituality and culture of the first settlers. When the tribe was preparing an
area to get settled they would always leave a big tree in the middle, which was known as the Tree of Life and protected and unite people.”

The presented concept is reflecting the idea of the Tree of Life, growing through the fortification monolith (totalitarian regimes) to unite and protect people again. In the places of fractures the monolith is turned into ceramic bricks symbolizing post-war Gdansk.
The said idea will be deeply symbolic. It will accentuate the basic aim of the Museum establishment, its pacifist nature with the principle message – protection of the main value – Freedom.

landscape development Concept

Pedestrian communications
The
said concept provides for the minimum interference with the formed vehicle and pedestrian
communication network of the territory and the maximum conformity to the
requirements and wishes of the REGULATIONS of the ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION. The
structure of the Museum is triangular in plan, thus blending with the suggested
pedestrian links from Karpia
Street to Walowa Street with footpaths and green
plantations being preserved on the banks of Radunia Channel. It is also
suggested to arrange the additional footbridge across the Channel to ensure the
convenient pedestrian communication with Karpia Street. The pedestrian communication between Walowa
and Na Dylach in the north part of the
area is also kept. In addition to the
above, we suggest arranging the passage through the building at the level of
the ground floor from Karpia
Streetto
Walowa Street,
which will add to the pedestrian communications and attractiveness of the
building.
Entrances
The main
entrance to the Museum is expected from the corner of Walowa and St.Stocznia
Streets, which will be arranged in the northern corner of the building. The second (additional) main entrance will be
arranged in the southern corner of the building. These two entrances will be
connected with each other by the passage at the level of the ground floor
(parterre). Besides, from St.Stocznia Street,
the entrances to the separate functional zones of the Museum will be arranged,
in particular to library complex, administrative premises, hotel complex.
Transport connections
Main
driveway for the motor transport will be from Walowa and St.Stocznia Streets. At
the corner of the Walowa and St.Stocznia Streets, near the main entrance to the
Museum, there will be a ground for u-turning and parking of tourist buses
arranged. Nearby the outdoors parking
lot for 88 cars with a drive from St.Stocznia will be arranged. There will also
be an entry to the underground parking lot in parking lot area. The second entry to the underground parking
lot, which will at the same time serve as an entry for the trucks to the
unloading zone, will be arranged from Walowa
Street running parallel with the northwest façade
of the Museum. The second entry for trucks for unloading of especially large
loads in certain cases will be arranged along the footpath on the bank of
Radunia Channel in the west corner of the building directly into the showroom
through the glazed aperture in the northern façade of the Museum. Covering of
the path will be reinforced accordingly to suit such cases.
Landscaping
Landscaping
of the territory provides for the maximum landscaping of the Museum territory. As it has already been mentioned, the landscaping
on the banks of Radunia Channel will be preserved. The recreational zone near
the outfall of Radunia Channel into the MotlawaRiver with the existing bombproof
shelter will be also preserved. It is suggested to accentuate this area with a
paved terrace having the benches for relaxing arranged on it and with
installation of monumental stairs leading from the moorage boats to the
northern entrance of the Museum. In the area between the northern entrance and
St.Stocznia, there will be a 1 400m2 site arranged, which will be used for
open air expositions and historical reconstruction.

architectural concept of
the building

Spatial Concept
As it
has already been mentioned, the shape of the building will represent the
fortification lump with a Tree growing through it. The tree will be a living
tall dominant of a building (35-40m high) and its central symbol. This tree
should be of fine species of wood, preferably evergreen. It will be moved from
the beforehand chosen territory with a help of specialized trucks for tree
transportation and planted in the centre of the building during the
construction work.
The
building is of triangular shape with vertical enclosure walls and slanting
roof. The highest angle of the building (i.e. west) will be 25m high, the
northern – 19.6m high, and southern – 9.4m. In the centre of a building, around
the Tree, there will be a glazed atrium arranged, which will be a central
(main) recreational and, at the same time, communication zone of a building. In
addition to the recreational zone, the central front stairs will be arranged
here, which will connect all main floors of the building. Passage gallery will
run along the atrium from the main (northern) entrance to the southern
entrance, which will be glazed at the roof level and symbolize the fracture in
a lump.

Functional and Planning Concept
Inner
space of the building will be arranged on the four levels:

Underground
Floor will be broken up into two levels:
One
underground level will be at the height of -8.400
(area taking up the western part of a building). The premises of warehouse
complex will be arranged here, where there will be unloading zone for carrier
trucks with a turn-around area (1 unloading place) and all necessary utility
rooms according to the specification. Freight lifting platform for bulky cargo
will be arranged from the storehouse area. Adjacently at the same height there
will be a part of premises of technical service complex.
The
second underground level is at the height of -4,200 (area taking up the eastern
part of a building). The rest of the premises of technical service complex,
technical infrastructure complex and some utility rooms of the entrance zone
complex will be arranged here. The underground car park for 112 parking stalls
will take up the rest of the space at this level. Escalators and lifts going up
to the entrance zone on the ground floor will be arranged from this level.

Ground
Floor at the height of + 0.000.
As
noted above, the compositional centre of the premises on the ground floor will
be a passage gallery with a centrally-located atrium that will serve the main
recreation area. Entrance hall will be
arranged at the main entrance and integrated into a gallery. It is oval in
plan. Around the hall, in the northeast part of the floor other premises of the
entrance area (namely bathroom units, café with a restaurant, emergency room,
children's room, etc.)
In the
northern part near the main entrance there will be a group of rooms of
conference hall arranged, which will have a separate (detached) entrance from
the area of entrance vestibule and will consist of the very conference hall
(470 m2) and utility rooms - bathroom units, cloakroom, service
rooms and engineering and utility services rooms with a separate private
entrance.
In the
southeast part, the rooms of the library complex will be arranged with a
separate entrance from St.Stocznia
Street and additional entrances to the
recreational gallery.
The
main function of the ground floor will of course consist in providing an area
for permanent exposition. This area will take up the entire height of a
building. The height of the exposition room will reach - 12m at the beginning
of the exposition to the bottom of the floor structure. This concept fully
takes the account of the concept of the interiors developed by Tempora,
complementing it with illuminated recreational premises, which will interrupt
the excursion here and there, in the places being the most important on the
authors’ opinion, to comprehend the meaning of what has been seen. The
direction of the exposition is developed in such a way that the visitors will
walk along the exposition from the main entrance (northern) to the exit
(southern), where they will find themselves at the open air exposition and
recreational area outdoors.

First
floor at the height of + 6,900
The
premises on the first floor will be mainly arranged in the east part of the
building, above the premises of the entrance group and library complex situated
on the ground floor.
In the
north part of the floor there will be a group of the premises of administration
and office complex arranged with separate entrance on a lower floor and
necessary communications – elevators and staircase.
In the
southern part of the building there will be a hotel complex also with a separate
entrance on the lower floor and necessary communications – elevators and
staircase.

Second
floor at the height of + 13,500
Premises
on the second floor will be arranged in the northwest part of the building
above the premises of the conference hall and partly permanent exposition.
The
premises of the entrance group (hall, bathroom units, showing room with
projection booth), the hall with temporary exposition (1,335m2) and educational
complex will be situated here.
Functional
layout takes into account all communication linkages between the premises, as
well as safe evacuation of people in case of fire.

Moreover, the bulk of the building allows
to add necessary areas for arranging the additional engineering and utility
services rooms in case of further detailed development of engineering systems
of a building.
Outside Finish of Building
According
to the authors’ concept the minimal variety of finishing materials will be used
for finishing the facades of the building. The main material will be natural
stone, brick and glass. Large areas of the façade will be finished with granite
plates, which will be fixed to the metal frame of a facade. A few areas of
façade, in particular those accentuating the stylized cracks and gallery will
be finished with ceramic tiles simulating the brickworks.

Constructional Concept
Accordingtothegeologicalengineeringsurveyitisreasonabletomakefoundationswithreinforcedconcreteboredpileswithmonolithicreinforcedconcretepilegrating.
Theframeofabuilding – intheundergroundpart (belowthemark 0,000) – reinforcedconcretemonolithicone. Columnspace 10.0х10.0m (andlessthan 10,0m), floorabovethebasement – monolithicreinforcedconcretebeamslab. Thefloorinplanviewisdividedintopartstoensurethetemperatureandshrinkingdeformations.
Theframeabovethemark 0.000 ismadewithmetal (steel) latticeandsolid (inplanview) columns. Latticecolumnspace (overthespan) – 34.3 – 16.9m, solidcolumnsspace – lessthan16.0m. Incrossdirectionthecolumnspace – 10.0.
Thefloorabovethegroundfloor, firstandsecondlevels – steelreinforcedconcretewithpermanenttrapezoidformsalongthemetalbearingfloorstructures (steelbeams – spanupto 12m; steeltrusses – spanover 12m). The floor in plan
view is divided into parts to ensure the temperature and shrinking
deformations.
Floor – metalbearingstructuresofaroof (beamsandtrusses). Loadbearingelementoffloor - trapezoidsheet (corrugatedsteelsheet) alongthemetalbeamsandtrusses.
Wallsofelevatorshaftsandstaircases – inreinforcedconcrete, monolithic.
Durabilityandstiffnessoftheframeofabuildingincrossdirectionandlengthwiseisensuredbythecombinedactionofreinforcedconcretecolumnsandwallsofundergroundfloor, metalcolumnsabovethelevel 0.000, reinforcedconcretestaircasesandelevatorshafts.
Stiffnessoffloorisensuredbyreinforcedconcretemonolithicslabalongthepermanenttrapezoidmetalformwork. Stiffnessofaroofisensuredbythecorrugatedsteelsheet (rigiddisk) andcomponentsofroof - trusses, beamsandbundles.
Anticorrosiveprotectionandfireresistanceisforeseenformetalbearingstructuresaccordingtotheexistingnorms. Fireprotectionofreinforcedconcretestructuresisensuredbytherespectivethicknessofthecomponentsandconcretecovertoreinforcement.

Engineering Systems of Heating and Ventilation
Heating. Heat
supply to the complex is foreseen from the town mains.
Preparation
and distribution of the heat carrier is foreseen at the heating unit.
Water
heating is foreseen for administrative and utility rooms, air heating combined
with ventilation is foreseen for exposition halls. Pipelines will be run under
the ceiling and in the floor beyond the removable shields.

Ventilation.
Ventilation and air-conditioning systems are provided as separate for separate
exposition areas, premises of different functionality.
Heating,
ventilation and air-conditioning system will maintain the necessary temperature
regime (20…22°С) in all the rooms, and humidity conditions (45…55%) in the
exposition halls and storehouses of exhibits. The air-conditioning will be
centralized for exposition halls; in administrative rooms, production and
recreational rooms it will be ensured by fan coil units. Conditioning system
equipment will be installed in separate rooms.
It is
foreseen that volume of fresh air supply will be adjusted depending on the
number of visitors in the rooms. Air
recuperation and recirculation will be provided for.
To prevent
transmission and generation of unwanted noise producing by the ventilation
equipment it is planned to use low-noise ventilation equipment, besides, air
ducts of necessary cut have been chosen and if required at the point where the
air ducts enter the room there will be sound attenuator installed.
Filters
of EW7 class are provided for in the central air sets.
It is
planned to install the ventilation equipment in the separate rooms to improve
the operating efficiency, maintainability, decrease in heat leakage, and
negative influence on exterior view of the complex.
It is
planned to install gas monitoring and warning system in the complex.
The
operation of all systems of heat supply, heating, ventilation and
air-conditioning will be automated. It is planned to install the general system
of control and management of heating, ventilation and conditioning systems that
is a part of BMS. The information as to the consumption of power will be
provided with the help of GMS to the organizations

Engineering Systems
of Power Supply
Electricpowersupplyanddistribution
Intheswitchboardroom, thereareseveralpowerdistributionpanels (PDP) installed; diesel-generatorsetisalsoforeseen. OneofPDPsisforeseenforpowersupplyoffireextinguishingequipmentthatoperatesonlyincaseoffire. ThisPDPisfor 3 inputsfromautomatictransferswitch (ATS) betweentheinputs (2 inputsfromthenetworkandoneinputfromthediesel-generatorset). OnemorePDPisforeseenforpowersupplyofallpowerconsumers, forwhichblack-outsarecrucial (evacuationlight, securityalarmsystem, etc.). Thisboardhasalsogotthreeinputs (2 inputsfromthenetworkandoneinputfromthethediesel-generatorset), aswellasuninterruptiblepowersupplyunit (UPS). TherestofPDPsfor 2 inputswithATSbetweentheinputsaremeantforparticularlynon-criticalpowerconsumers. Intheroomsofthepowerconsumersofdifferentdirections (restaurant, library, conferencehall) therearetheirowndistributionboardsinstalled, whicharepoweredfromPDPthroughtheradialarrangement.
PowerFacilities
Powermainsaremadewithcableandbusducts. Powermainsarelaidintheunderfloorductsandontrays. Groupnetworksaremadewithcableandwire. Balancingilluminationsystemhasbeenaccepted, exceptforthepremiseswithspecialrequirementsastotheillumination (library, exhibitionrooms, etc.). Working, emergency (evacuation) lighthasbeenaccepted. EvacuationlightispoweredafterUPS. Workinglightiscontrolledautomaticallybycontrollingsystemforcorridorsandhalls, andlocallybyswitchesforengineeringandutilityservicesrooms. Expositionlightiscontrolledonlyautomaticallybythelightscontrolsystem. PowersupplyvoltageofExpositionlightis 12V, asarule.
Self-extinguishingbunchedcableandwirewithlowsmokeformationrates, low-toxicityareusedforconventionalpowerconsumers. FireproofcableFlameFE180/E90 infireproofsystemofcabletraysinstallation Е90 isusedforfireextinguishinginstallations; evacuationlights – withfireproofcableFlameFE180/E30 infireproofsystemofcabletraysinstallation Е30.
Lightningprotection
TN-S
earthling system has been accepted.
Installationofmainpotentialequalizationsystem (MainEarthBus– MEB).
ConnectionofPEconductors, metalpipesofengineeringservices, earthingdevicesofLightningprotectiontoMEB. Additionalpotentialequalizationsystemsareinstalledinshowers, etc.
Lightningprotectionmadewithsingledischargerodsandmetalmesh. Metalpartsoftheframeanddowndropsof 10mmgalvanizedsteelfromtherooftothegroundserveaslightningdischargers. Loopoflightningstrikeprotectionalongtheperimeterofabuilding. Therearelightningdischargers (classB, C) inMEBsandpanelsavailable.

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