Reconstruction of existing buildings in the historical industrial part of the Podil district, in Kyiv. The courtyard forms a single pedestrian zone with an open public space on the ground floor and combines several sections into one complex. The territory creates a full of functions business park with PRO-offices, comfortable and active areas.
Objective:
Create the most efficient and flexible floor plates of commercial areas in the existing building footprint.
Hardships:
Design in the boundaries of existing buildings.
Eliminate overheating on the south facade.
Maximize the natural insolation of the inner space.
Solutions:
The open space of the first floor due to transitions between different sections connects them into one complex.
The lobby and upper floor with increased ceiling height create an interesting space in premises.
Lighting recesses allow to increase insolation and comfortable dividing the internal office space into convenient slots.
A large number of terraces and balconies overlooking the green slopes.
The building has a large number of parking spaces - guest parking, underground parking and multi-story parking integrated into the lower floors with mesh facades for natural ventilation.
Optimization of the floor area by grouping all people traffic through 2 main staircase - elevator units.
Overhang cantilever makes the interesting silhouette and creates a cover above the open pedestrian zone of the courtyard.
Combined facades in a different sides of the building optimize insolation, reduce overheating and improve the microclimate.
Facts and details:
Parking for up to 399 cars
Height from 4 to 7 floors
PRO-offices from 500 sq.m