KWK Promes uses product as a palette
If Polish architectural studio KWK promess was asked to design the new Gambit office in GliwiceIt was presented with the familiar paradox of creating a piece of shoe. Instead of shy away from the challenge, the team transformed it into a design prompt. The resulting project is a workplace defined by his sculpture facade consisting of aluminumTubular stack.
In order to form this unique structure, the team includes exactly the material that its customer distributes: industrial pipes. In order to keep the costs low in the event of a visual statement, the architects proposed to build a structure that resembled pipelines. Therefore, the design tries to use the customer's own stock, which is related to wholesale prices and at the same time doubled as a literal advertising board – one that organizes gambit for everyone.
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Gambit office finds a form in the function
The team In the KWK Promes location the Gambit office along the site along the site of a former rectangular production hall, surrounded by modest houses with suitable roofs and long outbuildings. This context helped the new structure. The three -part program of the building – a warehouse, a workshop and an office – takes on a clear volume. The sloping roof of the office wing reflects both the practical requirements of the pipe storage and the deputy context of the neighborhood.
If the shape of the office looks familiar, it may be that Christo unintentionally reflects it London Mastaba. The beveled roof came from the need: it reflects the optimal path to the stack of cylindrical pipes, which in turn determine the angle of the roof sections. In addition, the restrictions of the local zoning code and the sculptural silhouette of the building do not arise from ego, but from efficiency.
There is plenty of natural light in the office. Office spaces on the ground floor offer large windows with a view of a garden. On the upper floor, skylights and auxiliary rooms illuminate the upper floor, in which flexibility and wall space have priority before the view.
KWK promotes the Gambit office in Polish to resemble a stack of industrial ears
Aluminum for durability
Although KWK's Gambit office is indisputable industrial, it is surprisingly sensitive to its surroundings. From the street it shows a confident urban front. From the residential area behind it, the fragmented roof line breaks its mass and helps him to integrate into the substance of the increase of the neighbor. This duality is at the same time assertive and modest for the work of the studio.
First of all, the facade should be covered in gambits pipes, which are designed for underground use. But when tests showed that they were oxidized under UV light, KWK a promoted raw aluminum sheets-inexpensive, highly digestible material that the team had used in previous projects Unique And Konieczny's ark. The aluminum is naturally transferred to a soft, concrete patina and requires a minimal maintenance-an important consideration in view of the environmental costs of the construction process.
The building interferes in its living environment and presents a brave, street front
Birds and whistles do not always mix, but in the Gambit office, coexistence has won for control. While the architects first thought about installing bird celebrations to prevent the nesting in the pipe -like elements, they ultimately decided to welcome the residents of bird dwellers. The pipes on the edges of the building were limited to prevent the whistle from whistling in the wind, but otherwise nature was invited.
Although the KWK is surrounded by the gambit office of asphalt and truck bays, the architects cut out a little heaven for people inside. A terrace on the roof that is hidden above the lowest section offers employees a place to relax outdoors. It is a small gesture, but one that speaks volumes about the commitment of the studio for the design of self -utilitarian rooms with an inviting atmosphere.
The shape of the building reflects the local residential architecture with picked roofs and simple volumes
Natural light occurs through windows and skylights, while a terrace on the roof offers