Urban Office

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Urban Office

ARCHITECTS
Urban Office

PHOTOGRAPHS
Arthur Tintu

AREA
10000.0 sqm

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
  București, Romania

CATEGORY
Office Buildings

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Text description provided by architect.

We originally wanted to design a semi-buried building. After starting the project, a foundation was found at 4m depth and we had to lift up the building, but the solution to mask the ground floor remained.

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So instead of building fences to the Street (sos.Cotroceni) we drew a long plant-holder which makes mediation between private space and public traffic.

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Apparently it remains only 1-st floor.

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This approach has given us various elements and connections with fences and gardens.

We got a game that takes strong tectonic line into the building’s composition.

The idea of a building semi-visible, between urban gardens, helps to harmonize with the composition space of Botanic Garden downhill.

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Turquoise is a color that is close to what we wanted originally (copper patina) and offers a refined game in the winter… where white parts and refractions are seen as snow cuts.

Vertical stereotomy is introduced to maintain building soberness. 

Although the building represents a sophisticated computer, we have prepared this building for various functions, which may change over the years without changing its architecture…

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Urban Office
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Urban Office
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