Transco Děčín, Refurbishment

Transco Děčín, Refurbishment

TRANSCO Děčín, refurbishment

3+1 architekti

ARCHITECTS
3+1 architekti

PHOTOS
Pavel Planicka (3)

STATUS
Built

AREA
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Děčín, Czech Republic

TYPE
Commercial › Office

The historic warehouse from the late 19th century, similar to dozens of others that are to be found along the railway.

Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment

Nice proportions, simple design, practicality.
Its position is advantageous for the builder - a forwarding and transport company.

It is located within central urban development, yet it has a character of city outskirts.

Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment

We considered to build company facilities within the warehouse space.

Then we decided not to. We rather chose to revive unused adjoining house which had been recently poorly renovated.

Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment

We let demolish the floor with weirdly formed gable roof (the product of previous adjustments) and we construct a new floor with flat roof.

Large windows allow workers to have good control over the traffic around.

Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment

At the same time, they allow kind of nostalgic view into the past – looking at the railway and adjacent buildings that are changing all the time.


Metal used for a facade refers simply to adjacent railroad track, containers and transport in general.

Transco Děčín, Refurbishment


Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment
Transco Děčín, Refurbishment


Transco Děčín, Refurbishment