The new headquarters of the Polish Gas Company in Gdansk is housed in a compact circular building surrounding an intimate inner courtyard. Winning the competition for the design of this building gave the authors of the concept the impetus to establish their own architectural studio.
The facade of the circular building is highlighted by horizontally running white narrow panels surrounding the building. The rhythm is interrupted by a cutout of the main entrance and a large two-story opening - a terrace overlooking Walowa Street and the World War II Museum. The circular patio and cut-outs in the body of the building allowed for natural ventilation of the building and good lighting for the radially arranged office spaces.
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As the authors of the project emphasize, the overriding goal was to seek passive solutions in an office building based on architecture (form, function, material, construction), while maintaining the investor's economic assumptions. Due to the instability of the ground, the high level of groundwater and the unusual form of the building, a reinforced concrete structure was used in the building.
The interiors of the new headquarters of the Polish Gas Company are a continuation of the assumptions arising from the architecture of the building.
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The authors decided to use high-quality architectural concrete, the work was preceded by precise workshop drawings of the individual formwork in the areas where the material is exposed, and in some places a hammered surface structure was also used. Raw finishing elements, such as concrete and steel, were juxtaposed with natural oak wood and warm shades of floor coverings.
