Characteristics
The designed building is located in the center of Vladivostok inside a residential area in the existing urban fabric on a plot of 1095 m2.
The building is a symbiosis of two main parts — residential and office. This functional structure has its roots in the Roman "Domus". The site with a relief difference of two floors is located next to a 16-storey building. Pedestrian intra-block transport passes through the area.
The objective of the project was to create a closed structure facing the interior of the site, excluding visual connection between the designed residential part and the neighboring multi-storey building. The project makes maximum use of the existing topography; the building literally grows out of it, forming many terraces and flat roofs at different levels, compensating for the lack of space on the site.
The building has five offices of varying sizes with a total area of 1000 m2 and two duplex apartments with a total area of more than 500 m2. All these units have independent entrances from the street and can operate autonomously without intersecting. At the same time, it is possible to connect all component parts and access each of them without leaving the site.
Compositionally the building has many references to modern Japanese architecture. Color solutions refer to antique motifs. The deep terracotta color unifies the volume’s variety, combined with the white horizontal lines. The color key is chosen so as not to create dissonance with the surrounding buildings and at the same time maximize the plasticity of the forms.
The building with a height of five-storeys does not look high due to the gradual increase in tallness and the recess of the ground floor into the terrain. Two or three floors are visible from the pedestrian transit side. The building’s function is formed around the courtyard, to which most of the building’s windows are oriented.
The use of fiber cement panels with a thin outer plaster layer made it possible to stay within strict budget limits. Natural wood was used in the construction of terraces, decking and tactile details, as well as in the interiors.
Renderings by AML architects
The building is a symbiosis of two main parts — residential and office. This functional structure has its roots in the Roman "Domus". The site with a relief difference of two floors is located next to a 16-storey building. Pedestrian intra-block transport passes through the area.
The objective of the project was to create a closed structure facing the interior of the site, excluding visual connection between the designed residential part and the neighboring multi-storey building. The project makes maximum use of the existing topography; the building literally grows out of it, forming many terraces and flat roofs at different levels, compensating for the lack of space on the site.
The building has five offices of varying sizes with a total area of 1000 m2 and two duplex apartments with a total area of more than 500 m2. All these units have independent entrances from the street and can operate autonomously without intersecting. At the same time, it is possible to connect all component parts and access each of them without leaving the site.
Compositionally the building has many references to modern Japanese architecture. Color solutions refer to antique motifs. The deep terracotta color unifies the volume’s variety, combined with the white horizontal lines. The color key is chosen so as not to create dissonance with the surrounding buildings and at the same time maximize the plasticity of the forms.
The building with a height of five-storeys does not look high due to the gradual increase in tallness and the recess of the ground floor into the terrain. Two or three floors are visible from the pedestrian transit side. The building’s function is formed around the courtyard, to which most of the building’s windows are oriented.
The use of fiber cement panels with a thin outer plaster layer made it possible to stay within strict budget limits. Natural wood was used in the construction of terraces, decking and tactile details, as well as in the interiors.
Renderings by AML architects
project type \\
MULTIFUNCTIONAL BUILDING
office area \\
1 053 м2
location \\
vladivostok, russia
Living area \\
510 м2
Draft project \\ \\
2023
