“The client initially approached us only with a request for an interior solution for his office space in a building that was to be constructed from prefabricated parts. In our opinion, this proposal did not reflect the requirement for a representative headquarters of a family holding company. Together we discussed the concept and agreed on the project. Our task was, among other things, to ensure that the BudexHUB wooden building, including the entire site, lived up to the company’s idea of prominence.” said Ján Antal, Managing Partner of Perspektiv Studio.
Autodesk Revit was used as the main working tool for creating documentation, which allows transparent control of project development. By using BIM technology, the architects and designers of Perspectives Studio were able to actively manage all processes and phases of the house construction.
Wood as the new standard in construction
The design of the house is conceived as a passive four-storey wooden building, whose height reaches the permitted limit for this type of building in our country. The wooden office building is one of the tallest in the Czech Republic. The complex is designed so that the client can apply his interest in the development of technology and the generation and storage of clean energy. Accordingly, the operation of the building draws on renewable resources.
The structure made of wooden chamber ceilings and NOVATOP wall systems as well as CLT panels winds around the internal reinforced concrete core on four floors of the office building. Both materials of these structures are designed to be visually prominent in the dominant areas, and both welcome the building users as soon as they enter the building. The slab bearing materials here were chosen with respect to the preferred layout, the size of the building and the intended visual appearance of the space.
From the point of view of the design of the wooden buildings, the firefighters’ standard opinion did not pose any problem and we received a positive opinion without further comments in the first round.
Sustainability and energy footprint were important elements in the budget analysis of the whole project. Timber structures excel in this respect as they have the lowest carbon footprint and are made from renewable resources. The advantage of creating a rough construction, which is quicker in the case of timber buildings, was also a certain parameter for the decision-making process.
In order to extract solar energy as efficiently as possible, the studio designed the latest technology of bifacial solar panels forming the canopies over the car park. The supply of thermal energy for cooling or underfloor heating of the building is primarily provided by geothermal boreholes and a heat pump.
Studio Perspektiv covered the project in all its phases. As general designer, it oversaw all planning and design processes. The client also stepped into the project on a real scale using a model created in virtual reality (VR). VR allows for easier orientation in spatial relationships, perception of dimension and depth. This helped speed up the design commenting and approval process.
More details about the construction, especially from the structural point of view of the wooden elements, can be found in the publication “Wooden Buildings: a New Era of Sustainable Construction“.
The author team of Perspektiv Studio:
- Architecture: Ján Antal, Martin Stára, Eva Schilhart Faberová
- Interior by Eva Schilhart Faberová, Anna Dománková
- Collaboration by Petra Malovaná, Silvia Snopková, Branislav Kožej
