a brief description of the building
client: lemo Inc.
facilities for administration, production, storage
gross floor surface: 3’082 m2
built volume: 46’200 m3
situation
on a small site on the
outskirts of the city of budapest a few
hundred meters off the river danube, lemo wants to erect a new building
for administration and production instead of the existing provisionary
construction. the quarter has been classified by the town authorities
as developmental area allowing the construction of industrial and
service's facilities. the project of lemo Inc. is the first one and
ought to set positive signals for the future development. a
representative architecture is desired which also corresponds with the
client's wishes.
the space allocation plan is highly demanding considering the
location's conditions. furthermore there are obligations by the town
authorities concerning the greening along the road which should be
developed to a representative avenue for the new zone.
solution
the new building has to be
designed with several storeys in
order to satisfy the space allocation plan's demands. the
administration wing is situated towards the main road, slightly
backwards to it the production wing is connected by a joint. the
stairways, the staff's entrances, the lifts for persons and goods are
in the connecting joint.
the administration wing is fully glazed and has solid fins to protect
from the sunlight which at the same time are integrated as creative
elements. the production wing is divided by two glass slits. Therewith
daylight can enter into the building. the production wing has a
façade with bands of windows which are hardly to be seen
from outside because of a metallic net which gives the impression of a
closed cube. By this design transparency is deliberately made visible
(administration wing) or hidden (production wing).
in the basement of the administration wing there are the staff's
lockers and the reception, the cafeteria as well as the offices are on
the ground floor. More offices are on the first floor. the glass cube,
suspended on the façade, in which the meeting room is
located, can be reached over a bridge. by this a most attractive place
for the meetings could be created and at the same time the main
façade was enhanced by a strong visual element. the property
manager's flat as well as five studios for swiss visitors are on the
second floor.
in the production wing's basement there are the storage, the building
services including water treatment and the basement garage for 20 to 30
cars. the delivery and production rooms (calvano) are on the ground
floor. the remaining production rooms are on the first floor.
the visually striking suspension of the ceilings on the central axis
allows production rooms without pillars on the first floor. This
increases the flexibility. at the same time the distribution of
technical installations is arranged along the central axis on the roof.
this facilitates a possible extension of the building. the clear
structure of the constructions on the roof produces advantages in the
use and a better architectural effect.
as already mentioned in the starting point the environmental design has
been very important. trees will be planted towards the residential
quarter as well as on the parking. the green roof is an additional
visual enhancement and allows at the same time the retention of the
rain water.
the main façade with the glazed meeting room and the dark
metallic net in front of the production wing is an attractive sight. by
night the company's logo can be projected by flashlights onto both
façades covered with metallic nets. the illuminated surface
of the water sets an additional creative accent. by this the positive
signal for further development in this area is set.
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