Parasite Office
A concept developed in the design studio of his own architectural office za bor. It involves the use of open spaces between buildings to create an original and efficient office, do not limit access to the yards. In this embodiment, a three-story volume with accessible roof, divided teams ceilings. His frame is a single structural element, sandwiched between the ends of the deaf homes. Polygonal main facade is made of polycarbonate, the facade facing the courtyard, flat and fully glazed.
The concept is especially remarkable since Moscow is the biggest city in Europe with promptly growing economy and permanent shortage of «creative» office areas needed by numerous design-studios, modern art galleries and other organizations the activity of which is connected with art.
Prominent feature of many Moscow areas is the presence of multi-storey buildings with blind end walls and wide passage between them. This project provides for usage of free spaces between buildings for creation of original and economic offices which do not block the court yard access.
The first realization of this concept shall become za bor architects’ own workshop which is planned to be build in between the two houses at the 5th Kozhukhovskaya Street. The project provides for creation of a three-floor volume with an accessible roof area, divided with modular floor panels. The framework which shapes it, is a single structural unit clamped between the blind facades of the houses. The polygonal main facade solved in dynamical volumes, is made from light and durable cellular polycarbonate; the facade turned to the court yard is flat and completely glazed.
Project Data
Project name: Parasite Office
Location: Moscow, Russia
Type: Office / Studio Space
Storeys: 3
Project area: 230 sqm
Project year: 2011
The people
Client / Owner / Developer: Za Bor Architects
Architects: Za Bor Architects / Arseniy Borisenko and Peter Zaytsev
Text Description: © Courtesy of Za Bor Architects
Images: © Peter Zaytsev
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