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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. The Office in Cluj-Napoca, Romania by Andreescu and Gaivoronschi Associated ArchitectsNovember 14th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Andreescu and Gaivoronschi Associated Architects The Office Cluj, an office building ensemble recently finalized, has begun as an urban regeneration project for the brownfield plot left by the old textile industry, in the vicinity of Cluj-Napoca’s historic centre. As in most communist cities, this area became part of the industrial framework of Cluj-Napoca, which even now includes some leftover industries and factories. To the north of the site there still exists an old water channel, a small ramification of the Someș river while to the south there is the main boulevard and the main connection to the historic city centre, to the west.  Image Courtesy © Ovidiu Micsa
 Image Courtesy © cosmindragomir The whole ensemble is made of 3 parts developed in successive stages which form a small coherent city in the shape of a flat, cut out massive, penetrated by gateway streets, which reinterpret the existing typology of the historic part of the city, that of public gangways. The ground floor will offer a multitude of services, ranging from retail, coffee shops, restaurants to fitness spaces, public services and temporary exhibitions and at upper levels, class A offices.  Image Courtesy © cosmindragomir  Image Courtesy © Catalin Hladi The Office Cluj ensemble, at an urban scale, has evolved into a small “city within the city”, with it’s three main gateways that connect the interior courtyards and urban plaza, all of this allowing both for a generosity in favor of the public space and an emphasis on semi-public and private spaces. The presence of works of art, public galleries, exhibitions, retail spaces etc. will generate an urban attractor that, in time, will play a significant role in the process of regeneration of the entire former industrial area. At a larger scale, in which the city of Cluj offers a particular silhouette from the surrounding hills, the ensemble is perceived as a relatively flat landscape unit, with a dominant horizontal stratification.  Image Courtesy © Ovidiu Micsa  Image Courtesy © Ovidiu Micsa  Image Courtesy © cosmindragomir  Perspective-section, Image Courtesy © Andreescu and Gaivoronschi Associated Architects  Plan-situatie, Image Courtesy © Andreescu and Gaivoronschi Associated Architects  2nd-floor-plan, Image Courtesy © Andreescu and Gaivoronschi Associated Architects  3rd-floor-plan, Image Courtesy © Andreescu and Gaivoronschi Associated Architects  Groundfloor-plan, Image Courtesy © Andreescu and Gaivoronschi Associated Architects
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