workspace eurokommerz
2007
The office of the company “EuroKommerz” in one of the historical buildings on the territory of a former Moscow Cotton-Printing Factory
This office space measures 137 metres in length, 24 metres in width and more than 4 metres in height, and is divided into two sections by a partition
The walls are made of brick
Parallel to the long side on three axes, there are cast-iron columns acting as vertical supports
Built in the mid-19th century
The main architectural solution is the metal construction of the pedestrian entresol with an adjoining ramp and staircases
The overall length of the assembled construction is 102 metres
Because the design, planning and installation of the project had to be done to a tight time schedule, maximum use was made of modern design technology and of the laser processing of sheet material (sheet steel, composite wood panels, oak veneer sheets) and of
the profile bending of sheet material (metal).
Turning, milling, polishing work was used only in especially important places which are subject to maximum pressure (the stanchions of the entresol and of the ramp, the transition hubs, the elements connecting the modules of the entresol and so on)
All welding work was carried out in special frames to guarantee the maximum
accuracy and avoid the thermal deformation of the modules
All the fasteners (with the exception of the handrail in the entresol) are concealed
At all the joins of the entresol modules – the zones of the stanchions, a thermodampening
layer of caoutchouc has been used to compensate for expansion of the construction of the entresol during temperature changes
The metal surfaces are corroded (rusty) steel and have a chemically created patina, fully imitating the existing cast-iron columns
in collaboration with Vladimir Kuzmin
archdaily
2007
The office of the company “EuroKommerz” in one of the historical buildings on the territory of a former Moscow Cotton-Printing Factory
This office space measures 137 metres in length, 24 metres in width and more than 4 metres in height, and is divided into two sections by a partition
The walls are made of brick
Parallel to the long side on three axes, there are cast-iron columns acting as vertical supports
Built in the mid-19th century
The main architectural solution is the metal construction of the pedestrian entresol with an adjoining ramp and staircases
The overall length of the assembled construction is 102 metres
Because the design, planning and installation of the project had to be done to a tight time schedule, maximum use was made of modern design technology and of the laser processing of sheet material (sheet steel, composite wood panels, oak veneer sheets) and of
the profile bending of sheet material (metal).
Turning, milling, polishing work was used only in especially important places which are subject to maximum pressure (the stanchions of the entresol and of the ramp, the transition hubs, the elements connecting the modules of the entresol and so on)
All welding work was carried out in special frames to guarantee the maximum
accuracy and avoid the thermal deformation of the modules
All the fasteners (with the exception of the handrail in the entresol) are concealed
At all the joins of the entresol modules – the zones of the stanchions, a thermodampening
layer of caoutchouc has been used to compensate for expansion of the construction of the entresol during temperature changes
The metal surfaces are corroded (rusty) steel and have a chemically created patina, fully imitating the existing cast-iron columns
in collaboration with Vladimir Kuzmin
archdaily