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Entry Building to Sberbank Calaquiliztli Calli by Evolution Design

Entry Building to Sberbank Calaquiliztli Calli by Evolution Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Cozticteocuitlatl in Calchihualiztli, Calmanaliztli ihuan Tlatecpanaliztli Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.


CozticteocuitlatlCalchihualiztli· 2022

Entry Building to Sberbank Calaquiliztli Calli

by Evolution Design

Client: Sberbank

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Cozticteocuitlatl Winner in Calchihualiztli Category

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The Design

About Entry Building to Sberbank Calaquiliztli Calli

Sberbank iCalaquiliztli Calli ce calli ipan Moscú campa mocalaquia ipan ome huehueyi calli tequitiloyan tlen monechicoa. Inin calli quitzacua in yeyantli tlen onca intzalan in ome huehueyi caltin ica ce tlachihualiztli itoca hipérbolica paraboloide, tlen omochihchiuh ica 29 tepoztli coltic huan quitlapachoa ce calcuaitl tezcayo tlen mochihchiuhtoc ica yexcampa nacace tlamantli. Inin tlachihualiztli quicalaquia in tonalmeyotl calihtic huan noihqui amo quitzacuilia in tonaltzintli tlen quinequi calaqui ipan in tlatzintlan tequitiloyan calmanaloyan. Yeyi calmanaloyan quipia campa moceliah in tlacah, tlacualoyan, cafetzin namacoyan, ce nechicoloyan huan ce ilhuichihualoyan tlen mochihchiuhtoc quen ce amphitheatro ica itlamamatlahuan. In ome itlamian motlapachoa ica tepoztli amo tepoztlacoyoni tlapalpaltic quen champán.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Cozticteocuitlatl

Entry Building to Sberbank Calaquiliztli Calli ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Cozticteocuitlatl, huel mahuiztic tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in achtopa, huel cualli ihuan mahuiztic tlachihualli. In quicuicah Cozticteocuitlatl ca cenca yancuic, tlachiyani ihuan tlanextic tlachihualli in quinextia in tlamatiliztli ihuan toltecayotl. Ca quinequi in Entry Building to Sberbank Calaquiliztli Calli quitlalizque yancuic tlamantli ihuan quimacazque tlazohtli. Ni dizayno in quicuic Cozticteocuitlatl ca mahuiztic tlamantli in quihuelitia in toltecayotl, tlamatiliztli, dizayno ihuan teknolohia. Entry Building to Sberbank Calaquiliztli Calli quiyolchicahua ihuan quipaquiltia in tlacah.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Both entrances at either end of the building are crowned in a series of champagne-coloured triangulated panels in stainless steel that incline outwards over the squares, like delicate tiaras. These warm-coloured crowns create playful reflections of pedestrians arriving and leaving the towers and glow up in different shades depending on the daylight. Internally, the fully glazed dynamic shape creates interiors with an al fresco vibe that merges indoor and outdoor spaces seamlessly.
Dimensions & Packaging
The building consists of three floors with the total floor area of 4000 square meters or 43055 square foot and 40000 cubic meters of built volume. The building is 83 meters long, 43 meters wide, with steel arches reaching 24 meters at the highest point and 20 meters at the lowest point.
Tags
Sberbank City, entrance building, Moscow, hyperbolic parabolic, Evolution Design, Tanya Ruegg
Production Technology
The hyperbolic parabolic form is achieved with the construction of 29 steel arches that increase the height towards either end of the building. The column free space is covered by a glazed roof that consists of an intricate triangulated structure. The first and second floors are made of concrete slabs, with the middle level designed as a dynamic curved shape that delivers two restaurant terraces facing the front entrance. An oval opening in the core of the building also connects all floors.
Design Challenge
The primary project challenge was creating a building volume large enough to accommodate all the required functions under one roof, without compromising daylight into the lower levels of the towers. The dynamic saddle form that the architects devised solves both challenges. A representative, spacious and daylight-flooded space has been created that accommodates all the necessary functions, while minimising sunlight obstruction to the offices in the towers.
Research
As the primary function of the building is as a covered entrance space into the two towers, particular attention was paid to finding the best solution for an efficient and comfortable flow of 10000 people who work in the towers. The solution was spreading the badge scanner areas over two floors, in order to split the flow, and strategically placing the main canteen restaurant on the first floor, leaving the ground floor for event and conference areas that can be accessed by the general public.
Inspiration
Sberbank commissioned Evolution Design to create a representative entrance to two adjoining high-rise towers that are part of Sberbank City, the new campus of Sberbank. The intervention should link the two towers and create a strong design statement within the narrow space, without compromising daylight into the lower levels of the towers. The architects responded to the ambitious brief with a hyperbolic parabolic form that rises up at either end enclosing the space between the towers.
Project Duration
Project construction started in July 2020 and was finished in June 2021 in Moscow.
Operation Flow
Spread over 3 floors, the building accommodates entrance facilities for people who work in the towers, central reception, several restaurants and coffee shops, a conference centre and a large event space styled as a stepped amphitheatre. The building is not only frequented by 10000 employees who work in the two towers as an entry, meeting and socialising place, but is also a popular choice to meet for lunch among workers from other buildings on the campus, and is also open to the general public.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Evolution Design, 2022
Team Members
Tanya Ruegg
Dariusz Florczak
Natalia Maciejowska
Balazs Goetz
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Peter Wuermli, 2022. Image #2: Photographer Peter Wuermli, 2022. Image #3: Photographer Peter Wuermli, 2022. Image #4: Photographer Peter Wuermli, 2022. Image #5: Photographer Ilya Ivanov, 2022.

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