Miorita Woongebouw by Alexandru Zingaliuc and Dragomir Maistru

Miorita Woongebouw by Alexandru Zingaliuc and Dragomir Maistru is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Brons in Architectuur, Gebouwen en Constructieontwerp Competition Category.

BronsArchitectuur· 2022

Miorita Woongebouw

by Alexandru Zingaliuc and Dragomir Maistru

Client: Archizeit Studio

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Architectuur Category

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The Design

About Miorita Woongebouw

Miorita is een woongebouw van drie verdiepingen gelegen in Chisinau. De begane grond biedt ruimte aan commerciële voorzieningen, terwijl de twee bovenliggende verdiepingen drie appartementen huisvesten. Onder het gebouw bevindt zich een ondergrondse parkeergarage. Elke verdieping heeft een andere veelhoekige vorm, wat het gebouw een gestapeld en gedraaid uiterlijk geeft. De gevel combineert donkere keramische graniettegels met warm ogende houten bekleding op een geventileerd gevelsysteem. Scherpe hoeken en uitkragende terrassen zorgen voor een dynamische vorm binnen de stedelijke omgeving.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Miorita Woongebouw is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Miorita Woongebouw wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Miorita Woongebouw bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Miorita is a residential project that got its name from the street it stands on. It is a 3 storey residential building with a comercial ground level and 2 residential levels that host 3 apartment units. It has panoramic windows and a contrasting bright, warm timber cladding facade with dark ceramo-granite tiles. The sharp angles and the cantilevered terraces make for a dynamic building that integrates into a urban landscape with an elegant yet daring contrast of form and material.
Dimensions & Packaging: Lot area - 609 sqm, comercial area - 160 sqm, residential area - 550 sqm, underground parking capacity - 6 cars, paving and landscaping - 625 sqm.
Tags: apartment units, housing, dynamic architecture, timber facade, ceramo granite, sharp angles, perspective
Production Technology: The building has a concrete monolithic structure, brick outer walls as well as partition walls. The shape of the building is partially obtained by the additional steel structure used to support the ventilated facade systems.
Design Challenge: Overall Miorita residence is a project that aims to elevate the standarts of living not only functionally but conceptually and aesthetically. It combines technology and design and creates its own urban context, making it the center of attention due to its dynamic design.
Research: The limitations imposed, from local administration, due to the complex morphology of the structure and the design challenges that it poses have influenced the design and made it more organic. A lot of research has been done to choose the right facade material and the convenient structure to create the sharp angles of the window openings.
Inspiration: The lot chosen for the project has a skewed polygonal shape which has inspired the concept of the project. Each level has a unique polygonal shape which makes the building look like a stack of boxes placed on top of each other, rotating and stretching in order to catch the best angles.The sharp angles and the cantilevered terraces make for a dynamic building that integrates into a monotonous urban landscape with an elegant yet daring contrast of form and material.
Project Duration: The project has started in november 2021 in Chisinau, went through approval by local administration, and is currently beggining its construction phase (march 2022).
Operation Flow: The comercial spaces can be accessed directly from the street, while the acces to the residential levels is made from the interior courtyard. The placement of the neighbouring building directly on the edge of the lot has determined the choice to cover the windows that overlook the inner courtyard with shutters made from the same timber which cover the facade for privacy. The inner courtyard, has a buffer role and provides additional visual and sound barriers for the residents of both neighbouring properties.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Archizeit Studio.
Team Members: Lead Architect: Alexandru Zingaliuc
Junior Architect: Dragomir Maistru
Assistant Architect: Denis Dimitriu
Assistant Architect: Mariana Popescu
3D Visualization: Vera Radulova
Image Credits: All images: Archizeit Studio, Renders and Layouts, 2022.