Miorita Edifício Residencial by Alexandru Zingaliuc and Dragomir Maistru

Miorita Edifício Residencial by Alexandru Zingaliuc and Dragomir Maistru is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Arquitetura, Edifícios e Estruturas Competition Category.

BronzeArquitetura· 2022

Miorita Edifício Residencial

by Alexandru Zingaliuc and Dragomir Maistru

Client: Archizeit Studio

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Arquitetura Category

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The Design

About Miorita Edifício Residencial

Miorita é um edifício residencial de três pavimentos localizado em Chisinau. O pavimento térreo abriga espaços comerciais, enquanto os dois pavimentos superiores acolhem três unidades habitacionais. Uma área de estacionamento subterrâneo situa-se sob o edifício. Cada pavimento apresenta uma forma poligonal distinta, o que confere ao edifício um aspeto empilhado e rotacionado. A fachada combina placas de grês cerâmico escuro com um revestimento em madeira clara e quente sobre um sistema ventilado. Ângulos acentuados e terraços em consola criam uma forma dinâmica no contexto urbano.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Miorita Edifício Residencial conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que Miorita Edifício Residencial seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. Miorita Edifício Residencial satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

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.