Built space

VOX Technology Park

Principal author

Radu Golumba, Mihaela Rusulet

Co-authors (team members)

Luminita Pascu, Laurentiu Balu

Architecture office

STUDIOARCA

Collaborators (team members)

Calin Pascu, Claudiu Oprita, Florin Gherman, Daniel Ursu, Eduard Benga, Felix Pantalici, Miodrag Stoianov, Ioan Buse

External collaborators

Alcoline, Profial, Hafner Solutions, Agasi, Vidya Proiect, Melbo Instal, Eta 2U, Adrian Pop (Breeam)

Project year

2017

Location

Timisoara, Calea Torontalului nr.69

Client

Werk Property Group

Budget

24 000 000 euro

Build surface area

35500

Project description

VOX Technology Park is placed in an undeveloped area of the city where an edification process has just been started. Being the first building of its size to be erected in this ample undeveloped area, the main goal pursued when developing the project was to create a structure with a strong urban identity, a landmark. The characteristic geometry of the construction site whose sides are in a 1/6 ratio together with the client's need to make the most of the available land area generated the need to build on the entire buildable area and on the entire height allowed by the urban planning regulations for this location. The maximum resulting container was coated by a transparent glass shell. Despite this transparent, ethereal cover, the volume still conveys a feeling of "massiveness", which is not devoid of a certain poetry. Thus, by the aesthetics of facades we did not try to hide this massiveness but only to tame it, using it as a support for the white, elegant, rhythmic tracery which unifies the entire volumetric composition. Vox Technology Park is an office building also intended for related functions. A car parking is located in the basement, the ground floor houses commercial spaces and the access lobbies for the office area, while the upper floors accommodate office spaces. On the 7th floor of the lower building volume there is a food-court area, conference halls and a green landscaped terrace accessible to all building users. The building structure, with the two types of current levels, 1100 sq m built area (floors 8-10) and 3500 sq m built area (floors 1-6), ensures a high level of functional flexibility, and it is adequate for a large range of potential users, from small businesses to large corporations with extended requirements in terms of space and functional equipment. On the staircase walls, with an area of about 3000 sq m, an original urban art project called “VOX Grafitti Wall Mural” was initiated. Each of the four artists invited to create within the project transposed, in a personal manner, a unique story whose purpose was to cancel the borders defined by the apparent concrete walls, providing the users with the opportunity to live the experience of an experimental art gallery, full of life and color, in an atypical space, usually seen as a collateral, unimportant area. The building is BREEAM certified, and it has received, in the design stage, the Excellent rating, with the highest score obtained so far in Romania.

Text description of the author

STUDIOARCA is an architecture office established in Timisoara by Radu Golumba, Călin Pascu, Luminița Pascu and Claudiu Oprița in 1999. Our experience of over 20 years in the field of design along with the unique ability and resourcefulness of every member of our team are reflected in our works, the design processes always developing in a collaborative manner. Short biography Radu GOLUMBA 1992-1998 – University of Architecture and Urbanism of Timisoara 1999 – to day – founding member STUDIOARCA member of OAR and RUR Representative projects: - The rehabilitation of the public spaces of the historical city center of Timisoara - The rehabilitation of Hotel Timisoara, Timisoara - Uranus Plaza, Timisoara - Origami Residence, Timisoara - Nokia Electromotor, Timisoara – The reconversion of an existing industrial platform into office spaces Short biography Mihaela RUSULEȚ 2002-2008 - University of Architecture and Urbanism, Timisoara 2008-2009 – Master in Urbanism at the University of Architecture and Urbanism, Timisoara 2008-2011 – assistant professor at the University of Architecture and Urbanism Timisoara 2008- to day- architect at STUDIOARCA OAR member Representative projects: - Area Town Planning – The Extension of Hotel Timisoara, Timisoara - Area Town Planning - Dermatina, Timisoara - Renewable energies laboratory - INCEMC, Timisoara - The rehabilitation of the public spaces of the historical city center of Timisoara

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