Edificial intelligence

Millenium Inwestycje has completed construction on its luxury residential development in Katowice's Kostucha district. Ryszard Mendrok and Aleksandra Chlipała from the Tychy-based Urbi-Projekt studio were responsible for the design of the state-of-the-art five-storey building. The building's design is based on a hexagon of primarily glass facades. Millenium IQ will offer six luxury apartments of between 70 and 180 sqm in area, large terraces, a fitness and sauna center, underground parking and lush landscaping around the property.

Millenium IQ is one of a series of developments in the Bażantów residential complex, which comprises a total of 40 ha and includes a comprehensive community-service platform for residents. The developer has declared it is also the first "intelligent" building in the Silesia region. The building is controlled by the EIB/KNX management system, currently the global standard in the industry, which integrates comfort controls with safety monitoring. The advanced system allows residents to control various elements of the heating, air conditioning, lighting, window-blind and safety monitoring features by either remote control or motion detection.

"The system looks after its residents, particularly in emergency situations, sending a remote alert in the case of an attempted break-in, fire or gas leak," said Ireneusz Wasiewicz, one of the architects for Millenium IQ. It can also be programmed to alert the proper authority in such situations.

"The programming system allows for a vast number of combinations according to individual needs based on logic modules that mimic the activity of the human brain," Wasiewicz explained.

The intelligence of the building is based on its ability to "learn" the residents' habits and preferences, and adjust the controls accordingly.