Renaissance charm

Major construction work on the first of four buildings in the Lipowy Office Park, a development on Al. Żwirki i Wigury, in Warsaw, has been completed. Hochtief Development Poland is responsible for the development, working on behalf of owner Europolis Lipowy Office Park, an affiliate of Austrian real estate investment fund, Europolis.

Architect Andrzej M. Chołdzyński's design for the complex was inspired by the courtyards typically found in renaissance architecture. The four buildings will form a square, within which a green relaxation area will be available for employees of the complex. Once completed, the complex will offer around 38,000 sqm of class-A office space.

The buildings are also designed to provide a high degree of flexibility in terms of spatial planning. Piotr Stark, a member of Hochtief Development Poland's board, explained, "We used the minimum number of structural support columns to make spatial planning in offices easier. The majority of the columns were placed in the exterior walls, so that tenants will be able to plan their office layouts without obstruction."

The building also features a state-of-the-art digital building management system, security systems and CCTV monitoring. According to Stark, the complex is already 45-percent completed.

"If the current pace of building work is maintained then Lipowy Office Park will be buzzing with life within a year," said Stark.

Brendan Melck