Apartment Building Panorama South

The subject of the proposal is the construction of a residential building with 99 residential units, related accessories (landscape modifications - retaining walls, fencing, outdoor furniture, and landscape improvements, part designated for public use, part designated for the use of residents of the residential building), extension of transportation infrastructure (extension of the road - part of the citywide communication network, parking areas, sidewalks, part designated for public use, part designated for the use of residents of the residential building) and extension of public technical infrastructure and connections (extension of the unified sewerage system, water main, gas, and water supply connections, wastewater and stormwater drainage, stormwater management for the building and communication areas - swales and underground infiltration facilities, public lighting, outdoor area lighting, expansion of electronic communication networks).
The primary function and purpose of the designed building is permanent housing.
The entire building has a U-shaped floor plan. It consists of 4 above-ground dilated parts. The two middle parts are six stories high throughout, with one underground floor. The number, composition, and layout of the apartments in these typical parts are the same on all floors, except for the underground floor, where, in addition to the apartments, there are storage units, technical rooms, and common areas of the residential building. On the underground floor, two maisonette apartments are proposed, with an entrance level on the 1st floor and a lower level with a garden in the basement. Another atypical floor is the 6th floor, which houses the technical background space (boiler room). The end parts of the building are atypical, terrace-receding. The number of apartments decreases on the higher floors.
The structure is largely designed as a wall-framed building with local columns and a stiffening reinforced concrete core in the elevator shafts. The building is founded on foundation strips. The load-bearing vertical system of the building is primarily composed of ceramic brick walls, with some areas being concrete. The horizontal load-bearing system consists of continuous reinforced concrete ceiling slabs supported on ceramic walls. Balcony or gallery slabs are either locally or continuously cantilevered from the ceiling slabs over insulating beams.
The building is heated by gas condensation boilers. Water heating is central and utilizes energy from solar panels for its operation. The shape and orientation of the residential rooms of the house eliminate the negative impact of nearby noise sources (industrial operations and railways). Ventilation of the residential rooms is therefore naturally resolved via windows.
The new building is designed as a boundary between two areas with different characters - to the north/west/east an area of industrial production plagued by noise, and to the south an area with residential functions combined with recreational gardens of family homes. The U-shaped building with an elongated middle part running east-west acts as a barrier between the two worlds. It serves as a protection and northern closure of the residential block with two corners, one rounded towards the new road and railway and the other sharp at a right angle.
The individual wings of the building create a courtyard, into which the residential rooms, balconies, and terraces are oriented. The advantages of the courtyard include private gardens at ground level and an extensive communal orchard with stormwater infiltration features, complemented by furniture. Private gardens line the courtyard facades of the residential building and belong to individual apartments at ground level. Dominating the serene interior of the courtyard, defined by the gardens, will be two groups of large-crowned trees complemented by residential lawns equipped for the residents, perennial flower beds, and solitary shrubs.
The building is equipped with solar panels, which are used as the primary source for heating water. For a significant portion of the year, they minimize the costs of water heating for the owners of the residential units.
Stormwater from the entire area is infiltrated on-site - from the roofs into underground infiltration facilities under the orchard, and from the roads and parking lots it flows into swales, where it helps irrigate newly planted trees.