za bor architects: parasite office in moscow
‘parasite office’ by za bor architects, moscow, russiaimage © peter zaytsevall images courtesy of za bor architects
exploring urban infill, the ‘parasite office’ designed by and for moscow-based za bor architects is a foreign contemporary object taking up thespace between two established buildings. being europe’s largest city, moscow has a surprising lack of creative office spaces and an excess of awkwardly uninhabitable gaps between edifices. the three-storey work area is suspended off the ground held up by a lightweight steel structureclamped to the blind walls of the adjacent constructs, leaving the walkway underneath accessible to the public. a modular floor system allowsthe interior plan to be re-designed for changing needs, with a polygonal faceted wall of polycarbonate cells, contrasting the traditional orthogonal language of the region. a large window provides light and views to each floor, while the shaded facade is a flat curtain wall. this building strategysuccessfully repurposes the many unusable voids around a city, not intrusive to the existing architecture and creates new dynamic adaptable buildings.
light structure suspended in the air leaving the lower street open to public useimage © peter zaytsev
a metal staircase touches the ground leading to the entranceimage © peter zaytsev
interior with translucent polycarbonate panels and exposed concrete walls.image © peter zaytsev
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Great form, good concept, poor selection of materials. With a little more work this could have been done in glass, and then it would have been spectacular.
Great concept!
However, the article should acknowledge this is concept only. The first external and internal images are renders.
I like this very much! The only problem that’s not addressed in the materials shown here is insulation. Moscow is very cold and a thin layer of polycarbonate doesn’t seem (intuitively) like a very good insulator of heat. This could be a very inefficient building.
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