Warsaw Spire

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Warsaw Spire (2016)

Warsaw Spire is a real estate project in Warsaw that was completed in May 2016 . The office building was built from June 2011 on Towarowa Street in the Wola City District . The skyscraper is the second tallest building and the tallest office building in Poland.

history

The site originally housed a building complex belonging to Bellona SA ( Wydawnictwo Bellona ), a state-owned book and magazine publisher specializing in military literature. Due to high debts, the publisher's real estate had been up for sale for years. Eastern Europe , a subsidiary of the Belgian real estate development company Ghelamco , was awarded the contract by the Polish Ministry of State Assets after lengthy negotiations . The contract was signed on May 31, 2011 - together with a company founded by employees of the publishing house ( Dom Wydawniczy Bellona Spółka Pracownicza SA ). The value of the contract was put at 47 million zloty . The publishing house is to be continued at the new owner's will; continuation is also a condition of the contract. Ghelamco stated that the use of the property to build a new building was the main objective of the transaction. Shortly after the contract was signed, a large part of the Bellona building was demolished and work on the new building began. The cost of the project is estimated at around 250 million euros.

Part of the old Bellona building ensemble has been preserved. It is to be renovated and used as an office building in the future. According to the property developer, this building is not a listed building, but it is classified as worth keeping by the city's monument protection office. In 2011, Warsaw Spire was awarded first place in the Eurobuild Awards 2011 in the category of the most demanding architectural projects of the year ( Wybitny Projekt Architektoniczny Roku w Polsce ).

architecture

The newly created group of buildings consists of three parts. A 220 meter high tower is framed by two 55 meter high buildings. In total, a usable area of ​​around 100,000 square meters was created, which includes offices as well as service and retail space. A surrounding patio area of 4,000 square meters will include green areas, water play areas and restaurants. The architecture of the facility comes from the Belgian office Jaspers & Eyers Partners .

The skyscraper has a striking silhouette. Standing on an oval floor plan, it has a tapered (additional) glass outer facade that looks like a jacket. For Ulica Towarowa these glass facade is opened up cantilevers generously over the core building.

The core building is 188 meters high and, with the eponymous " Spire " on top, reaches a total height of 220 meters. This creates around 60,000 square meters of usable space in this building. The outbuildings, which are semi-arched around the core building on both sides, each offer around 20,000 square meters of usable space. The parking garage, which is distributed over five basement floors, is designed for 1,200 cars. The construction plan provides for the basement floors to be constructed using the diaphragm wall method . Never before has this method been used in Poland to build to such a depth (55 meters). Soletanche is responsible for civil engineering . The building should meet the highest requirements for ecological and energy-optimized operation.

The skyscraper is 12 meters higher than the tallest office building in Warsaw to date, the immediately adjacent Warsaw Trade Tower . This will make Warsaw Spire the tallest office building in the country.

The construction of a second high-rise building on the site is planned for the future. The 160 meter high apartment building a little further to the northeast is to be named Chopin Tower . The Warsaw Hilton Hotel has been located around 100 meters east of the Warsaw Spire since 2007 .

The first tenant in Warsaw Spire B was the EU border protection agency Frontex with 14,600 square meters .

See also

Web links

Commons : Warsaw Spire  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Michał Wojtczuk: 220-metrowy wieżowiec Warsaw Spire powstanie na Woli. In: Gazeta.pl Warszawa , March 17, 2010, accessed October 17, 2012 (Polish).
  2. ↑ Ghelamco kupiło od MSP wydawnictwo Bellona za ok. 47 mln zł. Biznes.pl , June 21, 2011, accessed October 18, 2012 (Polish).
  3. ↑ Karol Kobos: Deweloper kupił Bellone. TVN Warszawa.pl , July 21, 2011, accessed October 17, 2012 (Polish).
  4. ↑ Deweloper kupił Bellone. Chce odrestaurować jej siedzibę. Gazeta.pl Warszawa , June 21, 2011 at, accessed October 17, 2012 (Polish).
  5. ↑ a b according to Tomasz Żylski, Warsaw Spire. Najwyższy budynek biurowy Warszawy? at MuratorPlus.pl (in Polish, accessed October 17, 2012)
  6. ^ Frontex Agency to Move into Warsaw Spire . In: The Warsaw Voice . December 23, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2015.

Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ 56.2 ″  N , 20 ° 59 ′ 2.6 ″  E