RMK OFFICE BUILDING IN PAIKUSE
Location
Paikuse, EST
Competition
2024
Team
Dāvis Gertners, Līva Vilciņa
Competition entry for Estonian state forest management office building.
Keypoints of the design:
- Energy-efficient building. Solar panels perceived and used as integral part of architecture not like subordinate elements as it is seen more often;
- Modular wooden construction system;
- New volume covers the same area where the existing building lies, leaving large area behind it for recreational functions. Car parking is moved to a deeper part of the site, freeing a space for green frontyard.
- Scupltural stairs as a central element in internal spatial organization;
- Use of wood as a finishing material both inside and outside;
- Minimized use of basement to avoid unnecessary costs and to provide more rooms with daylight and views to outside;
- Clear and distinctive image easily perceptible from the adjacent highway.
