janvier 16, 2007

Health-Improving and Office Center of the Kiev-Donbass Company

Location: Kiev
Architects: V. Zhezherin, O. Matienko
construction: Ya. Vladimirsky
construction: 1984-1996

The Health-improving and Office Center is a multifunctional building belonging to a large firm. It is a rather new type of construction, which has been developed in Ukarine only in the last years. The building is located in the city center and participates actively in froming its architectural space environement. The architect's focus was to design a new space is organized at the levely of the pedestrian zon of the adjoining area. The lower part of the building is open as much as possible towards the city, but nevertheless it does not merge with the space of the square and creates its own world: a homely one and human by scale. The internal court is well equipped, its image is organically completed by the sculptural composition installed there.

Inside the building, apart from the comfortable office premises, two bathing houses with health-improving complexes and small pools have been provided. These complexe offer a broad set of services for the inhabitants and include message cabinets, solariums, a beauty salon, a fitness center, and also several bars. On the flat roof of the building a restaurant for 70 places is situated. Here in a hot season one can take advantage of the comfortable terrace with a lot greenery. All the construction works are executed on an exclusively high level. The most advanced decoration materials are used.

The compositionof the elevations is based on a contrast between the fractional surface of the facing brick and the well revealed horizontal belts in plaster. The colorful solution of the facades is stressed by window panes in aluminum and by stained-glass windows. The elements in stainless steel are successfully apllied. The columns are encased with it and it is also used for the constructions holding the advertising and the spire - the finishing feature of the small corner tower, which gives a completeness to the whole composition.