Extension of the administrative building of company Kooperativa in Brno Modřice.
Production of complete design documentation and designer's supervision.
The VELUX company has been manufacturing roof windows for 80 years, operates in 40 countries and employs 9,500 people. Its headquarters in the Czech Republic is located in Brno and its production and warehousing facilities are in Vyškov.
After the successful completion of the new administrative and training centre project in Brno, K4 prepared the complete project documentation and provided engineering and author's supervision in both phases of the construction of the VELUX administrative, production and warehouse facility in Vyškov.
Expansion of the Olympia shopping center in Pilsen by two buildings with a total floor area of approximately 8500 m², including complete infrastructure for both buildings and the related construction of the KIKA department store. Successful cooperation between the design team and the project management team. Documentation for construction management and detailed design associated with tender documentation, project management.
U-shaped residential complex with commercial space. It is a modern housing with metal elements, timeless design of terraces and exterior. On the ground floor there are commercial spaces, garage spaces and sufficient parking spaces next to the house.
Brno's Lesná housing estate was built at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. The architects who designed it drew inspiration from distant Finland. At that time, it was a relatively unique housing estate in our conditions.
Among the apartment blocks, buildings for civic amenities were planted in the greenery. However, these lost their functionality with the change of times and began to remain empty and unused. Shops and other services moved elsewhere. This gave rise to the idea of using the existing building and retaining the space for the shop and adding housing.
In contrast to the surrounding additions on apartment blocks and balconies in a style often referred to as "business baroque", the architect chose a clean and simple architecture for the new building. As a result, the house blends sensitively into the existing greenery. The design partially utilised the existing supporting structures and complemented them with a three-storey extension and a six-storey extension.
The architectural concept of the design is based on the division of the building into a southern and northern wing. These are interconnected by an open circulation gallery that runs vertically through all the proposed floors. The northern wing is further divided into two parts by omitting one six-metre module. This solution significantly accentuates the staircase that runs through this space. On the eastern facade, a solitary building of vertical character, the „tower“, is connected to the gallery and forms a distinctive landmark on the side of the main access. There is also a main staircase with a lift connecting all floors.
On the roof of the building there are extensions with terraces in a regular grid, belonging to the apartments on the fourth floor. The rhythm of these extensions, as well as their different material expression, soften the relatively austere character of the whole building.
The design of the mass of the building and the layout of the individual floors had to take into account sufficient glare and lighting of the flats.
In the Multifunctional house Lučina 49 flats and 18 units for integrated housing function were created. In addition, the first floor of the northern wing has space for two commercial units. In the basement of the north wing there is a collective garage with 36 parking spaces, in the basement of the extension there are three individual garages and additional parking spaces are made on the north and east side of the building. The two floors of the south wing, using the space of the original building, house units for integrated housing functions are situated to allow for possible wheelchair accessible housing.
A total of 49 flats with a floor area of 42.7 m² to 164.6 m² are built in the extension of the 2nd floor to the 4th floor of the northern and southern wings and the entire area of the newly added tower – the 6th floor. Of this number, 17 flats are made as duplexes, using the space of the 4th floor extensions of the north and south wings.
Access to the apartments is from the galleries, which are situated in the atrium between the north and south wings, connected to two staircases. This is how the apartment building was created, which is unusual in our conditions. Thanks to the galleries with pavilions, from where the entrances to the individual apartments are located, their residents will certainly meet. Moreover, through the large windows from their kitchens, which also face the inside of the "atrium", they can see – as they say – all the way to their plates. The anonymity of a classic apartment block, where people step out of the lift and disappear behind a door in a dark corridor, has taken its toll.
Complete project documentation, engineering and author's supervision.
At the time of construction, Vaňkovka Gallery became the largest shopping and social centre in Moravia.
The Vaňkovka Gallery was built on the site of the former 19th century engineering factory Vaňkovka on an area of 28,800 m². It is located on the outskirts of the historical centre of Brno between the train and bus stations. Two parts of the old factory have been incorporated into the new building of the Vaňkovka Gallery and many of the facades are made of baked bricks which are typical for old industrial halls.
K4 carried out the preparation of complete documentation for the construction and documentation of the actual design, its employees also performed author's supervision and securing of approval, construction management and technical supervision of the investor.
Currently, there are located more than 130 specialist shops, cafés, and restaurants with approximately 1,000 employees.
For more detailed information about the shopping centre, including opening hours, visit its website www.galerie-vankovka.cz
Reconstruction and completion of one of the two original buildings of the so-called “American Homeland”.
The original historical building with mansard roof was replaced by a “contemporary" appearance. The main structural interventions consisted of the demolition of the original internal staircase, the addition of a rear circulation wing with a staircase and an elevator, the completion of the last receding floor and the addition of a meeting room on "crooked red legs".
The material solution distinguishes the original mass (white render) and the extensions (cladding in dark grey Cembonite and exposed concrete in the interior). A characteristic expressive element of the facades is the shading, fabric awnings on the original mass and aluminium louvres on the large, glazed areas of the extensions.
Functional use of the building - ground floor, cafeteria, planography, archive and technical facilities, other floors, design office, administration, capacity of approximately 70 people.
Preparation of architectural study, complete project documentation, engineering and construction management.
Newly built shopping and social centre on the outskirts of Olomouc with a sales area of 32 000 m2. Thanks to its progressive architectural concept, which is radically different from the uniform buildings of new shopping centres in Bohemia and Moravia, this centre has become a unique project, which was awarded second place in the prestigious Czech competition "Best of Real Estate". Instead of a typical box-like shopping centre building, the architects created a complex reminiscent of a country estate with a windmill and granary, reflecting local identity, history and tradition. The design of the interior spaces is in the spirit of light and sun as symbols of the life-giving source for local farmers.
Elaboration of the architectural and construction design documentation for the building permit, elaboration of the implementation project documentation and author's supervision, cooperation with the architectural studio T+T Design.
For more info, visit https://www.olympiaolomouc.cz/
Multi-purpose sports hall with swimming pool, bowling alley, and restaurant. Elaboration of complete project documentation, engineering activities, and author's supervision of the designer for the investor – the city of Bystřice nad Pernštejnem.
Newly built administrative and training center of Brno’s company. Elaboration of complete project documentation, selection of the construction contractor, author's supervision of the designer, construction management for the investor VELUX ČR s.r.o.
