VILLA METRO BUSINESS HOUSE - Warsaw, Poland

Description

The Villa Metro Business House is a modern office complex in Warsaw, in the immediate vicinity of the Wilanowska metro station, which also gave the building its name. With its characteristic aluminium rhomboid structure, which graphically refers to the letters "V" and "M" (for Villa Metro), the façade has become a trademark of the elegant office building, whose glass façade appears to be cast in one piece from a distance.

The eight-storey building has a basement with two underground parking levels. The total usable area of the offices on all eight floors is 7,200 m². Each floor is 900 m² large and 2.75 m high. On the ground floor there are facilities for employees and guests, including a retail shop and a coffee shop. The investor and architects attached great importance to the variability of the floor plan; the flexible floor structure means that the office space can be designed either as open space or with individual offices.

The office building was awarded the LEED Gold certificate. This is mainly due to the implemented environmentally friendly solutions, such as FSC certification for all installed wooden elements, innovative wastewater technologies, water use reduction, a white island roof that reflects solar radiation. Special attention was granted to acoustic comfort and a good level of daylighting for well-being. Thanks to the  two-chamber glass façade of SGG COOL-LITE SKN 176 II and sunscreen blinds, excellent energy consumption parameters were achieved for the fully glazed façade. The glazing protects the interior from excessive heating and providing a high degree of light transmission at the same time.