Built space
Residential building IRA 2
Project description
A neglected industrial site, situated near the eastern city entrance, went through a reconversion and an urbanisation process, in a mostly commercial ensemble, generating a significant attraction for the public. It did not last long until there begun to show up some apartment buildings, generating a varied and lively core, in an area with a lot of potenial and a good visibility. One of these buildings, ours, is situated on the boundary of the ensemble, transitioning to the preexisting housing zone in the vicinity. The option for a simple and monolithic volume, reserved in its chromatic qualities, came up in a natural way, taking into account the varied context. We tried to grant it an identity not through how much it could say, but how little, in an almost graphical and stilized approach to the solution. All the applied gestures on the main volume are rectangular, monochromatic and oriented on a functional dimension, this matter giving individuality to our object, in the whole context
Author's presentation text
SQMA aims to provide architecture of the highest quality, responsibly designed for our clients, for their buildings, for the people that see and use them and also for the environment. Based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, we cover a large range of services across the private and public sectors, from architecture, interior design, urban planning to professional consultation, concept design and project management.We believe in teamwork and our experience so far has led us to developing a creative team with the knowledge and ambition to manage the most complex of the programmes. We work close to the client’s needs, we analyze the site, we feel the context, we imagine the building’s users. Each new project inspires us to produce architectural objects that are meaningful and practical, with an inner beauty that creates the perfect environment for better spaces.
