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schiemann weyers architects |
Miller Center, St. Petersburg, RU |
The main objective is to transform 60-70% of the former Miller Center into a class A office building. It should become a building with ‘high quality standard finishes, advanced modern systems, very good accessibility and a definite market presence’. The first floor and basement play a special role within the business concept. Here, the objective is oriented on retail and/or services. This requires a different relationship with the public domain, especially when the expected constellation of tenants is rather small scale and a ‘corona-proof’ access must be guaranteed. The current appearance of the building and its internal layout do not cope with the projected ambition. Also, the existing facades are not appropriate for the required programme and flexibility. A new approach towards the internal organisation and the manifestation of the building in its urban context is at stake. While the Initial Investigation provided an inventory of ‘what is there’ in interaction with comments on ‘what could be there’, the Sketch Design elaborates the programmatic / spatial preferences more into detail. Special attention has been paid to the plinth design and the traffic flows of the individual users. |
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