Manufacturing and Administrative Pilana Karbid Building by Ellement architects
19/04/2021.
[Hulin] Czech Republic
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Hulin, a town located in the northwest of the Zlín region, Czech Republic, in the westernmost part of the Carpathian Mountains, east of Prague and near a tributary of the Danube. This is the place chosen for the building developed by the Ellement architects team.
The building combines office space with a factory according the order by company that commissioned the project, Pilana Karbid. It is a place that prioritizes communication between the various spaces and that visual contact can be maintained both inside and outside with the visitors who come.
The building combines office space with a factory according the order by company that commissioned the project, Pilana Karbid. It is a place that prioritizes communication between the various spaces and that visual contact can be maintained both inside and outside with the visitors who come.
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects. Photograph by BoysPlayNice
Context plan. Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects
Site plan. Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects
Ground floor. Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects
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Second Floor. Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architectsana Karbid Company by Ellement architects
West elevation. Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects
East elevation. Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects
Section a-a. Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects
Section b-b. Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects
Scheme. Manufacturing and Administrative Building of the Pilana Karbid Company by Ellement architects
Ellement architects have prioritized natural light in all spaces of the building, which penetrates both through windows and skylights oriented towards the north for this purpose. A small roofed atrium through which light passes also contributes to this.
Likewise, it has opted to maintain a stable temperature in the building throughout the year of 24ºC. All this is possible thanks to the panels placed on the roof of the building, a roof that is green and walkable, covered with sandwich panels.
Description of project by Ellement architects
The manufacturing and administrative building for a rapidly growing family company. The construction with a green roof and transparent spaces support contact and communication within the company. The new building complies with the strict norms of manufacturing.
Pilana Karbid is a young family company manufacturing carbide tools. The company is settled in an industrial area near Hulín with 85 year-long tradition of manufacturing cutting tools. In eight years of their existence, there was a development of production and today the firm employs 45 people.
Thanks to the development a need to build a new factory building arose. Therefore, a new manufacturing hall and an administrative building were built in two phases. Despite the rapid growth of the company, there has been a need to stay close together. Thus the communication within the building and keeping close distance, as well as visual contact, became the main theme of the architectural design.
The factory area of the Pilana company is built-up and busy space. For the new building it was necessary to consider its restricted opportunities for further expansion to the surrounding grounds. At first, a single-storey hall was built, later completed by a three-storey building with an overhanging upper floor. The rectangular floor plan hall meets strict standards for manufacturing. There is enough natural light, which permeates through windows and skylights purposefully oriented to the north. Space is well-arranged and clear with the all-year stable temperature of around 24°C.
The hall has a walkable green roof and is covered with sandwich panels which run to the administrative part of the building. The three-storey administrative building is a monolithic concrete skeleton that is visible in the interior. Individual offices are by its measures and lower headroom closer to the rooms in a family house than in vast open-space offices.
An important communication feature inside the building is a small roofed atrium through which light permeates. Walls in the hall and in the administrative part are mostly transparent, an elevator shaft and main entrance are accented with the blue colour of the company. It is possible to see from one building to another, and view the manufacture works from the exterior also. Visitors can see movement in the buildings and vice versa, employees can see the visitors. In the atrium, there are galleries that function as meeting space and a way to the green roof, from which you can see as far as to Hostýn hills.
Along with the new buildings, a nearby parking was also reconstructed. Here, the design worked with similar features as the ones used on the administrative building and new trees were planted to complement the greenery on the roof.
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Architects
Project team
Hana Maršíková, Jitka Ressová, Jan Pavézka, Kateřina Páterová, Jakub Bachman, Ondřej Stolařík.
Collaborators
Construction engineer.- Pavel Ohnoutek. Structural engineer.- Pavel Gurecký.
Client
Area
Project size.- 327 sqm. Site size.- 367 sqm.
Dates
Project year.- 2016-2018. Completion year.- 2018-2019.
Manufacturers
Lighting.– Halla. LIPO 60. Office seating.– RIM CZ. Flexi. Acustics elements.– LIKO-S. SilentPET.
Location
Nádražní 804, 768 24 Hulín, Czech Republic.
Photography
J.Ressová, H.Maršíková, H.Víšková y J.Pavézka Ellement architects
Ellement has been working in the field of architecture and design since 2002. By connecting these fields, there is an active dialogue, the result of which is a comprehensive way of visualization and further processing of individual projects down to the smallest detail.
His accomplishments range from urban studies, through public spaces, commercial buildings to single-family home designs, smaller and larger reconstructions, commercial and private interiors, and product design. Part of the work on the product is also a subsequent presentation at fairs (company stand designs, etc.). Independent activities include the creation of exhibition project facilities and partnering with institutions and curators.
As an office operating in Zlín, they have long focused on rebuilding various types of Baťa houses, including the exterior, interior processing, and extension design. As residents of the city, the popularization of local architecture and its heritage is also important to them. One of the results of this approach was, for example, the exhibition "My Baťa House". Members of the bureau are involved in the civic and architecture association, which organizes conferences and author tours.
The founding team of the office is made up of Jitka Ressová (a member of the Chamber of Architects), Hana Maršíková (a member of the Chamber of Architects), Helena Víšková (a member of the Chamber of Architects) and Jan Pavézka.
His accomplishments range from urban studies, through public spaces, commercial buildings to single-family home designs, smaller and larger reconstructions, commercial and private interiors, and product design. Part of the work on the product is also a subsequent presentation at fairs (company stand designs, etc.). Independent activities include the creation of exhibition project facilities and partnering with institutions and curators.
As an office operating in Zlín, they have long focused on rebuilding various types of Baťa houses, including the exterior, interior processing, and extension design. As residents of the city, the popularization of local architecture and its heritage is also important to them. One of the results of this approach was, for example, the exhibition "My Baťa House". Members of the bureau are involved in the civic and architecture association, which organizes conferences and author tours.
The founding team of the office is made up of Jitka Ressová (a member of the Chamber of Architects), Hana Maršíková (a member of the Chamber of Architects), Helena Víšková (a member of the Chamber of Architects) and Jan Pavézka.
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