Success Story — DFE & construction
Showroom “KIA & VOLVO“ 2019
DFE — arh. TIJANA MISKOV
Architecture as branding.
This business facility consists of two auto-salons and a common business zone located at the gallery level. The task was to form two different spaces that comprise a single unit. In addition to the need to comply with all standards for designing salons for renowned automobile manufacturers, the challenge was also to clearly define a facade that would in itself constitute an advertisement for these two companies.
The carefully developed concept was materialized through a building designed with an industrial style, decorated in addition to its facade by the ambience of the interior.
The finish of the façade itself - the colour of the glass and panels - was chosen in accordance with the trademark colours of the automobile brands for which that this modern complex was made. Aiming to emphasize the industrial style in particular, part of the steel structure was intentionally left visible both in the exterior and the interior, but carefully protected with suitable final coatings.
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The real challenge was to clearly define a facade that would in itself constitute an advertisement for these two companies.
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— arh. TIJANA MISKOV
project manageR — IVAN PETROVIC
Stylish showroom.
The architectural solution for the new auto-salon of these renowned global car manufacturers in Belgrade presented a number of challenges during construction, particularly in terms of connecting different materials and finishes on the building, different façade elements (glass façade and thermal façade panels) and the interior.
The full complexity of the construction manifested itself mainly in the organization of a large number of contractors for finishing works in the interior and the fitting of many different materials and items of equipment, each having a distinct technology of installation and time required to implement the works in a high quality and timely manner.
One of the biggest structural challenges was the manufacture of the reinforced concrete floor slab in the salon and Volvo repair shop, with the varying levels of the final elevation depending on the type of floor cover (epoxy coating in the repair shop, ceramic tiles in the salon section, parquetted industrial flooring in the lounge area of the salon, and textile floor in the offices), all coming together at the centre of the facility. Furthermore, the floor slab and floor finish in the repair shop and salon had to meet the requirements of the static and dynamic loads generated by the cars on show.
proj. manager IVAN PETROVIC — how did we do it?
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The floor slab and floor finish in the repair shop and salon had to meet the requirements of the static and dynamic loads generated by the cars on show.
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— proj. manager ivan petrovic
from day one
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“Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se“
CHARLES EAMES