Location: Kosice, SK Author: txt architekti Visualizations: J. Siarnik Status: land use permit Year: 2016 Client:Logistic and Warehouse Ltd. GBA: 3 490 sqm
The client purchased on the border of the city center of Kosice opposite the ice hockey Steel Arena a part of the area of the former old malt
house (called Stara sladovna). Silo is the part of the property which was purchase within the aim of
cultivating it into housing. Silo is a 10-storey high (one underground and nine above-ground floors) building built of monolithic concrete. The
proposal itself was a challenge for the architect and the statik. A
smaller part of the building is necessary to demolish because of the
new disposal solutions. It is also necessary to demolish to the existing concrete a lot of
openings for windows and balcony doors. The building is devided into apartments and retail/services. Public facilities are situated in the basement and on the ground floor. The rest of the uilding (eight floors) consists of apartments. On a typical floor are designed three 2-bedroom and one 1-bedroom apartment. On the top two floors are maisonettes.
