FUZJA – stage 4

• location: Poland, Łódź, ul. Milionowa 4-4A
• architects: Przemo Łukasik, Łukasz Zagała
• associate architects: Dawid Beil, Agnieszka Morga-Bałamut, Aleksandra Rodo-Krasnokucka, Monika Węglińska-Szymczak, Marcin Lech, Karolina Kossmann, Magdalena Cąkała, Paulina Kałużna-Stawinoga, Anna Fus, Katarzyna Klimasz, Bożena Wróbel, Jagoda Kus, Marija Gawąd, Ewa Zielonka – Mossoczy, Michał Laskowski, Mateusz Małecki, Aleksandra Mazur, Tymoteusz Sapa
• construction: Industria Structure
• industries: Industria MEP
• road design: Seweryn Wróblewski
• administrative procedures: BZB Projekt
• facade design: Studio Profil
• signage: Joanna Katańska
• greenery design: Krzysztof Kass KASS-ARCHITEKTURA KRAJOBRAZU
• conservation work programme: ARCHI-PROJEKT Szymon Herman
• investor: Echo Investment
• usable floor area:
  • building C: 8 987,4 sqm
  • building D: 9 397,1 sqm
• design: 2019-2020
• realization: 2022
• photographs: Rafał Tomczyk
• website: https://fuzja-echo.pl/

The office buildings of the Fuzja complex are being built on the site of the historic Scheibler-Grohman industrial building complex in Łódź. As a piece of history commemorating the place and function, the historic wall on the northern side has been preserved and incorporated into the body of the northern office building.
The distinctive feature of the buildings are the designed elevations – they have been designed with the use of common facade systems with blinds used in an unconventional way. The blinds, which are usually installed horizontally and function as a shield for ventilation of the technical areas of the buildings, have been used as façade cladding in the case of the designed office buildings. By installing the blinds vertically, a unique rhythm of façade elements was obtained by varying the directions in which they are arranged to the right or left, which produces a different visual effect depending on the time of day and the amount of sunlight.