Wave

Complex of two office buildings

  • location: Poland, Gdańsk, al. Grunwaldzka 345-347
  • architects: Przemo Łukasik, Łukasz Zagała
  • associate architects: Dawid Beil, Daria Cieślak, Krystian Szczepek, Piotr Gnacek, Anna Korzeniowska, Agata Marekwia, Zofia Adamus, Marcin Lech, Marta Präg, Jakub Koźlik, Julia Kazimierska, Seweryn Wróblewski, Michał Sokołowski, Mateusz Rymar
  • signage: Joanna (Sowula) Katańska
  • construction: Industria Structure
  • installations: CEgroup
  • facade design: Studio Profil
  • greenery design: Kass – Architektura Krajobrazu
  • fire protection: Janusz Siata
  • investor: Skanska
  • usable floor area:  43 300 sqm
  • design: 2017
  • realization:
    • building A: 2020
    • building B: under construction
  • certification:
    • LEED · Core and Shell (v2009) · Platinum,
    • WELL · Core and Shell · Gold,
    • WELL Health-Safety Rating,
    • „Barrier-free facility”
  • photographs: Juliusz Sokołowski

The project area in the Oliwa district is the axis of Gdansk, along which the largest number of new investments of metropolitan importance are currently located. The site is intended to act as a catalyst for the development of Gdansk’s city centre.

Wave consists of two independent buildings (marked A and B). Building ‘A’ located on the west side is just completed; building ‘B’ on the east side is entering the construction phase. Each has 14 usable floors. The two will be connected by a link at levels +3 to +10.

When viewed from above, the buildings will form an ‘H’ turned at a 30-degree angle. The architecture of the building uses modest means of expression, but at the same time constitutes an individual and original spatial composition.

The office spaces have been designed in such a way as to ensure a functional and efficient arrangement. The adopted depth of the tracts and the division of the façade create many possibilities for the configuration and division of the space, depending on the needs of the tenant.

A steel façade made of modular elements in reddish amber with distinctive vertical divisions was a rational choice for us. It is a clear reference to the simple and functional rhetoric of port container depots, whose cuboids stacked on top of each other create spatial forms. We enriched the repetitive, modular and typifying effect by playing with glass divisions that dematerialise the solid.

Meanwhile, the public space between the buildings refers to the Baltic coastal landscape, where the shapes of dunes and waves interact.

The aim of the investment is to create a modern and functional centre offering flexible spaces for comfortable office work. The building complex is environmentally friendly, which manifests itself, among other things, in low energy consumption, low emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, the use of appropriate environmentally friendly building materials and technical equipment.

Wave has received the prestigious international LEED Core&Shell certification at the Platinum level. This proves that the building was designed and built to the highest standards.

Wave was the first office building in the Tri-City to apply for and receive the demanding WELL certificate. This means that the offices in Wave meet even the most stringent health guidelines, offering a sustainable working environment. WELL places great emphasis on proper ventilation and filtration of indoor air, maintaining proper humidity and thermal comfort.

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