FURNITURE FACTORY - BLOCK A

location: Irpin, Ukraine

typology: offices, industrial, reconstruction, revitalization
area: 1,9 ha
phases: concept, detailed design
design period: 2021-2022
status: suspended due to the war

project team: Bohdan Rokhmaniiko, Tetiana Boiko, Taisia Sakhuria

This is a project for the revitalization of the former Furniture Factory area.

The factory was built in the late 60s. It situated on the West bank of the Irpin river on the outskirts of the city. Since Ukrainian independence from the Soviet union, factory shops have been divided between different owners in the process of privatization of communal property. The area functioned chaotically as a range of small private enterprises without a strategy and continuous improvement. Thus, the whale site fell into disrepair and acquired a negative vibe in relation to the city's development.

In cooperation with the new owner, our bureau has designed a concept for the improvement of the existing real estate and its gradual transformation into a business park in the future.

This project is in a transition phase. It includes a) increasing spatial efficiency of the existing industrial shop and around it, b) gentrification of the area next to the modern embarkment and new pedestrian walkways, and c) designing a pilot business centre building to be the first one in the future business-park infrastructure.

INDUSTRIAL BLOCKS

Industrial blocks suitable for improvement will be refurbished with a new facade and designated to be rented by private entrepreneurs and artisans.

New detached shops along the river are designed as lightweight modular structures. This building typology helps to be flexible to the request of local craftsman businesses.

blocks 1-7: planning