格鲁吉亚咖啡生产厂 - 创新工厂设计

Firm： Khmaladze Architects

Type： Commercial › Office Industrial › Factory

STATUS： Built

YEAR： 2019

SIZE： 100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft

BUDGET： Undisclosed

Photos： NakaniMamasakhlisi Photo Lab (15)

Given the prominent location, the city required a building that would escape the regular factory

appearance, and the client's intention was to create a strong visual identity for the newly created

coffee brand. The program required spaces that would fit both, coffee production plant with its

facilities and office space which would provide variety of work space arrangements, meetings and

socializing areas, both indoors and outdoors. Additionally, public areas which would include coffee

tasting cafe with small coffee exhibits.

As a response, a regular, box‐like volume of a production plant required to serve the building's

primary purpose adjusts to program components by wrapping around them. It stays high where

necessary to fit production equipment and lowers where possible. Same with office, the building

shell wraps around work, meeting and rest spaces arranged on floors suspended on various levels.

The three atriums as the light wells, and numerous skylights bring daylight to the work and shared

spaces below. The atriums are filled with plants to form small green outdoor spaces directly visible

from all indoor areas.

From the highway, the monolithic mass with no visible openings adapted to the slope of the site is

an object of curiosity. While its internal spaces are all oriented and opened towards the green park

located on the back side and the sky by means of two terraces which are part of the green roof.

The all‐concrete facade folds to produce double curved geometry. Its appearance changes during

course of a day, following sun movement producing an interplay of light and shadows.

Central entrance is a narrow gap produced by lifted concrete shell leading into a large main lobby

located between the two of the green atriums. The multilevel platforms for coffee exhibits and

lounges are greeting visitors along the stairs and ramps leading to the coffee tasting cafe and the

office spaces.

Underground level is mainly used for indoor parking and various storage and facilities.

CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE

The concrete structure with one‐way waffle slab spans up to 16 meters to create large unobstructed

spaces. Steel floor slabs are suspended from the roof slab on various levels with use of steel rods.

The cast in place concrete folded facade which ages well, is a double wall with insulating layer inbetween.

The 3,680 sqm green roof acts as an additional thermal barrier to the roof insulation. The

roof is intended to grow vegetation found around the site with wild grasses and plants, to blend with

the context and require less maintenance.

Credits:

- Khmaladze Architects - Architect - Tinatin Sherazadishvili

- Khmaladze Architects - Architect - Ana Khutsishvili

- Khmaladze Architects - Lead Architect - Giorgi Khmaladze

- Khmaladze Architects - Interior Designer - Maia Bagishvili

Credits:

- Khmaladze Architects - Architect - Tinatin Sherazadishvili

- Khmaladze Architects - Architect - Ana Khutsishvili

- Khmaladze Architects - Interior Designer - Maia Bagishvili

- Khmaladze Architects - Lean Architect - Giorgi Khmaladze