与捷克模块制造商KOMA模块公司合作新设计的模块研究中心位于捷克共和国的维佐维采。这个170平方米的研究中心就像一个智囊团–一个挑战和扩展现有模块化建筑概念的创新空间。新的研究中心位于KOMA建筑群的边缘,它将工厂与周围的环境仔细地融合在一起,同时创造了一个大型的半公开的社交聚会广场,为员工的生活和进步的工作文化做出了贡献。这座单层建筑使路人可以从街道上看到工厂,进一步加强了无障碍、透明、无障碍的区域。

The newly designed Modular Research Centre with KOMA Modular, a Czech module manufacturer, is located in Vizovice, Czech Republic. The 170 m2 research center acts as a think-tank – an innovative space to challenge and expand on existing notions of modular construction. Situated at the edge of the KOMA complex, the new research center carefully integrates the factory into its surrounding environment while creating a large semi-public social gathering square contributing to the employees’ liveliness and progressive working culture. The one-story building allows passers-by to view the factory from the street level, further enhancing an accessible, transparent, barrier-free area.

CHK和KOMA之间的合作始于2014年,为由三座模块化建筑组成的入口和公共区域制定了总体规划。该总体规划展示了工厂入口的战略配置设计,扩大了公共空间,其中每个结构都展现了模块化的多功能性。继2014年5月完成模块化食堂后,CHK设计了2015年米兰世博会捷克馆,该馆后来被改造成KOMA的办公大楼。新建成的研究中心(2022年)展示了第三个也是最后一个模块化设计,根植于旋转集装箱作为柱子的概念,使建筑的可塑性空间进一步扩展了模块化建筑的概念。

The partnership between CHK and KOMA began in 2014 by creating a master plan for the entrance and public area consisting of three modular buildings. The master plan demonstrates a strategic configuration design of the factory’s entrance, expanding on public space, in which each structure unveils modular versatility. Following the completion of the Modular Cafeteria in May 2014, CHK designed the Czech pavilion at EXPO 2015 in Milan, which was later converted into an office building for KOMA. The newly completed research center (2022) presents the third and final modular design, rooted in the concept of rotating containers functioning as columns, enabling an architectural malleable space to further expand on the notions of modular architecture.

该研究中心将成为工厂综合体的创新中心,利用模块开发和探索新的未被发现的建筑方法,形成一个可适应的系统,以满足多用途需求。作为一个创意发生器,该建筑是所有专业人员创造创新和特殊产品的重要聚会场所,因此成为一个默认的聚集点和模块化未来的演变中心。牢记该结构的主要功能,它进一步强调了其建筑中所反映的透明性这一重要元素。创建一个对当地社区开放和欢迎的综合体,自信地反映了设想在建筑的旋转容器内形成新概念的原则。

Set to become an innovation hub for the factory complex to develop and explore new undiscovered building methods with modules, the research center forms an adaptable system that can meet multi-purpose needs. Acting as an idea generator, the building is an important meeting place for all professionals to create innovative and special products, consequently becoming a default gathering point and evolution center for the future of modularity. Keeping in mind the structure’s principal function, it is further underlying the vital element of transparency reflected in its building. Creating a complex that is open and welcoming to the local community confidently reflects on the principle of new concepts envisioned to form inside the rotated containers of the building.

作为一个新的和可适应的模块化系统的原型,研究中心强调了工作室致力于扩大模块化建筑的局限性和参与支持当地社区。该工作室将重点放在制作提供无限制的模块化的新形状上,并展示了多功能模块化形状的创新系统,该工作室特意转变了旧的模式,并在典型的矩形建筑上进行了扩展,以培养一个透明的工作环境。通过绕过习惯性地使用并排放置的直角单元的限制,该研究中心在使用模块结构的基本重新想象方面与标准模式不同,使其成为未来模块建筑的用户友好型模式。

Created as a prototype of a new and adaptable modular system, the research center underlines the studio’s dedication to expanding the limitations of modular architecture and engaging in supporting local communities. Putting the focus on crafting new shapes offering unrestrained modularity and showcasing an innovative system of multifunctional modular shapes, the studio is purposely shifting old paradigms and expanding on the typical rectangular construction to foster a transparent working environment. By bypassing the restriction of the customary use of right-angled units placed side by side, the research center varies from a standard model in the basic re-imagination of the use of modular structures, making it a user-friendly model for the future of modular architecture.

包含三个主要的模块元素,地板、集装箱和屋顶单元,组成的空间创造了一个新的独特系统–包含设施的空间单元被平放在平面地板模块上,地板模块被固定在地基上,发挥着支柱的作用。置于集装箱和屋顶之间,巨大的窗户表面吸引了大量的光线,使工作场所保持开放并与外部空间相连。

Containing three main module elements, the floor, the container, and the roof units, the composed space creates a new unique system – spatial units containing the facilities are leveled onto the planar flooring modules, which are anchored to the foundation, functioning as columns. Placed in between the containers and the roof, vast window surfaces draw in an abundance of light, keeping the workplace open and connected to the exterior space.

主要模块和玻璃表面的并置,形成了一个包罗万象的宽敞开放区域,专门用于水平和垂直工作空间。该区域本身是完全灵活的,避免了大型开放空间办公室的负面因素,可以重新调整以满足任何项目的具体需求,形成多个适应性强的独立工作站。作为模块化概念的自然延续,家具设计允许办公设备随着时间的推移进行补充、改变,并适应新的需求—只需重新连接各个元素,就可以定制设备的碎片。建筑材料进一步有助于反映和理解研究中心的创新模块化概念,其穿孔的表面和可见的细节在最大程度上被用于其自然形态。作为KOMA日常生产和使用的材料,铝是该建筑群的明确选择,有助于轻松理解模块化建造原则。

The juxtaposition of the main modules and glass surfaces forms an all-inclusive spacious open area dedicated to horizontal and vertical working spaces. The area itself is entirely flexible, avoiding negative aspects of large open space offices, and can be readjusted to meet the specific needs of any project, forming multiple adaptable and individual workstations. As a natural continuation of the modularity concept, the furniture design allows the office equipment to be supplemented, changed, and adapted to new needs over time – pieces of equipment can be customized simply by re-connecting the elements. Building materials further aid in reflecting and understanding the innovative modular concept of the research center, with its perforated surface and visible details used to the maximum extent in their natural form. As a material that KOMA manufactures and uses daily, aluminum was a clear choice for the complex, aiding the understanding of modular build principles easily.

Architects: CHYBIK + KRISTOF, KOMA Modular
Year : 2022
Photographs :Jesús Granada, Alex Shoots Buildings, Pavel Barták
Landscape Architecture : Atelier zahradní a krajinářské architektury Sendler
Project Team : Ondřej Chybík, Michal Krištof, Ondřej Mundl, Lukáš Habrovec, Martin Holý, Michal Klimeš, Dávid Medzihorský, Vojtěch Kouřil, David Bernátek, Petr Novák, Vladimír Šobich, Přemek Zhoř
Technical Solutions : Jiří Valenta, Oldřich Studený, Petr Chval
City : Prague
Country : Czech Republic