The modern Ericpol Software Pool office building has been constructed in the center of Lodz, adjacent to Piotrkowska Street. The context for this Class A office building is the historic buildings of the former Karol Wilhelm Scheibler factory and residential complex.
⇒ More information and photos from the construction phase
This project has already been recognized and appreciated. The Ericpol building subsequently received honorable mention at the Brick Award 2015. It was also listed as being one of the 10 most impressive new office buildings in Poland (Property Magazine). The Ericpol building is also featured in a world-wide touring exhibition of the best of contemporary Polish architecture organized by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Architektura-murator.
In May 2016 the Ericpol Office Building received the Association of Polish Architects “SARP Year Award” for best buildings completed in 2015 in the category of public buildings/office buildings, and was listed as one of six best buildings completed in Poland in 2015.
Other publications:
ArchDaily http://www.archdaily.com/769962/ericpol-software-office-building-horizone-studio
Gooood (Hong Kong) https://www.gooood.cn/ericpol-software-pool-horizone.htm
Architizer http://architizer.com/projects/ericpol-software-pool/
The building composes of the two four-story office wings, connected with each other by the glazed lift lobby. The lobby with the centrally located glazed meeting rooms opens itself on each floor to the surrounding green park.
The X-shaped building optimizes the use of the land and gives flexibility in case of the future rental of the office space. A single-story underground car park for 100 cars has been designed underneath.
Each floor is equipped with the conference rooms and recreational facilities for employees. The layout of the building has been designed to fulfill specific work and security requirement of the client. Repeatable rhythm of the external elevations recollects the style of the nineteenth-century factory buildings that were common in Łódź.
Characteristic colorful vertical blinds on the north and south facing facades refer to the Ericpol logotype. Building’s west courtyard opens up directly to the old park where informal meeting places surrounded by the green landscape will be placed.
