Transcript Shopping Center ALFA Białystok

Shopping Centre ALFA
Białystok
HISTORY
The front wall of ‘Mercury’
warehouse - from 1910
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Alfa Shopping Centre is located in
the building of the former
Society
of Bialystok Manufactories Factories
'E. Becker and Company'
The front wall of 'Mercury‘ warehouse in 2006
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Factory building was built
between 1895-1911 and since
1910 production of wool and silk
began. During World War II the
buildings were seriously destroyed,
and rebuilt afterwards.
'E. Becker and Company‘ factory in 1920
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In 2007 the construction
of Alfa Shopping Centre began
The new part of the Alfa Shopping Center , front view,
2011
General information:
land area: 31,543 m²
building area: 22,476.7 m²
adoptive footprint of buildings: 1567.7 m
Total area: 86,000 m²
volume: 383,931.02 m³
number of parking spaces: 764
Time for completion: March 2007 August 2008
investor: Invest-JWK-Management
General contractor: Unibep
Architect: Maciej Kurylowicz, Apa Kurylowicz
photos of the construction of the
centre
The design was created by architect
Maciej Kurylowicz.
 The idea was to adopt the factory
buildings into a modern
and stylish shopping complex.
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As recommended by the conservator, the
former red- brick factory building
and stables from 1911, have been
preserved.
Former stable building from 1911 year,
view from the inside of the shopping
mall.
The building has been
left in its original
form. The
yellow bricks from the
fifties of the twentieth
century have
been cleaned and the
roof has
been replaced. This
part of the mall houses
a spacious coffe shop.
The front view of the wall of the
former ‘Mercury’ warehouse -in 2011
Original construction of
the building has been
strengthened, the elevation
and the sculpture of
Mercury have been
renovated.
Red brick has
been cleaned.
Reconstitute
d gable 'trace',
one of the
factory
buildings
One of the historical buildings has been (with the consent
of conservator) demolished, but its walls, which were
found to be very interesting, were rebuilt.
The idea was to
combine modern and
contemporary part
of the building with
historical halls of the
factory.
The interior:
graphic design and
present view
Inside the
building- the
old brick
walls adjacent to
modern materials,
glass roofs, lifts
and escalators.
The new look
of lifts refer to
the old factory.
elevator in the centre
the main hall
The ‘ALFA’
shopping mall has
created many new
workplaces: in
shops, banks,
service shops,
restaurants, a
cinema and
administrative
offices.
The ‘Alfa’ centre has total of 86,000 square meters,
 150 shops situated on three floors.
 There is a cinema with seven rooms, restaurants, climbing wall and a
fountain on the first floor.
 In the underground level is a car park for nearly 800 cars.
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Alfa Center attracts with interesting architecture, in
which the old factory buildings coexist with
modern and high quality interior design, location in
the city center and proficient communication solutions.
Magazine Construction &
Investment Journal found Alpha to
be the best 2008 shopping
center in Central and Eastern
Europe.
It was also among the
15 candidates for the Shopping
Center 2009 prize, nominated in
the category of downtown Mall of
the Year.
Thanks for your attention 