Project
Riverview residential complex façades

Category 
Best Implemented Façade or Interior Project Using Ceramics

About the project
Riverview project was inspired by both the Hanseatic architecture and the eclectic burgher architecture with the aim of creating a modern and timeless development characterised by minimalistic details with high quality finish. The buildings’ structure is based mainly on reinforced concrete frame structures with particular focus on the building envelope which had to provide relevant anchorage and support the load of façade bricks. The aspect of locality was taken into account when choosing materials and reflected in cooperating with a Polish brickyard seated near Łódź in order to shorten the supply chain. The complex has wooden rafter roofs that are covered with ceramic roof tiles with a minimalistic, simple and flat form. The buildings feature cavity walls and ventilated façades, while the majority of the complex has the exterior finish of bricks manufactured at a brickyard with a one-hundred-year-old history. The designers took a modern approach by using minimalistic details and ensuring high-quality workmanship.

Location
Angielska Grobla Street 30, 80-756 Gdańsk, Poland

Project implementation year
2020

Project website
https://riverview.pl/

More project images
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YTtFGTNiLfSwiaZELiy9kabC9qaHnOJs?usp=sharing

Additional information
https://www.miesarch.com/work/4656
https://www.whitemad.pl/zrobili-to-swietnie-osiedle-riverview-w-centrum-gdanska/
https://architektura.muratorplus.pl/realizacje/osiedle-riverview-w-gdansku_10602.html
https://sznyt.pl/2021/04/20/30040ekologiczna-architektura-riverview-w-gdansku-apa-wojciechowski/

Applicant and authors of the project
APA Wojciechowski sp. z o.o.
APA Wojciechowski Architects was established over 25 years ago. Currently, the office employs over 120 architects in its Warsaw and Tricity locations and is implementing its projects in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Lithuania. Some of its best-known projects: White Square Office Center and the White Gardens Office Center (Moscow), UNIT.City (Kyiv), Lviv.Tech.City (Lviv), Elektrownia Powiśle, Skyliner, The Park Warsaw (Warsaw), Riverview and Alchemia (Gdańsk), Centrum Południe (Wrocław).

Other participants
Investor: Vastint
Collaboration — concept at a very preliminary stage: ARC-ML