xCimos Office Building
project, Zagreb, 2005.

For more than fifteen years the so-called business building "Cimos" has been left unfinished on the main Zagreb western avenue at the entry into the town. The new owner has decided to finish the construction by extending the existing layout and building additional floors. The new design has taken into account the existing shape and layout and the requirements of our client. The volume of the building consists of two parts - the higher one is intended for business purposes and the lower one contains a shopping centre and a car park. The new design does not essentially change the initial function of the building. In terms of design, the most important parts are the front and the attractive entrance lobby. The new glass front encircles the building and "softens" the curve of the layout. In addition to their primary function, the vertical blinds along the full height of the building emphasize this "softening" effect. The vertical communication line with the flights of stairs and lifts begins in the lobby. The business premises have an "open space" flexible design and can be defined later, according to specific needs. By building new parts we have also extended the surface of the existing floors and the capacity of the car park at ground level.

ADDRESSHrvatski sokol Street and Ljubljanska Avenue crossroads CITY Zagreb STATE Croatia 45°47’40”N, 15°55’25”E

PROJECT NAME xCimos Office Building

PROJECT NO 122

PROGRAM business

STATUS project

PROJECT 2005-2007

LOCATION Croatia, Zagreb, Hrvatski sokol Street and Ljubljanska Avenue crossroads

SITE AREA 7300 m²

GROSS FLOOR AREA 23000 m²

VOLUME 72100 m³

FOOTPRINT 3865 m²

ALTITUDE 118 m

CLIENT Consultants Group

AUTHOR 3LHD

PROJECT TEAM Saša Begović, Marko Dabrović, Tatjana Grozdanić Begović, Silvije Novak, Jasminka Jug, Zorislav Petrić, Željko Mohorović, Irena Mažer Hranuelli, Hrvoje Bilandžić, Tomislav Soldo

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Palijan - Ivan Palijan , Siniša Lulić, Đuro Uzelac, Zvonko Kopunović

PARTIAL BUILDING REMOVAL PROJECT Damir Platužić

DEEP FOUNDATION PROJECT Geotehnički studio - Bojan Vukadinović, Igor Sokolić

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IPZ-elektroinženjering 22 - Branko Čorko

MECHANICAL INSTALLATIONS Termoinženjering projektiranje - Branko Šegotić, Mario Lukenda

PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE Projektni biro - grijanje - Srđan Grujić

SPRINKLER INSTALLATION APIN projekt - Branimir Cindori

BUILDING PHYSICS Mateo Biluš

TRAFFIC PLANNING PROJECT Žunec projekt - Vladimir Žunec

BILL OF QUANTITIES Štefica Prosinečki

HEALTH&SAFETY PROJECT Projektni ured Kanceljak Marelić - Melita Kanceljak Marelić

FIRE PROTECTION / STRATEGY / SAFETY PROJECT S.I.A. - Irela Strabić