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The
largest
office
complex
in Kraków
shall
be developed
in the
buildings
of the
former
Anczyc
printing
house
in Wadowicka
Street
While
having
a break
in one’s
daily
work,
one
can
get
comfortably
seated
in an
armchair,
straighten
one’s
back
and
take
a look
through
the
window
on the
panoramic
view
of the
whole
city.
Such
a vision
will
soon
come
true
in offices,
located
on the
highest
levels
of the
front
building
in the
Buma
Square
office
complex
in Wadowicka
Street.
That
business
park,
the
largest
one
in our
city,
with
the
surface
area
of 36,000
sq.m.,
is being
constructed
through
the
adaptation
of facilities
of former
Anczyc
printing
house
for
new
purposes.
The
project
will
be completed
in the
next
year.
"We
have
used
the
land
plot
and
the
reinforced-concrete
structures
that
are
30 years
old.
Today,
as much
as half
of the
printing
house
facilities
were
adapted
for
their
new
function.
The
whole
project
has
been
divided
into
stages.
Once
a group
of potential
clients
is completed,
next
facilities
of the
former
printing
house
are
subjected
to redevelopment,"
explains
Mr.
Piotr
Michalski,
Chief
Executive
of the
project.
He
stresses
that
it is
the
location
of the
project
area
which
has
decided
about
adaptation
of the
old
printing
house
to office
purposes.
The
place
is located
in the
direct
vicinity
(300
m) of
the
Mateczny
intersection,
and
ca.
2 km
from
the
Wawel
royal
castle.
It is
the
road
crossing
area
for
transit
routes
from
Warsaw,
Vienna,
Medyka,
Zakopane,
as well
as exit
roads
to the
A4 motorway,
Kraków
Ring
Road
and
the
Balice
airport.
A
Successful
Experiment
The
first
to be
adapted
was
the
paper
warehouse,
located
in the
back
part
of the
complex.
The
building
was
purchased
in 1998.
Still
in the
same
year,
first
offices
were
opened
in it.
"We
made
an experiment.
It soon
turned
out
that
the
edifice
could
perfectly
well
be turned
into
an office
building.
It has
such
technical
parameters
as are
currently
required
for
modern
office
space.
The
printing
house
was
a specific
facility.
Buildings
that
constituted
parts
of it
were
of different
height.
Some
of them
were
two-storey,
while
others
were
three-
and
six-storey
high.
In addition,
they
were
not
linked.
Judging
from
technical
and
logistic
points
of view,
such
buildings
would
not
be suitable
to be
adjusted
to any
other
business
activities,
e.g.
commercial,
or to
be turned
into
a conference
centre,"
says
Mr.
Michalski.
Plans
for
the
construction
of a
printing
house
in Wadowicka
Street
were
drafted
in the
1950s.
The
facility
was
constructed
in the
1960s
and
opened
in 1971.
The
printing
house
operated
for
30 years.
Last
machines
left
the
site
in December
2001.
The
developed
area
was
in whole
acquired
by Buma
System
S.A.
The
Company’s
management
initiated
the
implementation
of a
vision
to create
there
the
largest
business
park
in the
city.
The
architectural
design
competition
was
won
by Kraków-based
architectural
office
of DDJM.
With
a Large
Window
and
a Swimming
Pool
The
adaptation
of the
former
Anczyc
printing
house
buildings
is one
of the
longest
projects
to be
carried
out
by DDJM
and,
at the
same
time,
one
that
has
been
most
changing
in time.
"Both
the
architectural
shape,
and
designation
of specific
buildings
were
subjected
to numerous
modifications
as late
as during
the
design
implementation
stage,
"
says
Mr.
Wojciech
Miecznikowski
from
DDJM.
Together
with
Marek
Dunikowski,
he supervises
the
work
of the
tam
that
implements
the
Buma
Square
project.
The
team
is headed
by Elżbieta
Myczka-Ruszaj
and
Wojciech
Chmielowiec.
The
designed
complex
is composed
of a
high
office
building
that
faces
Wadowicka
Street
and
a set
of facilities
located
in the
back
part
of the
plot.
All
buildings
were
subjected
to thorough
modernisation
and
adapted
to new,
office
functions,
while
the
whole
was
linked
by an
internal
hall,
an atrium,
situated
along
the
axis
and
covered
with
a glass
roof.
The
entrance
to the
hall
was
emphasised
by a
large
window,
placed
in the
front
building
elevation.
Originally,
the
hall
was
to be
a large,
single-space
shopping
mall;
however,
market
demand
changes
caused
that
the
shopping
part
was
considerably
reduced.
The
front
building
facade
was
designed
in a
spectacular
way,
with
lights
making
up a
plastic
composition.
The
atrium
will
be the
main
public
space
of the
complex.
Concerts,
as well
as various
cultural
events
will
be taking
place
in that
area.
At the
back,
behind
the
atrium,
a garden
was
designed,
with
entrances
from
part
of offices.
In the
garden
neighbourhood,
an indoor
swimming
pool
and
fitness
gym
for
office
employees
were
designed.
The
earlier
design
versions
provided
for
a large,
ten-storey
office
building,
with
an underground
parking
lot,
to be
constructed
in the
centre
of the
complex.
However,
due
to the
unstable
situation
on the
office
real
estate
market,
the
idea
was
abandoned.
Symbiosis
in the
Business
Town
Presently,
50%
of the
former
printing
house
facilities
were
turned
into
office
space,
rented
by ca.
40 business
entities.
Finally,
the
complex
is expected
to house
some
100
companies.
Recently,
contractors
started
works
related
to the
middle
part
of the
complex,
where
the
atrium,
the
garden
and
sports
and
recreational
facilities
will
be constructed.
In progress
are
also
adaptation
works
in the
front
building,
including
the
provision
of two
additional
storeys.
Later,
next
buildings
will
be transferred
for
use.
"Office
space
rents
in the
complex
range
from
9 to
12 euros
per
sq.m.
monthly.
All
depends
on the
lease
contract
duration,
as well
as the
location
and
standard
of leased
space.
In certain
premises
in the
front
building,
rents
may
amount
even
to 30
euros
per
sq.m.
monthly,"
adds
Mr.
Piotr
Michalski.
It
is now
possible
to see
the
growing
symbiosis
between
the
already
operating
buildings
within
the
complex.
They
complement
one
another.
All
those
working
in the
Buma
Square
(soon
there
will
be ca.
3.5
thousands
of them)
are
served
by small
shops,
a restaurant,
a café
and
a post-office.
Parking
yards
are
constructed
nearby.
Soon,
there
will
be a
small
business
town,
operating
close
to the
Kraków
centre.
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