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Coworking Garden Surrounded by Greenery and Versatile Shared Spaces

Author:
Ruslan Lukashchuk
Coworking Garden Surrounded by Greenery and Versatile Shared Spaces

Project in-detail

A garden-focused coworking space integrates shared terraces and a winter garden, enhancing community interaction while providing adaptable environments for urban living.
5 key facts about this project
01
Winter garden provides a year-round indoor-outdoor space for residents.
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Shared terraces enhance community interactions and social activities.
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Sandwich wall and floor construction ensures high energy efficiency.
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Coworking garden integrates workspaces with natural surroundings.
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Strategic layout promotes flexibility for evolving resident needs.

The site on Via Domenico Tardini is set for reconstruction, focusing on creating a multifunctional urban area. The design combines residential, commercial, and communal elements, guided by key principles such as innovation, social inclusion, and resource conservation. The intention is to accommodate the changing needs of the community through adaptable spaces that encourage social interactions while allowing for personal privacy when required.

Design Concept

At the heart of the design is a focus on enhancing both individual and communal activities. The layout is organized across several levels, each dedicated to different functions that support a cohesive urban environment. The integration of coworking and coliving spaces reflects an aim to improve social connections among residents, fostering relationships through thoughtfully designed areas.

Floor Plans

The first level contains a restaurant that includes a hall, visitor areas, a barroom, and a coliving lobby. These elements are arranged to create a welcoming atmosphere, where residents can gather and relax. Accessibility is considered with the addition of a checkroom and an elevator, facilitating easy movement within the building.

The third level continues with hospitality-related spaces, featuring a kitchen, offices, and a winter garden. This clever design encourages an indoor-outdoor lifestyle, allowing natural light to filter through while providing spaces that adapt to different needs throughout the year.

An emphasis on coworking comes into play on the sixth level, where open spaces and fitness areas are integrated. This arrangement prioritizes both health and work activities, creating a balanced environment where residents can seamlessly blend productivity with well-being.



Vertical Living Spaces

Levels nine, twelve, and fifteen shift the focus toward residential needs. Level nine includes coworking gardens and living rooms for social interaction. The next levels enhance this community atmosphere with added fitness amenities and terraces for shared experiences. At the eighteenth level, a garden area further enriches the surroundings, providing residents with a quiet space to unwind amid the city's bustle.



Construction Techniques

Construction techniques emphasize efficiency and durability, with a focus on sandwich wall and floor systems. These methods enhance insulation and energy performance, adding a layer of sustainability to the design. The project also considers structural integrity and engineering communication, essential for any urban living space.



Overall, the design emphasizes a blend of communal and private living, highlighted by the inclusion of green spaces that encourage a connection to nature. Each design element is carefully considered, contributing to a modern urban lifestyle that values both community and individual needs.

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MICROHOME 10: Celebrating Small-Scale Living with €100,000 Prize Fund and Kingspan’s Innovation

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Competition organisers

The MICROHOME 10 competition invites participants to submit visionary designs for off-grid, modular microhomes that push the limits of sustainable, small-scale living. Organised by Buildner in partnership with Kingspan and Hapi Homes, this tenth edition sets the challenge of designing a dwelling for two people within a maximum floor area of 25 m², encouraging bold solutions adaptable to any urban or rural location. The competition continues Buildner’s mission to foster innovative approaches to compact, energy-efficient housing that can address pressing global challenges.

This year’s edition offers a generous total prize fund of €100,000, including the Kingspan Award for designs that integrate high-performance Kingspan products and the Hapi Homes Award for a project selected for real-world construction. In addition to cash prizes, the winners gain international exposure through Buildner’s media partnerships, publications, and a dedicated MICROHOME magazine, further amplifying their ideas to the wider architectural community.

Key dates for MICROHOME 10 include the closing date for registration on 25 September 2025, the submission deadline on 29 October 2025 (11:59 p.m. London time), and the announcement of winners on 9 December 2025. These milestones ensure participants have clear timelines to develop and present their concepts, with early registration discounts available to support students and emerging designers worldwide.

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Eligibility Open to all
Final registration deadline 25 September 2025

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