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| All images courtesy of Coop Himmelb(l)au |
Vienna-based office Coop Himmelb(l)au has won the competition to design 'The New Parliamentary Complex of The Republic of Albania' in the capital city of Tirana. The 28,000 m2 project will be the first building by the internationally-recognized practice in Albania.
Situated along the compositional axis of the city, the design aims to provide a strong urban statement as the newest addition to Tirana's urban fabric. Expressing a decidedly contemporary architectural character, the building serves as a visual landmark for the locals as well as a bold representation of the albanian republic's future political center.
'Our design for The New Parliament in Tirana, Albania, stands for the transparency of democracy,' says wolf d. prix, design principal and CEO of coop himmelb(l)au. Incorporating a number of different building elements, the holistic design aims to include fundamental democratic values such as openness, transparency and public co-determination.
At the core of the center, the parliamentary hall is accommodated by a glazed cone that peeks over the office building, which is wrapped in a curtain-like exterior skin made from panels of perforated steel. a wide public stair at the base of the building leads the public to the landscaped roof of the plinth building, serving as an expansive elevated plaza where views into the parliamentary hall are established. the main entrance to the complex is through a solid conic form that acts as the counterpart to the transparent parliamentary hall.
In order to provide optimal environmental conditions in an energy efficient manner, a number of passive concepts are incorporated into the final design of the building: The careful configuration of the forms reduce the use of fossil fuel while the dynamic second skin of the office building drastically improves the building's performance related to daylight intake, views, solar control, glare and noise protection, thermal insulation and natural ventilation.
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