Skanska has commenced construction works on the first phase of Spark office project. Spark will be developed on the so-called Serek Wolski in Warsaw area at the cross section of Okopowa and Towarowa Streets and will comprise office space distinguished by a publicly available square, open fresh-air working areas and an amphitheater.
Spark was designed with focus on the needs of all of its users – employees as well as local residents and people with disabilities. Thanks to an audit conducted by Integracja Foundation during the project and design works phase, Spark office building will be the first office scheme to obtain “Object with no boundaries” certificate while being delivered to market. In order to ensure wellbeing of day-to-day users of space available at Spark, foundations such as Na Miejscu and Project for Public Spaces – both specializing in friendly public spaces – were invited to co-operate on the project and design works. Thanks to consultations conducted with experts and foundations’ support in collecting opinions from residents, Spark will be fully adjusted to users’ needs, especially to the needs of mothers with children, elderly people and people with different disabilities. Furthermore, representatives from Skanska are also conducting talks with, among others, local entrepreneurs operating within the area and aim at selecting retail and services points so that they conveniently complement each other with local businesses.
“During the project and design phase we focused greatly on developing Spark in a socially responsible way. We also want to go a step further and create a good place for business development that evokes positive emotions on one hand, and on the other, provide office space serving well to the residents of Wola district and Warsaw as a whole. We will provide space for relax both inside and outside the buildings. By combining knowledge from our partner foundations and our project team, we were able to appropriately consult the planned space and adjust it to the needs of resident and people with disabilities. We hope that Spark will become the new showcase of this part of Warsaw,” asserted Arkadiusz Rudzki, Managing Director at Skanska Property Poland.
Spark will be a project that will bring to Serek Wolski a new, big-city climate and provide high-quality public space along with classical and elegant architecture. Furthermore, thanks to Skanska’s efforts, Plac Kercelak square – a green square decorted by street furniture objects designed in co-operation with residents as part of Nowa Towarowa project – will be developed at Okopowa Street during the construction works on the three phases of Spark complex. In addition, Spark will be the first office complex developed by Skanska in Poland to have beehives located on specially designed terrace of its first building. The beehives will be managed by professional beekeepers while the collected honey will be available for buy in the nearby canteen.
The architectural project of the complex was prepared by Kuryłowicz&Associates, one of the most famous Polish architectural studios.
In total, the project will consist of three office buildings, including a 130-meter high tower. After completion, Spark will provide its tenants with approx. 70,000 sqm of leasable space, which is more or less an equivalent of ten National Stadium soccer fields.
