''Liberty for all'', The City Voice
"Liberty Corner" is the name of a newly completed building on the corner of Mysia and Bracka streets. The building’s name is a meaningful one, as this used to be the site of another building housing the State Office for the Control of the Press and Culture, or in other words, the state censor’s office. That office does not exist anymore and the only surviving trace of it is an inscription in the main lobby of the new building, which is a symbol of freedom, the free market, and cooperation between companies and people of diverse nationalities.
The developer of Liberty Corner is the Von der Heyden Group, a company that has been well-known and successful in the Polish construction market for years. The founder of the international enterprise, Sven von der Heyden, is German by origin, but he lives in Spain. Together with the Polish Press Agency (PAP), he established a joint-venture company Mysia 5 Sp. z o.o. PAP’s contribution to the project was the plot of land. The agency will soon move into one part of the building (2,575 square meters), the other part, entirely independent and with a separate entrance, will be available for rent.
Liberty Corner matches a row of historic tenement houses on Bracka Street, but its style is a reference to the nearby building of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. The latter was designed in 1927 by architect Adolf Świerczyński and in the 1950s, it was reconstructed and enlarged. Liberty Corner represents the same style—it is a solid, stable structure with special emphasis put on architectural details. Covered with pale sandstone, the walls match the neighboring tenement houses from the early 20th century. The walls and the high cedar window frames lend even more elegance to the building.
Liberty Corner has seven floors and two underground levels, which serve as parking for 75 cars. The structure of the building consists of a reinforced concrete core and load-bearing walls, which releases the office space from heavy flooring. The building features meticulous finishing touches and state-of-the-art equipment. For example, the air conditioning is a system of Carrier air convectors placed above the ceiling, which allow for at least eight full cycles of air exchange in all the rooms every hour. The air conditioning can be regulated on each floor and it is possible to open the windows.
The building has four fast Otis elevators for 13 people, covered with mahogany. Liberty Corner’s total office area is 6,000 sq m. The entrance lobby is two floors high, it is covered with sandstone and marble and decorated with bas-relief in a classical style. The overall and interior design was developed by PRC Architekci, with main participation of Andrzej Jurkiewicz. The general contractor was Hochtief Polska.
Ewa Kielak Ciemniewska
The developer of Liberty Corner is the Von der Heyden Group, a company that has been well-known and successful in the Polish construction market for years. The founder of the international enterprise, Sven von der Heyden, is German by origin, but he lives in Spain. Together with the Polish Press Agency (PAP), he established a joint-venture company Mysia 5 Sp. z o.o. PAP’s contribution to the project was the plot of land. The agency will soon move into one part of the building (2,575 square meters), the other part, entirely independent and with a separate entrance, will be available for rent.
Liberty Corner matches a row of historic tenement houses on Bracka Street, but its style is a reference to the nearby building of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. The latter was designed in 1927 by architect Adolf Świerczyński and in the 1950s, it was reconstructed and enlarged. Liberty Corner represents the same style—it is a solid, stable structure with special emphasis put on architectural details. Covered with pale sandstone, the walls match the neighboring tenement houses from the early 20th century. The walls and the high cedar window frames lend even more elegance to the building.
Liberty Corner has seven floors and two underground levels, which serve as parking for 75 cars. The structure of the building consists of a reinforced concrete core and load-bearing walls, which releases the office space from heavy flooring. The building features meticulous finishing touches and state-of-the-art equipment. For example, the air conditioning is a system of Carrier air convectors placed above the ceiling, which allow for at least eight full cycles of air exchange in all the rooms every hour. The air conditioning can be regulated on each floor and it is possible to open the windows.
The building has four fast Otis elevators for 13 people, covered with mahogany. Liberty Corner’s total office area is 6,000 sq m. The entrance lobby is two floors high, it is covered with sandstone and marble and decorated with bas-relief in a classical style. The overall and interior design was developed by PRC Architekci, with main participation of Andrzej Jurkiewicz. The general contractor was Hochtief Polska.
Ewa Kielak Ciemniewska
