The building of the commercial and socio-cultural centre of Pivovar Děčín (Decin Brewery) is located in the former brewery of Děčín Podmokly, Czech Republic. The core of the building consists of a two-story shopping mall with more than 60 shop units, summing up to a leasable area of 17,500 square meters.
The main idea of the concept builds on using and preserving the original buildings in a harmonious balance with the construction of the new retail spaces and technical facilities.
The historic brewery buildings originated in the mid-19th century to the early 20th century have been renovated and reused for both classical and specific business units - a restaurant with microbrewery, playground, halls for one-off events, café, etc. The modulation of the shopping mall is subordinated in favour of the optical and physical connection between the interior and the profiled front courtyard facades of these listed buildings.
The new shopping areas are uniting the spaces with a tall and brightly lit gallery that functions as the access area to the shopping units. The two-story part of the new building uses the existing configuration of the terrain - the roof of the new building forms a continuation of the slope and serves as a parking lot for 400 cars.
The colour concept has been to keep the original colours and accentuate these with small details. The harmonically reconstructed facades of the historic buildings in pastel tones are framed by simple concrete structures with wooden and glass accessories. The combination of gray-white checkerboards floor with decorative tile accents is in tune with the original floor designs.
The building uses water from the original brewery wells for the conditioning system, leading to reduced energy needs for cooling by about 30%. Water from wells is also used for toilet flushing and irrigation. To reduce heat loss, the building configuration contributes positively for it is partly underground. During the reconstruction most of the original building materials such as timber elements, stone, and masonry parts were recycled.
The new building is a two-story reinforced concrete structure, and on two sides it is recessed entirely into the slope. The underground parts are designed as a watertight concrete structure - white vessel. The basic module of 8x8, and 8x10 is arranged in such a way that in the mall gallery there is a minimum number of columns, while the space is essentially a series of interconnected open galleries and generous skylights. The roof of the building serves as a parking lot, the roof structure being an inverted traditional roof structure.
The reconstructed buildings were usually brick, arched, malt soil with wooden ceilings, while the newer parts of historical buildings had cast iron columns. Great attention was paid to the renovated part of the building rehabilitation, the rehabilitation of facades and roof deck.
Material Used:
1. Aluprof - Glazed facades – 50 mm system MB-SR50N
2. Sapa – Glazed skylights – 50 mm system Elegance 52 ST
3. Cembrit – slope roofing – fiber cement slates „Česká šablona“
4. Výtahy Ostrava – Transportation: travelatros, escalators, elevators
5. Hasil – interior steel doors, including fire resistant doors
6. Jika - Sanitary equipment
7. Sanela – Sanitary equipment, stainless steel
8. Intra lighting – interior lightning
9. Philips lighting (Signify) – exterior / facades lighting
