Shopping Cent re ALFA Białystok

HISTORY The front wall of ‘Mercury’ warehouse - from 1910

Alfa Shopping Centre is located in the building of the former Society of Bialystok Manufactories Factories 'E. Becker and Company' The front wall of 'Mercury‘ warehouse in 2006

Factory building was built between and since 1910 production of wool and silk began. During World War II the buildings were seriously destroyed, and rebuilt afterwards. 'E. Becker and Company‘ factory in 1920

In 2007 the construction of Alfa Shopping Centre began The new part of the Alfa Shopping Center, front view, 2011

General information : land area: 31,543 m² building area: 22,476.7 m² adoptive footprint of buildings: m Total area: 86,000 m² volume: 383, m³ number of parking spaces: 764 Time for completion: March August 2008 investor: Invest-JWK-Management General contractor: Unibep Architect: Maciej Kurylowicz, Apa Kurylowicz p hotos of the construction of the centr e

The design was created by architect Maciej Kurylowicz. The idea was to adopt the factory buildings in to a modern and stylish shopping complex.

As recommended by the conservator, the former red- brick factory building and stables from 191 1, have been preserved.

Former s table building from 1911 year, view from the inside of the shopping mall.

The building has been left in its original form. T he yellow brick s from the fifties of the twentieth century ha ve been cleaned and the roof has been replaced. This part of the mall houses a spacious coffe shop.

The front view of the wall of the former ‘Mercury’ warehouse -in 2011

Original construction of the building has been strengthened, the elevation and the sculpture of Mercury have been renovated. Red brick has been cleaned.

One of the historic al buildings has been (with the consent of conservator) demolished, but its walls, which were found to be very interesting, were rebuilt. Reconstitute d gable - 'trace', one of the factory buildings

T he idea was to combine modern and contemporary part of the building with historical halls of the factory. The interior: graphic design and present view

Inside the building - the old brick walls adjacent to modern materials, glass roofs, lifts and escalators.

The new look of lifts refer to the old factory. elevator in the cent re

the main hall

The ‘ ALFA ’ shopping mall has created many new workplaces: in shops, banks, service shops, restaurants, a cinema and administrative offices.

The ‘Alfa’ centre has total of 86,000 square meters, 150 shops situated on three floors. There is a cinema with seven rooms, restaurants, climbing wall and a fountain on the first floor. In the underground level is a car par k for nearly 800 cars.

Alfa Center attracts with interesting architecture, in which the old factory buildings coexist with modern and high quality interior design, location in the city center and proficient communication solutions.

Magazine Construction & Investment Journal found Alpha to be the best 2008 shopping cent er in Central and Eastern Europe. It was also among the 15 candidates for the Shopping Cent er 2009 prize, nominated in the category of downtown Mall of the Year.

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