Active Residence – Lublin’s luxury apartments clad with Rockpanel Woods

A perfect combination of aesthetics, functionality and sustainability 

The Active Residence building, which was completed in 2018, was designed by Herman and Partners Associated Architects. What was their vision for the project? “We aimed at a minimalistic design featuring both modern and functional architectural forms, as well as elements referring to nature. The latter aspect was particularly important to us - the Active Residence building is located in the vicinity of the Saski Garden - a beautiful, large city park, which is an oasis of peace and greenery. We wanted the complex to correspond well with its natural surroundings.” 

For this project, the facade boards of Rockpanel proved to be the perfect solution. “The use of Rockpanel Woods cladding made it possible to perfectly reconcile aesthetics, functionality and ecology. The unique facade of the building creates an impressive and noble look. In addition, the Rockpanel boards are ideally aligned with one of the key aspects of the project – sustainable strategy.” The boards are made from compressed stone wool, produced from basalt – a natural renewable and widely available volcanic rock. The boards can be fully recycled afterwards and are also fire resilient by nature. 

Creating sustainable designs 

The architects at Herman and Partners Associated Architects proved that it is possible to find perfect harmony between aesthetics, functionality and ecology. “Thanks to the progress of technology and innovative development of building materials, it is so much easier today to create more and more striking visions, while at the same time providing comfortable living conditions for building users and a better energy efficiency.” 

Sustainability is paramount for the architect agency: “Creating sustainable designs must be top of mind today. As designers, it’s our duty to offer solutions that protect the surrounding environment. We must aim at reducing energy consumption in buildings and be more considerate of use of all resources. Concrete overload should be avoided as it deprives us of natural microclimate. Therefore, we have placed water intake points on terraces in selected penthouses and planted trees as well as ground cover plants in courtyards that provide protection against the sun.”