Bałtyk, Office building in Poznań, Poland
Bałtyk is a 67-metre office tower at 22 Franklina Roosevelta Street in Poznań's Jeżyce district, near Rondo Kaponiera. Designed by MVRDV with NO Natkaniec Olechnicki Architekci, it has setbacks and protruding window frames, so its shape changes with the viewing angle. It holds 25,000 m² in total, including 12,000 m² of offices and 1,350 m² of retail space, above a three-level car park for 175 vehicles.
The tower stands where the Kino Bałtyk cinema operated from 1929 until 2002; the cinema was demolished in November 2003 and gave the new building its name. Construction of the high-rise began on 26 November 2014 and lasted three years, finishing in May 2017. It opened on 2 June 2017 and was then the fifth tallest building in Poznań.
The tower takes its name from Kino Bałtyk, a cinema that operated on this site from 1929 until 2002 and was demolished in November 2003. The name Bałtyk means "Baltic", a reference carried over from the cinema rather than from the building's design.
Bałtyk stands at ul. Franklina Roosevelta 22, by Rondo Kaponiera in Jeżyce. The building has 25,000 m² in total: 12,000 m² of offices and 1,350 m² of retail and service space. A three-level underground car park holds 175 cars. The tower is 67 m tall, the sixth tallest in Poznań.
This structure was designed by Dutch firm MVRDV and shifts its visual appearance depending on where you view it from. Different viewing angles throughout the neighborhood reveal varying facade patterns and perspectives.
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