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Zlote Tarasy

Mixed-use as urban connector

Having never fully recovered from World War II destruction, Warsaw has a disconnected urban core marked by the soaring Palace of Culture and Science and large, lifeless voids. So ING Real Estate asked The Jerde Partnership to create a mixed-use project that would bring life back to the city center.

At a Glance

Project Type

Mixed-Use, Retail, Office, TOD, Open/Public Space

Location

Warsaw, Poland

Size

2,000,000 sq ft

Client

Rodamco Europe, ING Real Estate

Executive Architect

Epstein Sp.z.o.o.

Services

Architecture
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More Than 1.6 Million Visitors Per Month

Project Location & Context

Located on a 7.8-acre site near the Warszawa Centralna train station and the Palace of Culture, Zlote Tarasy was designed to serve as the center of the City's proposed new high-rise district. It reconnected the project site to the city and created a model for further urban redevelopment in Warsaw.

Adjoining the Warszawa Centralna train station and the monumental Palace of Culture in Warsaw , Zlote Tarasy is a spatial and cultural connector.

Zlote Tarasyis inspired by Warsaw's historic urban parks, which were spared from the otherwise total destruction of the city during World War II. The ... Read More preserved historic parks form a centuries old "necklace" of green "pearls" through the city. Envisioning Zlote Tarasy as metaphorically adding another "pearl" to the series, we reinterpreted the historic parks by creating the project as a lively indoor and outdoor urban environment with generous open spaces that are reminiscent of the city's great parks.

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An interior circulation path connects to the City's existing pedestrian patterns, linking to the Warszawa Centralna train station on the south with pocket ... Read More parks and the historic city center on the north

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Additional entrances around the perimeter of the project help recreate the historic urban grid lost during World War II and revitalize public spaces nearby ... Read More .

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The project takes the form of a below-grade pocket park that opens to a lively, retail and entertainment plaza.

A glass canopy spanning 120 meters with, individual spans of more than 30 meters, creates the feeling of being outdoors.
A glass canopy spanning 120 meters with, individual spans of more than 30 meters, creates the feeling of being outdoors.
This innovative glass roof with an undulating surface was inspired by the tree canopies crowning the City's many parks.
This innovative glass roof with an undulating surface was inspired by the tree canopies crowning the City's many parks.
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The glass canopy simulates a draping cloth to translate the natural processes of gravity, wind and water into a complex, yet elegant, spatial surface above the plaza.

Surrounding the interior plaza, a three-level retail and entertainment center is organized in terraces, as suggested by the name Zlote Tarasy, which means
Surrounding the interior plaza, a three-level retail and entertainment center is organized in terraces, as suggested by the name Zlote Tarasy, which means "golden terraces."
The terraces contain local and international retailers, restaurants, and a multiplex cinema.
The terraces contain local and international retailers, restaurants, and a multiplex cinema.
They overlook both the interior courtyard and open-air park.
They overlook both the interior courtyard and open-air park.
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Zlote Tarasy is a landmark mixed-use destination for Warsaw, offering year-round shopping, leisure and social opportunities for the residents and visitors to the City.

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