Futureal’s Corvin 5 becomes the first WELL pre-certified building in Hungary
The first phase of Futureal’s Corvin 5 office complex is the first building in Hungary and the second in Europe to receive the international WELL Building Platinum pre-certification. The office building valued at EUR 90 million and equipped with the latest environmentally friendly technologies is expected to be handed over by the end of 2018 in Budapest. Corvin 5 has been designed to make a positive impact on employees’ health and well-being.
The 27,000 square meter Corvin 5 will be located in the eastern side of Corvin Quarter of Budapest in the immediate vicinity of Nokia Skypark office building. The first phase of the complex has received the international WELL Building Platinum pre-certification that acknowledges design aspects with beneficial impact on employees’ health and well-being. The ‘A’ category office building was designed according to the latest international standards, it has received BREEAM Very Good certification already in the planning phase.
The Corvin 5 office building with WELL certification will achieve better indoor air quality with advanced ventilation, higher quality drinking water, and better acoustics.
The complex will meet advanced international accessibility standards, while the employees will enjoy art works and biophilic solutions.
Corvin 5 will contain an interior garden, a roof terrace, energy-efficient mechanical systems, a bicycle storage, showers, solar panels, water-saving sanitary ware and electric car chargers. An urban space with statue, fountain and seating features awaits passers-by in front of the office building. Around Corvin 5 nearly 100 shops, restaurants, cafés, a fitness-wellness center, laundry, post office, bank branches and a cinema can be found. Features that are crucial for tech companies in the digital age have also received special attention.
The first phase of the complex will offer 14,200 square meters of GLA, while its second phase will have 12,800 square meters of GLA. The second phase will be handed over only six month after the first. With the new complex the total GLA of the Corvin offices will reach 100,000 square meters.
“Futureal Group has been committed to developing all of its future office buildings according to WELL Building standards. That’s the reason why
the company as the only one among the Hungarian property developers attended the Greenbuild 2017 conference in the United States.
At the event we met the founders and leaders of the WELL standard system to talk about further ideas and the introduction of the WELL system to the Hungarian market,” said Gábor Radványi, Chief Architect, Futureal. “Beside sustainability employees’ health are becoming a key factor. Therefore Futureal’s two additional projects, Advance Tower and Budapest One are also in the pre-certification process of the standard system,” added László Németh, deputy project director of Futureal.
Futureal’s experts also contributed to the translation of WELL Building standard document to Hungarian. The company had a key role in establishing of Hungary Green Building Council (HuGBC) as a founding partner.
Source: Press release
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