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Mak-System — architectural project by Parallel Group

Commercial

Mak-System

Skopje, North Macedonia

Systems Room

The server room is glazed onto the main floor and lit as a display, which is a decision about what the company is proud of more than about cooling. It is a small move on the drawings and a large one in use, which is the trade the whole project is built on.

Mak-System — view 1

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Exterior Perspective

Mak-System — full-width view 1
Mak-System — full-width view 2
Mak-System — detail view 1

Seen from here the argument is plain: an office for a technical company, planned so the equipment is visible rather than hidden, with nothing between the idea and the way the building is put together.

Mak-System — full-width view 3
Mak-System — full-width view 4

Closer in, the server room is glazed onto the main floor and lit as a display, which is a decision about what the company is proud of more than about cooling. Every part of it was resolved on paper first — it is not the kind of decision that can be made on site.

Mak-System — detail view 2
Mak-System — full-width view 5
Mak-System — gallery image 1
Mak-System — gallery image 2
Mak-System — gallery image 3
Mak-System — gallery image 4
Mak-System — closing view

“We set out to make an office for a technical company, planned so the equipment is visible rather than hidden, and we resisted every chance to make it more than that.”

- Parallel Group Architects

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