Falun Red Envelopes Prostir Business Hub in Western Ukraine

Aranchii Architects recently completed the Prostir Business Hub in the village of Zymna Voda near Lviv. This 12,000-square-meter logistics hub provides commercial, office, and storage spaces for Alterra Group across three distinct buildings. The project utilizes a modular construction strategy to maintain high architectural quality within the constraints of wartime logistics and budgets.

The design team organized the site into one small and two large volumes. Each structure features a steel roof supported by a grid of concrete columns. This internal framework allows tenants to subdivide and reconfigure the floor plates according to specific operational needs. Metal panels finished in a deep red pigment cloak the entirety of the warehouse-like forms, referencing the traditional Falun red used on Scandinavian barns.

Gabled geometry manages industrial scale

The architectural logic centers on a transition of scale through roof geometry. At one end of each building, an asymmetric gable roof splits into multiple ridges—three gables for the larger volumes and two for the smaller one. These curved ridges shift the architecture from a human-scale frontage near the road to a standard industrial scale at the rear of the site.

Large glazed openings face the road to support showroom programs. Along the longitudinal edges, the team placed several smaller entrances to ensure light and accessibility remain consistent. This arrangement ensures that the internal subdivision of the 12,000-square-meter complex does not compromise the functional reach of individual units.

“The choice of the deep Falun red colour was intentional: it creates a bold dialogue with the natural greenery and acts as a landmark of stability. It echoes the traditional geometry of private gabled houses, grounding a massive 12,000-square-metre complex in a landscape that is both pastoral and strategically vital.”

Dmytro Aranchii, Chief Architect

Interior systems mirror the exterior identity

Inside the hub, the building materials maintain the visual identity established by the exterior envelope. Red-painted steelwork contrasts with white-metal ceilings and exposed concrete columns. This color-coding emphasizes the structural logic of the grid while providing a cohesive environment for the diverse companies within the shared ecosystem.

The project acts as a bridge between private and corporate typologies. By evolving from small gabled modules into continuous horizontal volumes, the architecture gives a recognizable identity to the typically generic logistics sector. This approach establishes a landmark of stability within the current regional context while serving as a functional piece of infrastructure for the Lviv outskirts.

✦ ArchUp Editorial Insight

The Prostir Business Hub demonstrates how precise geometric manipulation and a disciplined material palette can elevate industrial infrastructure into a civic landmark. By splitting the large-scale warehouse massing into multiple gabled ridges, Aranchii Architects successfully mediates the tension between necessary industrial volume and the pedestrian-scale road frontage. The use of Falun red serves a dual purpose; it provides a high-contrast visual identity against the green landscape and references traditional domestic forms to soften the site’s massive footprint. This strategy proves that modular, grid-based construction can achieve significant architectural character even under severe economic and logistical constraints.