Warsaw Unit
# Warsaw Unit

Warsaw Unit is a skyscraper in the city of Warsaw, Poland. It is located at the 1 Ignacego Daszyńskiego Roundabout, in the district of Wola, within the neighbourhood of Mirów. It was opened in 2021.

## Name

According to the developing company, Ghelamco, the name Warsaw Unit is an homage to the Unité d'habitation (Housing Unit), a modernist residential housing typology developed by Le Corbusier. The name is also alternatively spelled as Warsaw UNIT. Formerly, until November 2018, the building was known as Spinnaker.

## Design and technical details

The building has 46 storeys Its height from the base to the roof, equals 180 m (590.55 ft), and its total height, including the technical equipment on the roof, equals 202 m (662.73 ft.). With its total height, it is the 5th tallest building in the city, and the 6th tallest building in Poland. When including only its height to the roof, it is the 7th tallest building in the city, and 8th in Poland.

The building has 59 000 $m^2$ (635 070 sq ft) of floor area, including an office area of 57 000 $m^2$ (613 543 sq ft), and 300 $m^2$ (3229 sq ft) of commercial and service area. It has 14 elevators, and 456 car parks.

The portion of the building elevation had been covered with Dragon Skin-type kinetic facade, consisting of thousands of moving plate, which move in the wind, forming illusions of images on building walls. It is the first time such elevation had been used in the building in Poland.The last storey includes terrace encased with glass walls.

## History

The construction of the building had been financed by Ghelamco Group, and it was designed by the architectural firm of Projekt Polsko-Belgijska Pracownia Architektury. The building had been constructed on the small plot of land, on which was previously located historical tenement, located at 112 Pańska Street, near the Ignacego Daszyńskiego Roundabout, between Prosta, Pańska, and Wronia Streets. Its construction began in April 2017 and was finished in March 2021.

