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- Parasite Office by Za Bor<a href="http://inhabitat.com/shape-shifting-led-light-chandelier-on-permanent-display-in-moscow-shopping-center/" target="_blank">Moscow</a> is the largest city in Russia with over 8 million residents and an ever-expanding economy. As the city grows, urban planners and architects have sought to emphasize creative, modern design solutions to fit within the city's urban fabric. <a href="http://www.zabor.net/" target="_blank">Za Bor Architects</a>' innovative “Parasite Office” is a hanging building wedged between two existing high rises that provides space for a design office without disrupting the flow of traffic on the street below.1
- Parasite Office by Za Bor<a href="http://inhabitat.com/shape-shifting-led-light-chandelier-on-permanent-display-in-moscow-shopping-center/" target="_blank">Moscow</a> is the largest city in Russia with over 8 million residents and an ever-increasing economy. As the city grows, urban planners and architects have sought to emphasize creative, modern design solutions, which the urban fabric presently lacks.2
- Parasite Office by Za Bor<a href="http://www.zabor.net/" target="_blank">Za Bor Architects</a>' Parasite Office caters to this new emphasis on modern design, while providing a plan for new offices that do not disrupt the cityscape.3
- Parasite Office by Za BorThe Parasite Office is is attached one story up between two adjacent brick buildings, leaving the roadway below unharmed. <a href="http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-piezoelectric-sports-stadium-breaks-ground-in-india/" target="_blank">Traffic and pedestrians</a> can continue to travel from the front of the buildings to the courtyards at the rear.4
- Parasite Office by Za BorThe floor plan inside is as quirky as the dimensional outside, making it the perfect creative space for a design office. At night, the building<a href="http://inhabitat.com/inhabitando-artists-give-new-life-to-abandoned-home-with-glowing-installation/" target="_blank"> glows from within</a>, as the walls are semi-translucent on the street side and have a flat, glazed back on the courtyard side.5