HS99: http://hs99.pl/ #PATCHWORK #SANDSTONE #MONOLITH Katowice CINiBA The Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library The lack of discernible scale produces a monolith when seen from afar that is gradually familiarized. Details such as the decreasing proportions of the fa ade [...]
March 25, 2016
In practice
#PUBLIC #GREEN #IRREGULAR Jems Architekci: http://jems.pl/ The Katowice International Conference Centre project situated nearby the Spodek arena erected in 1962 posed a challenge in both urban planning and architectural terms. The general philosophy behind the design was to create a [...]
January 29, 2016
In practice
# CULTURE #MUSIC #BRICK Konior Studio: www.koniorstudio.pl NOSPR together with 4 hectares of gardens was built on site of former coal mine becoming a part of Axis of Culture – symbol of dynamically changing city. The building binds modernity and [...]
January 15, 2016
In practice
#GEOMETRY #CULTURE #INTERACTION Ingarden & EwA? Architects: www.iea.com.pl It blended historical context with contemporary expressive architecture, introducing a new spatial order to the XIX townhouses and their backyards between Rajska and Szujskiego streets in Krakow. The west wing holds a [...]
December 11, 2015
In practice
KWK promes: www.kwkpromes.pl RESIDENTIAL, MONOLITH, ATRIAL BUILDING Idea One hectare site near the forest, where the building is designed has only one weak point: south-western access. An obvious conflict develops between the driveway and the garden. The idea arose to [...]