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ISSN 1643-7861
For a dozen or so years, every spring the ’Plans for the Future’ exhibition gives us an opportunity to see how Warsaw will change and grow.
We observe the architects’ and their clients’ new concepts. Some of them, those already completed one will soon be able to observe in the
urban space. This will be the moment when we will confront our notions of the city development with architects’ visions. Thanks to that we
create our own way of the modern architecture discovering and we learn how to rate it.
The last few years are characterized by the Warsaw’s intensive development. The second metro line construction is speeding up, the new
Maria Skłodowska-Curie bridge is open as well as the National Stadium, we are preparing for UEFA EURO 2012 championships. We can
say that spring this year is full of newness and energy.
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
Mayor of the City of Warsaw
For 17 years LOWICKA Centre has been organising the ’Plans for the Future. Warsaw Architecture in Designs’ exhibition. The idea behind
it is simple. Having no ambitions to rate what is being constructed we have compiled the chronicle of a past dozen or so years in Warsaw
architecture. Our exhibition visitors who are with us from the very beginning surely have got on their shelves a full set of catalogues that
accompanied our event.
The first section comprises public buildings thus office buildings and companies’ seats, retail, sports buildings but also hotels, embassies
and cultural architecture like theatre or university of music. Exhibiting two nursery schools we are describing the process of designing of
such structures based on the Scandinavian example. In the Żoliborz district of Warsaw the children and their teachers were asked about
what they got, what would they need and what is bothering them.
The second section encompasses residential buildings. We show tendencies in the residential buildings designing and where they’re going
to be constructed.
Another section is ’Multi-family and Single-family Buildings’. One can find there a wide range of interesting and up-to-date entities.
In the ’Old-New’ section we present examples of the reconstruction of old Warsaw tenement houses. Each year Warsaw is enriched in the
newly restored historic buildings. They are shining again.
Few architects have sent us their designes of the ideas they are fascinated with. That’s how the ’Concepts’ section arose. Please examine
them carefully for these are controversial ideas but worthy of our attention.
Every two years the EUROPAN competition is being organized, this year competition’s motto is ’Benefits of Friendly Radiation’ and it is
focused on spatial changes that took place in the Praga district as a result of the National Stadium completion. Awarded entries of its Polish
edition is another section in this catalogue.
The last section comprises projects by students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology. As usual I invite
everyone to acquaint with these projects free from clients requirements, full of passion and interesting ideas.
In the ’Architektura’ monthly from March 2012 I have read the opinion by Swiss architect Mr. Werner Huber who is visiting Warsaw for 25
years. Article is titled ’Twenty years of Warsaw architecture in the eye of the Swiss critic’. Please allow me to quote a passage from it: ’The
look on today’s Warsaw allows to state that from the architectural point of view Poland had joined Europe, however there are still deficits
in the urban planning.’ In my opinion such statement made from the certain perspective is satisfactory.
Katarzyna Hagmajer
Director of the LOWICKA Centre
7TH FLOOR PLAN
Office buildings complex located on the corner of Burakowska Street and Młocińska Street near ’Radosława’
Roundabout. The office space encompasses 80 per cent of
buildings’ usable floor area. From the side of ’Radosława’
Roundabout a landmark comprising two towers is located –
one 120 m high (34 floors) and the other one 109.5 m high
(31 floors). Building development alongside Burakowska St.
is from 25 to 35.5 m high (from 7 to 10 floors).
First and second floors comprise retail spaces and their entrances are located off Burakowska Steet, Młocińska Street
and ’Radosława’ Roundabout.
Buildings of reinforced concrete frame (core columns, stairwells and lift shafts). The concrete core is in the buildings’
centre. That solution allows for the optimal arrangement
of interiors. The entrances to the buildings’ underground
parking garages are on Burakowska Street and Młocińska
Street.
OFFICE BUILDINGS COMPLEX
Location Burakowska Street, Wola district Architects Projekt Polsko-Belgijska
Pracownia Architektury Sp. z o.o. – Adam Wagner, Paweł Strug, Alicja Górecka,
Marcin Latuszek Design 2011
Total floor area 48,280 sqm Usable floor area 38,515 sqm • 34 floors,
5 underground floors • underground parking garage for 330 cars, 10 on site parking
spaces
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THE MINT
OFFICE BUILDING
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Location Prosta Street, Wola district Architects JEMS Architekci
– Olgierd Jagiełło, Maciej Miłobędzki, Marcin Sadowski, Jerzy
Szczepanik-Dzikowski • Katarzyna Bogusławska-Bradley,
Wojciech Kotecki, Paweł Majkusiak, Andrzej Sidorowicz
Collaborating architects Adam Brzostek, Paweł Gozdyra,
Jacek Mroczkowski, Piotr Waleszkiewicz Structural engineers
KiP Sp. z o.o. Client Mennica Polska S.A. Architectural design
2012
Total volume 418,000 cu m Total floor area 101,500 sqm
Floor area for sale 58,000 sqm • 31 floors, 3 underground
floors • underground parking garage for 469 cars, 10 on site
parking spaces
OFFICE, HOTEL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS COMPLEX
A complex of office, hotel and commercial buildings. In the
south-west direction was located a 150 m high (37 floors)
landmark office tower. Except the latter the complex consists
of 3, 4, 5 and 9 storey buildings comprising a four-and-half-star hotel and the conference centre. Retail spaces on lower
floors.
Office tower façade will have smooth, simple form, planned
arcade on the third floor level from the side of Świętokrzyska
St. The hotel façade in irregular form with overhangs from the
side of Świętokrzyska Street. An underground parking garage
encompassing five floors at the most is planned. The latter will
be connected with Rondo ONZ Metro Station. Basement retail
spaces are also planned.
The entrances to the buildings’ underground parking garages
are on Twarda Street and Mariańska Street. The hotel main
driveway is located on Świętokrzyska Street and an additional
driveway on Twarda Street.
Location Świętokrzyska Street, Śródmieście district
Architects Projekt Polsko-Belgijska Pracownia
Architektury Sp. z o.o. – Adam Wagner, Paweł
Strug, Alicja Górecka, Marcin Latuszek
Total floor area 83,375 sqm Usable floor area
58,363 sqm • 37 floors, 5 underground floors •
underground parking garage for 520 cars
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ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKA STREET FAÇADE
OFFICE BUILDING
Location Woronicza Street, Mokotów district Architects
HRA Architekci Sp. z o.o. Sp.k. Project direction Wojciech
Hermanowicz, Błażej Hermanowicz, Stanisław Rewski •
Marcin Góra, Tomasz Laskowski Client Woronicza Prestige
PM Sp. z o.o. Sp.k. Architectural design 2012 Completion
planned in 2013
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Total area 13,600 sqm Usable floor area 12,000 sqm •
10 floors, 4 underground floors • underground parking
garage for 170 cars
B1 building is a part of mixed-use Nowe Powiśle II complex. It
is a new office building with retail spaces located in the former
Powiśle combined heat-and-power plant site. The main part of
the complex comprises listed buildings of D1 boiler house, D2
machine room, D3 substation and D5 caisson.
The building as a form creating a new frontage from the side
of Dobra Street and historic Elektryczna Street is limited by
the planning permission and Historic Preservation Office recommendations. B1 is 24 m high and is located in the corner
created by the historic Elektryczna Street and planned plaza in the front of historic D1 boiler house. Building’s ground
floor comprises retail spaces and is opened onto the plaza
and functionally integrated with the historic structures of the
complex. The setback on the top floor underlines the façade of
historic D1 boiler house and refers to the form of the planned
along Dobra Street B2B3 residential building.
The entrance to the buildings’ underground parking garage is
on Leszczyńska Street. Building’s steel frame, ceramic details and façades’ divisions directly harmonize with the unique
elevations of neighbouring historic buildings.
B1 OFFICE BUILDING
FORMER ’POWIŚLE’ COMBINED HEAT-AND-POWER PLANT SITE
NEW VOLUMES
ADAPTED HISTORIC BUILDINGS
Location Elektr yczna Street, Powiśle Architects APA
Wojciechowski Sp. z o.o. – Szymon Wojciechowski, Michał
Sadowski, Witek Dudek, Marcin Grzelewski, Grzegorz Gurgacz,
Katarzyna Jabłońska-Bida, Katarzyna Kozioł, Szymon Nieszporek,
Piotr Zielawski, Aleksandra Cupek – architecture student
Structural engineers ARBO Projekt Sp. z o.o. Restoration
specialists Pro-Arte, Hanna Jung-Migdalska Client Menolly
Nowe Powiśle Sp z o.o. Architectural design 2011 Completion
planned in 2013
Total volume 26,175 cu m Total area 6,780 sqm Usable floor
area 5,933 sqm • 5 floors, 2 underground floors • underground
parking garage for 44 cars
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The name of this group of office buildings reflects the idea standing behind
this concept and ambience of the building site surroundings. Creation of the
sound and dynamic work environment
compatible with the natural one was
client’s and architects’ main goal from
the very beginning.
Architectural structures are surrounded by carefully chosen plants, fountains and other garden furniture. Parks
and plazas are arranged in a way conducive for the creative thinking. Office
spaces are opened onto greenery. Large amount of natural light inside and
open windows connects the green
surroundings with workspaces.
’THE PARK’
OFFICE PARK
Location Orzechowa and Krakowiaków Streets area,
Włochy district Architects APA Wojciechowski
Sp. z o.o. – Szymon Wojciechowski, Michał Sadowski,
Witek Dudek, Marcin Grzelewski, Anna Kurowska,
Salma Amarin-Strzałkowska, Beata Książek, Iwona
Matuszczyk Structural engineers SDŻ Projekt Client AIG/
Lincoln Polska Sp. z o.o. Contractor Porr (Polska) S.A.
Architectural design 2009/2011 Completion 2011-2012
Total area 190,000 sqm Usable floor area 108,000 sqm
• from 4 to 5 floors, 1 underground floor
Project has Bream interim ’very good’ certificate.
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’LINCOLN PARK’
OFFICE BUILDINGS COMPLEX
Location Wirażowa Street, Włochy district Architects APA
Wojciechowski Sp. z o.o. – Szymon Wojciechowski,
Michał Sadowski, Witek Dudek, Marcin Grzelewski, Anna
Kurowska, Salma Amarin-Strzałkowska, Piotr Zielawski,
Beata Książek, Iwona Matuszczyk Structural engineers SDŻ
Projekt Client AIG/Lincoln Polska Sp. z o.o. Architectural
design 2010-2011 Completion planned in 2013
from 7 to 10 floors, 2 underground floors
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OFFICE BUILDING
Location Jerozolimskie Avenues, Śródmieście district
Architects APA Wojciechowski Sp. z o.o. – Szymon
Wojciechowski, Michał Sadowski, Witek Dudek, Marcin
Grzelewski, Michał Grabski, Magda Maciąg Client WND
Project 2011 Completion planned in 2013
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Total volume 51,430 cu m Total area 14,300 sqm Usable
floor area 12,400 sqm • 7 floors, 1 underground floor •
This office building is located between Dom Partii (House of
the Party) a historic building from 1950s by so called ’Tigers’,
architects Wacław Kłyszewski, Jerzy Mokrzycki and Eugeniusz
Wierzbicki and Centrum Giełdowe office building (housing
Warsaw Stock Exchange) by architects Andrzej M. Chołdzyński and Stanisław Fiszer completed in 2000 and is an emotional and compositional keystone for both constructions. This
ethereal building merges, in an abstract and synthetic way, the
rich and decorative façades of two existing buildings.
In contrast to the monumental, in cuboid form existing volumes with a clearly distinguished base, body and the top of
building, the new architectural structure introduces a smooth,
curved façade running from the east to the west and ended
with oval quoins. Its lightness and elegance is the modern
interpretation and the measure of monumentality. This building
enriches the Trakt Królewski (Royal Road) and creates the
perpendicular, sculpted and significant space that opens Royal
Road onto Park na Książęcym.
Thanks to this edifice the location considered so far as an
outlying area, becomes an important and recognisable one
with its own identity.
THE BANKING AND FINANCING CENTRE ’NOWY ŚWIAT’
NEW OFFICE BUILDING WITH AN UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE
Location Lorentza Street, Śródmieście district Architects
AMC - Andrzej M. Chołdzyński Sp. z o.o. Sp. komandytowa
Project direction architect Andrzej M. Chołdzyński
Collaborating architects Bogumił Kidziak, Beata ŚwiebodaBudzyńska, Szymon Schmeidel, Magdalena Macioszczyk,
Maciej Człapiński Client Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe
„Nowy Świat” S.A. Structural engineers BWL – Projekt
Sp. z o.o. Architectural competition proposal 2010-2011
Architectural design 2011-2012 Completion 2013-2015
floor area 9,020 sqm • 6 floors, 3 underground floors •
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OFFICE BUILDING
ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION PROPOSAL (CLIENT’S COMPETITON)
The office building with the ground floor retail spaces designed in
accordance with the planning permission conditions. Building’s
base dimensions are related with the neighbouring architectural
structures. From the former are rising two towers (9 and 14 floors
high) formed in an optimal way. New towers do not obstruct one
another or the natural light penetration into neighbouring buildings.
Building has its own courtyard with the recreational facilities for
its occupants.
SIEDMIOGRODZKA STREET SIDE
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Location the cor ner of Skier niewicka Street and
Siedmiogrodzka Street, Wola district Architects S.A.M.I.
ARC HITE KCI Mariusz Lewandowski i Wspólnicy Sp. z o.o.
Project direction Mariusz Lewandowski, Anna Albiniak
Design team Tomasz Szediw, Paweł Ptaszyński, Justyna
Duszyńska-Krawczyk,Anna Białobrzewska, Grzegorz Wróbel,
Rafał Turno Client Farmacol S.A. Architectural design 2011
floor area 24 570 sqm Retail spaces 22,900 sqm • 14 floors,
2 underground floors • parking podium for 294 cars
OFFICE BUILDING
Location Łopuszańska Street, Włochy district Architects
EM Jednacz i Architekci – Mirosław Jednacz Collaborating
architects Paweł Słupiański, Monika Bahonko Structural
engineers DMK Client Łopuszańska Nieruchomości
Sp. z o.o. Architectural design 2011-2012 Completion
2012-2013
underground parking garage for 48 cars, 34 on site parking
spaces
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OFFICE BUILDING
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Location Łopuszańska Street, Włochy district Architects 77
STUDIO PAWEŁ NADUK – Paweł Naduk, Piotr Zając, Jakub
Kończyk Client MOTOZBYT S.A. Architectural design 2012
Present condition of the building site was an inspiration for the
building’s architecture. Light, monochromatic, simple forms
located between the greenery, which is full of colours and
shapes, created an ordered, attractive, user friendly space
which is far from being a typical industrial centre. The basic
idea behind this project was the completion of architectural
composition with the coherent office building.
The building comprises three forms interconnected with the
transparent multi-storey lobbies. Its structure allows the freely
arranging of space. Division into office spaces encompassing
from 100 sqm to 300 sqm completely eliminates corridors
thus creating the entrances to the offices directly from the
elegant lobbies.
Quick aesthetic ageing of modern buildings’ façades that are
mostly made of glass, inclined us to the ’escape’ from the
environmental values in building’s aesthetic shaping. This form’s architectural expression is the reinterpretation of existing
urban tissue. It is a light, spatial structure ’interspersed’ with
the greenery. Monochromatic, light forms are emphasizing
the beautifully colours changing row of trees in front of the
building and puts in order this section of Łopuszańska Street.
The concrete ’skin’ except the making an impression of the
play of lights also serves as a component of fire protection
systems, protects against overheating, covers technical facilities on the roof top and also covers the flower-pots.
The introducing of plants ’right behind the window’ and the
creation of places for informal meetings which are surrounded
by the greenery makes a user friendly workplace.
spaces
’P4’ OFFICE BUILDINGS COMPLEX
Location 4 Postępu Street, Służewiec Przemysłowy area
Architects JEMS Architekci – Olgierd Jagiełło, Maciej
Miłobędzki, Marcin Sadowski, Jerzy Szczepanik-Dzikowski
Collaborating architects Tomasz Japa, Marek Kuciński, Jacek
Mroczkowski Structural engineers LGL Client Garvest Real
Estate Architectural design 2012
floor area 25,000 sqm • from 4 to 7 floors, 2 underground
floors • underground parking garage for 580 cars
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FRONT FAÇADE
OFFICE BUILDING
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Location 5 Spokojna Street, Wola district Architects Biuro
Projektów Kazimierski i Ryba Sp.j. – Tomasz Kazimierski
(PhD), Andrzej Ryba, Michał Kazimierski Client Portico Project
Management Sp. z o.o. i Wspólnicy Sp.k. Architectural
design 2011-2012
The building encompasses 5 floors and 2 underground levels. The
ground floor comprises two retail spaces, main circulation area
and office spaces. All upper floors are destined for the office spaces. The circulation is based on two stairwells. It’s not a high-rise
structure and thanks to the fact that it is located on the narrow site
it is perceived as a very compact form.
Building has a smooth exterior skin made of splendid materials –
natural stone, high-pressure laminates and large windows. Irregular
façade configuration is acquired thanks to indentations with windows. Characteristic façade components made of aluminium and
painted vivid colours will be a sort of landmark in this neighbourhood. Because the direct reference to the neighbouring building was
impossible (different heights of buildings), an additional horizontal
details made of aluminium resembling adjacent tenement house’s
cornice were introduced.
On the façade from the ’backyard side’ the mineral plaster in contrasting colours was used with the clearly emphasized divisions
referring to the façade’s red components.
Total volume 19,605 cu m Total area 6,179.89 sqm Usable
floor area 2,612.29 sqm • 5 floors, 2 underground floors •
’WARSAW AIRPORT BUSINESS PARK’
The task appointed by the client was the creation of the concept of development and obtaining of Planning Conditions for the spectacular site, encompassing approximately 14 hectares, located in front of the Chopin Airport.
Despite the vicinity of the Airport the plot is not located within the range of
air corridors, therefore rather high architectural structures are allowed (from
30 m to 42 m).
The site comprises two areas – Zbaraż Fort (approx. 6 ha) and the rest of
the site in shape of the ring destined for the dense building development
(approx. 8 ha).
The whole concept was based on three entrances from the newly built North-South route. Fort’s area is destined for the extensive development and is the
green heart of the site, around which Business Park buildings were located.
Location 2B Żwirki i Wigury Street, Włochy district Architects
Szmyd, Zaborowski Architekci Sp. z o.o. - Jaromir Szmyd,
Maciej Zaborowski, Maciej Sikorski Client FED Poland
Sp. z o.o. Architectural concept 2007-2012 Completion
2014 -2019
Total area 315,000 sqm Usable floor area 265,000 sqm
• from 3 to 10 floors, 2 underground floors • underground
parking garages for 3 900 cars
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This building is situated in the northern part of the site and
it is the first one of the planned office park. It comprises
3 floors, an underground parking garage and the rooftop
parking, which will be fully accessible from the future
parking podium. The building is compact in form with the
indentation in the middle and two entrances to building’s
office spaces located in the arcade. The entrance to the
largest retail space is emphasized by the overhang. Building has modern in style façade with vertical divisions.
Each office space can be freely arranged. Spaces can be
combined if required.
’ROBYG BUSINESS CENTRE’. FIRST PHASE
OFFICE BUILDING
Location Rzeczypospolitej Avenue, Wilanów district
Architects Atelier 3 Girtler & Girtler Biuro Architektoniczne
s.c. – Marta Girtler-Szymborska, Ryszard Girtler, Wojciech
Wierzbicki (project direction), Łukasz Kozioł Structural
engineer Rybcent • Witold Rybiński Client Wilanów Office
Center Sp. z o.o. spółka celowa Grupy Kapitałowej Robyg
SA Contractor Robyg Construction Architectural design
2011 Completion 2012-2013
Total volume floors – 40,400 cu m underground floors –
15,100 cu m Total area 12,878 sqm Usable floor area
8,400 sqm • 3 floors, 1 underground floor • underground
parking garage for 125 cars, 60 on site parking spaces,
parking podium for 85 cars
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
OFFICE BUILDING
The continuation of BTD office building. New volume is the
completion of already completed one. Similar methods and
materials will be used but on the contrary materials are inverted.
Location the corner of Wielicka Street and Domaniewska
Street, Mokotów district Architects Biuro Projektów
Kazimierski i Ryba Sp.j. – Tomasz Kazimierski (PhD), Andrzej
Ryba, Michał Kazimierski Client Towarzystwo Inwestycyjne
„BTA” Sp. z o.o. Architectural design 2012
Total volume 76,000 cu m Total floor area 24,700 sqm
Usable floor area 11,400 sqm • 7 floors, 3 underground
floors • underground parking garage for approx. 230 cars
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ACJ – OFFICE BUILDING
Location Piaseczno Architects +48 grupa projektowa
– Agata Filipek, Kamil Miklaszewski, Karol Szparkowski,
Adrian Wyparło, Jacek Kamiński, Agnieszka Król –
architecture student Client ACJ IT company Architectural
design 2011 Completion 2012-2013
floor area 1,145 sqm • 3 floors • 12 on site parking spaces
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Office building with the quality of A+ office buildings destined
for a small IT company with the option for letting the office
space for other companies. Building’s form is limited by the
size of the site and technical conditions. The most important
requirement was the building’s functionality.
Façade consists of orthogonal glass panels made of Low-emission glass. Windows ratios to each other are 3:1. The
order of muntin bars changes floor by floor. Building has a
compact form which is deformed by three components – the
main entrance, the president’s office with arched windows
overlooking the garden and the core with circulation. The terrace was located on the roof top because of Zoning Guidelines
which did not allowed the regular office floor. Other arched
windows were located in the core on the roof top. They are
overlooking the terrace and are the counterpoint for orthogonal
façade. A small kitchen was also located there.
The toughest problem to solve was the vertical circulation
issue. It couldn’t take too much space, therefore it was located
along the southern wall together with other facilities. Thanks
to this solution architects gained the high quality office spaces
with the adequate natural lighting levels and wide enough to
arrange them freely.
’X2’ OFFICE BUILDING
X2 is an A class office building. Ground floor comprises retail spaces
and leisure area located in over 100 sqm elegant lobby. Other four floors
encompass office spaces. Building has a clear spatial and functional
arrangement. Circulation and toilets are located in the building’s central
part. Main entrance is located from the side street that is the extension
of Krasnołęcka Street. In the eastern wing the ground floor comprises
another retail spaces and restaurant and both are accessible from the
street or main lobby. The rest of floors comprise open space offices
and technical facilities.
The building is fully accessible for disabled persons. Entrance to the
building from the level of the pavement.
Building has a simple monolithic form. It has an asymmetric façade and
floor plan. The façade was dominated by a large number of windows,
some of which are in thick steel frames. Building’s façade distinctive
attributes are two indentations, one on the northern side which is three
storeys high and the other one in the corner of the building on Czerska
Street side, both finished with the aged brick.
Façade’s skin made of handmade brick, aged metal-work, steel profiles
and powder painted sheet metal.
Location 12 Czerska Street, Dolny Mokotów Architects
Projekt Polsko-Belgijska Pracownia Architektury Sp.
z o.o. – Adam Wagner, Paweł Strug Collaborating
architects Agata Kolwas, Magdalena Kozłowska, Marcin
Latuszek, Wojciech Lewandowski – student Client
Facinelli Sp. z o.o. Architectural design 2011 Completion
planned in 2013
Total volume 56,908 cu m Total area 14,908 sqm
Usable floor area 7,030 sqm • 5 floors, 2 underground
floors • underground parking garage for 170 cars, 8 on
site parking spaces
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’R6’ BUSINESS PARK
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Location 6 Rydygiera Street, Żoliborz district Architects PPA
– Płaskowicki+Partnerzy Architekci – Piotr Płaskowicki,
Marcin Gutowski, Katarzyna Gołębiewska – technical
architect, Marcin Otulak, Aleksandra Gosiewska, Paweł
Załęski – architecture student Client R6 Offices Sp. z o.o.
Architectural design 2012 Completion 2014
Total volume 131,379.7 cu m Total area 37,638,3 sqm
Usable floor area 32,765.2 sqm • 10 typical floors +1
for technical facilities, from 2 to 4 underground floors •
underground parking garage for 201 cars, 5 on site car spaces
The main goal of the design was creating of a building which architecture would refer to the
company’s profile, its leading position in the market and express company’s essential values.
Architects made their best to create a structure that is worthily representing the company,
enhancing its prestige and is occupants friendly. It was intended to create a building that will
become a well fitted in the urban tissue landmark distinguishing itself by its innovative approach
to the energy saving solutions.
Smooth and elegant style of the building and its groundbreaking corner in the form of panoramic
lift will be the company’s flagship.
Schindler company office park consists of three main forms. The main building is 25 m high and
has a double-skin façade. It encompasses office spaces. The second structure is the ‚pedestal’
comprising lobby, conference rooms, canteen and warehouses in its eastern wing. The third
component is the existing building destined for the adaptation. If it is necessary in the future
the main building will be extended in the eastern direction.
SCHINDLER COMPANY OFFICE BUILDING
Location 12A Postępu Street, Mokotów district Architects
foroom Sp. z o.o. – former grotte art – Bartłomiej Grotte,
Rafał Jedliński, Konrad Waligóra, Maria Śmigielska, Maciej
Pędzich Client Schindler Polska Architectural design 2011
Total volume 18,570.13 cu m Total area 6,632.19 sqm
Usable floor area 5,305.73 sqm • 7 floors, 1 underground
floor • underground parking garage for 50 cars, 15 on
site car spaces
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OFFICE BUILDING WITH SHOW-ROOM
Building located on a narrow site running perpendicularly to Puławska Street. During the designing
process it was decided to make it as functionally
flexible as possible. It can serve as an office building
only or comprise both office and retail spaces that
can be let to one or many tenants.
Building’s floor plan with the central core comprising
circulation and technical facilities allows for the diverse arrangement of office spaces.
Few factors had the impact on building’s architectural form. Narrow site resulted in a longitudinal shape.
The need to create a clear façade gave a indentation
and transparent wall. Side façades are a modest counterbalance for the front one. The order of narrow
windows is broken by large picture windows which
in their details refer to the façade.
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Location Puławska Street, Ursynów district
Architects 22ARCHITEKCI – Aleksander Drzewiecki,
Michał Tatjewski, Maciej Kowalczyk, Wojciech
Conder Structural engineers APP Unimed Sp. z o.o.
• Anna Wagner Architectural design 2011
Completion 2012-2013
Usable floor area 3,625 sqm • 4 floors,
1 underground floor • underground parking garage
for 57 cars, 27 on site parking spaces
Building’s architectural form results from the
present site’s development, its dimensions,
Zoning and requirements that the production
facility had to met.
Straight, elongated building is housing specialist printing machines located on the ground
floor and office space on the first floor. The
whole is crowned by an unusual roof that gives
offices the unique style. Its shape also guarantees a perfect natural light penetration into the
whole interior and both vertical and horizontal
circulation.
The white form with geometric divisions and
windows with blends made of aluminium
printing matrices makes one think of the sheet
of paper with pixels printed on it. Four other
forms protruding from the main “white, paper”
building are symbolizing the unprocessed raw
materials. They are covered with different kinds
of wood. Their number (4) is intentional and
results from the number of basic colours used
in printing
CYAN – lobby over entrance;
MAGENTA – imagesetting studio over loading
dock;
YELLOW – a part of new warehouse;
BLACK – a part of existing printing house.
’GRIST 99’ PRINTING HOUSE
Location Stare Babice near Warsaw Architects tomcat.
arch.design Tomasz Olszewski, Leszek Żołnowski
Collaborating architects Magdalena Olszewska, Agata
Żołnowska Client GRIST 99 Architectural design 20112012 Completion 2012
Total volume approx. 5,000 cu m Total area 910 sqm
Usable floor area 720 sqm • 2½ floors • 8 on site parking
spaces
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OFFICE BUILDING
FRONT FAÇADE
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Location Bar tycka Street, Siekierki Architects EM
Jednacz i Architekci – Mirosław Jednacz Collaborating
architects Paweł Słupiański, Monika Bahonko, Grażyna
Bednarczyk, Zofia Stegienko – technical architect Client
Platyn Sp. z o.o. Architectural design 2012 Completion
2012-2013
Total volume 4,080 cu m Total area 852 sqm Usable
floor area 480 sqm • 2 floors • 17 on site parking
spaces
The car care centre building for the company offering
tires, alloy wheels and the basic car maintenance.
Three storey building consists of car repair shop with
4 service bays, two-storey warehouse, and three-storey
office space with the alloy wheels showroom. Architects
took into consideration the fact that important part of
client’s business activities is selling world’s leading alloy wheels brands. Therefore they have used details and
forms resembling sports cars. Shapes of windows and
recesses have to make the building look dynamic. Steel
window blinds resemble car louvres but the most distinct
element is the interior wall painted ‚Ferrari red’ on which
alloy wheels are displayed.
Adequate arrangement of windows and skylights will result in the lights play on blood red wall which will highlight
the interior and will leaven the monochromatic elevations.
CAR CARE CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Location Konwaliowa Street, Białołęka district Architects
77 STUDIO PAWEŁ NADUK – Paweł Naduk, Piotr Zając,
Jakub Kończyk Structural engineers PF PROJEKT Client
AUTOOPONY.COM Robert Miłosz Contractor TEL-BUD
Przedsiębiorstwo Budowlane Architectural design 2011
Completion 2012
Total volume 3,303 cu m Total area 993.9 sqm Usable
floor area 599.1 sqm • 3 floors • 4 on site parking
spaces
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ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT EMBASSY
FIRST PRIZE WINNER IN ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION
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Location 154/156 Wier tnicza Street, Wilanów district
Architects xystudio – Filip Domaszczyński, Mar ta
Nowosielska, Dorota Sibińska, Ewa Sibińska, Dominika Lorek,
Jakub Bojas – architecture student Client Arab Republic of
Egypt Foreign Affairs Ministry Architectural design 2010
area 2,155 sqm • 3 floors, 1 underground floor
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA EMBASSY AND AMBASSADOR’S RESIDENCE
Location 30 Wiertnicza Street, Wilanów district Architects
xystudio – Filip Domaszczyński, Marta Nowosielska, Dorota
Sibińska, Ewa Sibińska Client the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Foreign Affairs Ministry Architectural design 2006-2007
Completion 2013
Total volume 11,300 cu m Total floor area 4,395 sqm Usable
floor area 3,448 sqm • 3 floors, 1 underground floor
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The designed object is located in Piaseczno
near Warsaw on Sierakowskiego Street in
the place of existing parking lot. The project proposes the creation of the new retail
spaces in this important part of the city and
increasing the number of parking spaces
from 123 to 306. This volume is located
on the borderland between the centre and
the park area of Piaseczno. Location of the
inner shopping arcade on the park’s main
axis allows combining these two city spaces. Building comprises retail spaces on
the ground floor. Upper floors destined for
office spaces and the four-storey public
parking podium.
’PIASECZNO’ SHOPPING CENTRE
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Location Sierakowskiego Street, Piaseczno Architects PDV
Architekci – Przemysław Wielądek, Jacek Ciećwierz, Robert
Grabarek, Ryszard Struzik Collaborating architect Juan
Zardini Client ML Consulting Concept design 2011
5 floors • 306 parking spaces in parking podium
’KLIF’ SHOPPING MALL
The architects’ aim was to create a new image of the Klif shopping mall. Proposed new façade has to resemble a wall made
of diamonds giving the building a modern and elegant look.
Spacious façade and distance from which one can recognize
details were decisive in choosing the scale of panels. Stylish
Corian wall panels allows for the irregular wall configuration
and the play of lights on the façade during daylight hours. In
the night the play of lights is being continued by the backlighting of chosen panels.
Around the building all pavements were renovated and put
in order. New street furniture as openwork arbors and styled
lampposts will be also installed.
Location 58/72 Okopowa Street, Wola district Architects Grupa
5 Architekci – Rafał Grzelewski, Roman Dziedziejko, Mikołaj
Kadłubowski, Michał Leszczyński, Krzysztof Mycielski, Rafał
Zelent Collaborating architects Katarzyna Skiba, Wojciech
Strzelczyk, Agata Stelmach Structural engineers Tomasz
Klimczak Client PAIGE INVESTMENTS Sp. z o.o., managing
body AEW Europe Sp. z o.o. Architectural design 2011-2012
Completion 2012
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CONFERENCE CENTRE AND HOTEL
The building that had been designed by us with its many functions is
the complement of the Poleczki Business Park for 30,000 employees.
Main entrance to the building is the natural extension of the lobby. One
enters the building from sheltered plaza which may be used as a venue
for different Conference Centre activities. The building comprises the
conference hall for 1,000 people, office spaces, retail spaces, hotel,
medical centre and swimming pool. While designing this building we
also took into consideration the close vicinity of Chopin Airport, which
it will be functionally related.
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Location Poleczki Street, Ursynów district Architects JASIŃSKI
KRUSZEWSKI ARCHITEKCI Sp. z o.o. – Mariusz Jasiński, Romuald
Kruszewski Collaborating architects Adam Łabędź, Krzysztof
Budzisz, Sebastian Bocian Client AZABACHE POLSKA Sp. z o.o.
Architectural design 2010 Completion 2012-2014
area 29,730 sqm • 4 floors, 2 underground floors • underground
parking garage for 333 cars, 150 on site parking spaces
The complex of buildings comprising office and training spaces for Warsaw Rowing Association and office and hotel buildings will be located on a tract of land between Wioślarska
Street and Vistula River. Currently one can find there a Warsaw
Rowing Association seat built in 1928. Initially it was a three-storey building but after being destroyed during the Second
World War it was rebuilt without the care of initial shape. The
building at 6 Wioślarska Street is one floor lower and together
with neighbouring structures it is destined for the demolition.
Architects main aim was the creation of cohesive architecture
harmonized with the surrounding nature. The linear shape of
building lot was one of many factors that had impact on the
building development shape.
From the waterfront side buildings are opened by the glazed
elevation blearing the border between the interior and exterior.
Organic geometry additionally highlights this impression. Such
solution was inspired by the sun reflections on water. One that
will spend time in spaces located on this side of the building
will be able to experience the constant contact with nature and
feel the vicinity of the river.
Because of the considerable length of the building and immediate vicinity of busy street the façade from the side of Wioślarska Street was designed as a multilayer wall with windows
of various sizes. Thanks to this building has a better acoustic
isolation and becomes a comfortable workplace. Façade finishing made of High Pressure Laminate with the structure of
wood is the reference to the naval architecture.
A massive ’leg’ supporting the four-storey hotel comprising
emergency stairs is a result of zoning conditions stating, that
building must be opened onto Ludna Street axis. Around it
parking lots for hotel guests had been located. During the designing process of hotel and office building architects had been
looking for a form that will refer to the river on the one hand
and on the other hand will result in the comfortable workplace
separated from the Wioślarska Street noise. Unique location
with the sights on the Vistula river green right bank and National Stadium are just the few of many buildings’ advantages.
Interesting architecture and above all the functionality make
these buildings friendly for both their users and passers-by
taking a rest on the river bank. No matter from where, one will
watch them (both river banks, Poniatowski Bridge, Ludna Street or Wioślarska Street) they will always be intriguing objects.
WARSAW ROWING ASSOCIATION / THE TIDES
Locaton 6 Wioślarska Street, Powiśle Architects Kuryłowicz
& Associates Sp. z o.o. – Jacek Świderski, Karina
Kowalewska, Rober t Ochrymiuk Structural engineers
NAZBUD Client Warszawskie Towarzystwo Wioślarskie
FIRST PHASE
Usable floor area 3,407.64 sqm • 6 floors, 1 underground
floor • undergeound parking garage for 17 cars, 1 on site
parking space
SECOND PHASE
Total volume 70,531 cu m Total area 19,572.1 sqm Usable
floor area 18,443.6 sqm Office space 8,760 sqm Hotel
space 3,267.2 sqm • 7 floors, 1 underground floor •
spaces• 12 hotel suits (from 45 sqm to 165 sqm)
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TECHNICAL SERVICES CENTRE
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Location the corner of Metryczna Street and Bruzdowa Street,
Wilanów district Architects EBING & PARTNERS Sp. z o.o.
– Jerzy Ebing, Ewa Ebing Collaborating architects Rafał
Kłosiński, Maciej Kwiatkowski Client NEW CUT Bogdan
Kondracki Design 2012 Completion 2012-2013
The Technical Services Centre – a new seat of NEW
CUT Bogdan Kondracki company is the resultant of
the up-to-date metal processing technology and a
small building site surrounded by the extensive building development. Building is compact and its form
is intuitive – the entrance from Metryczna Street
and the industrial part from Bruzdowa Street. The
characteristic line of form’s deformation is a result
of intersection’s geometry. The shape of the façade
is reflecting the company’s dynamic growth. The
transparency of individual sections of the building
was differentiated. Thanks to this sections’ scale has
changed and as a result scale of the whole form
was reduced.
Building site was almost ’bare land’ hence new
lawns, a pond, alleys interconnecting building with
parking lots and the bus stop.
This trailblazing typically industrial structure will be
a nucleus of new spatial order of Kępa Zawadowska
part of Wilanów district.
area 3,667 sqm Business space 420.4 sqm • from 1 to 3
floors • 12 on site parking spaces
The Water Sports Centre project covers the revival of the port in Żerański
Channel. Initially this area served as a supply base for Fabryka Domów
company. End of the channel will be filled up and the new base for technical diving and training in underwater rescue missions will be constructed
– maximum depth 15 meters. The light form of the roof over the body of
water was styled as an allegory of the meeting of two yachtsmen. Building
comprises conference room for 50 people and two-storey hostel with rooms
in style of ship’s cabins.
Designed by us building development will not disturb the water system and
will help to improve the rain water drainage. Alongside the longer side of the
building a slipway for yachts, motor boats and wrecks will be located the
latter will serve for underwater rescue training.
In the port a new berths for yachts and motor boats will be created, because
from the very beginning the WSC had been designed as a semi open urban
space that will assure an access with Zalew Zegrzyński (Zegrze Reservoir
or Zegrze Lake).
Location Żerań, Warsaw Architects EBING & PARTNERS
Sp. z o.o. – Jerzy Ebing, Ewa Ebing Collaborators Rafał
Kłosiński, Antoni Szewczyk Client ’Błękitne Studnie’’ Design
2012 Completion 2013
WATER SPORTS CENTRE. SECOND PHASE
area 3,600 sqm • 1 floor, 1 underground floor
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The Zoning locates museum in the Narodowe Centrum Sportu
area (National Sports Centre) in the vicinity of the planned
plaza, Stadion Station and main pedestrian ways.
The building consists of clearly defined ‚base’ comprising all
necessary facilities and vast exhibition area covered by three
‚nutshells’ - convex and concave surfaces. Architects by that
means of expression wanted to create the impression of moving forms referring to the sports architecture.
The three ‚nutshells’ were inspired by the Olympic motto –
Citius, Altius, Fortius – faster, higher, stronger.
The exhibition area consists of temporary and permanent exhibition halls that can be combined when needed. Halls height
from 3.5 to 10 meters, which allow arranging of exhibitions on
many levels. Mezzanine is a permanent exhibition hall. Alongside the main pedestrian way a Lapidarium with the collection
of sculpture is located.
SPORTS AND TOURISM MUSEUM
Location National Sports Centre, Zieleniecka Street, Praga Płd. district
Archtects „WAZA – Wojciech Zabłocki” – professor Wojciech Zabłocki,
Łukasz Smolczewski Structural engineer Wiktor Humięcki Concept design
2011
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Total volume 46,500 cu m Usable floor area museum – 5,202 sqm,
technical facilities, warehouse and garage – 3,338 sqm • 2 floors,
1 underground floor • underground parking garage for 43 cars, 21 on site
parking spaces plus coach, additional parking spaces next to the stadium in
accordance with the Zoning.
The ski jump hill on the Mokotów escarpment is an extraordinary place for Warsaw inhabitants – its a landmark, a symbol of Mokotów, and for the whole generation a recollection
of trainings that took place on the slope. A silhouette of a
non-existent take-off ramp was primary inspiration for this
design determining the building’s form and functionality. The
important element of the project was preserving of historic
walls of the building by Jeremi Struchacki from 1955. Austere
architecture of existing walls made of irregular stone blocks is
contrasted with the structural superstructure.
Structural, multilayer and semitransparent elevations create
relatively light in perception architecture, especially after the
dark when the whole form is evenly backlit and Igelit* mats
gently diffuse the light.
To fully use the latent potential of the object its interior was
devoid in the maximum way and all technical facilities were
attached to the curvature of the take-off ramp. The vertical circulation comprises stairs on the one hand and unconventional
cable railway on the other. Cable car may be for example a
renewed relic from the age of the first Polish tourism infrastructure. After entering the Centre one finds themselves not
in a classic building but in another open space destined for
sports activities. Encouraged by this view one may go to the
locker room and start training or get in the cable car and ride
to the lecture hall, shop or to the café on the top with a terrace
and the sights on the eastern Warsaw skyline.
Remodelled old ski jump hill with new modern functions and
trailblazing use of Igelit on elevations creates the chance for
a unique building tightly linked with the context of location, its
history and users needs.
*Igelit - soft polyvinyl chloride.
K-16 CLIMBING CENTRE
Location 3 Czerniowiecka Street, Skarpa Mokotowska,
Architects WWAA – Marcin Mostafa, Natalia Paszkowska,
Michał Bar tnicki, Bar tek Popiela, Joanna Rżysko –
architecture student Structural engineers KIS – Projekt
Sp. z o.o Client Stowarzyszenie Rozwoju Wspinaczki
Sportowej Architectural design 2011 Completion planned
in 2014
Building site area 13,830 sqm Building area 662 sqm
floor area 2,120 sqm • 7 floors • parking podium for 11
cars Façade area 3,500 sqm Take-off ramp area 770 sqm
Climbing wall area 270 sqm Buildng’s height 34 metres
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
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NURSERY SCHOOL No. 4
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Location the corner of Prusa Street and Kościelna Street,
Pruszków Architects D. W. BAGIŃSCY | ARCHITEKCI s.c. –
Dorota and Wojciech Bagińscy Structural engineer Aleksander
Włodarz Client City of Pruszków Architectural design 2011
Completion planned in 2013
The nursery school extension and remodelling was caused by
the need of upgrading its functionality, the improvement of education conditions and the improvement of the overall comfort of
building’s interior. The improvement of safety was also essential.
The planned works were combined with the building thermal
insulation. In such complex remodelling architects perceived
a chance to arrange a part of Pruszków city centre.
The building received second wing housing multiple use rooms.
New entrance and lobby are located in the entity connecting both
wings. Entrance was located in the arcade and emphasized by
glazed surfaces. Entrance area was withdrawn from the street
and it was designed as an extension of the pavement. Standing
there child has unobstructed view of lobby, garden and multiple
use rooms. These sights have to interest it, encourage and invite
to the nursery school.
Existing building after remodelling will be housing rooms for the
individual work with children and administration. New rooms are
more spacious then the old ones and they are separated from the
adjacent street. Windows on the northern side have only to allow
the natural light to reach the rooms. Windows on the opposite
side of the building are widely opened onto sunny garden. On the
southern garden side was designed a terrace that is an extension
of the ground floor multiple use room.
New objects guarantee a number of interesting sights increasing
children experience. These are for example bay windows on the
first floor opened onto street frontage, openings overlooking multi
use room and lobby, window giving the look from workshop onto
roof garden and entrance and picture window in the coat and
cubbies area overlooking the busy road intersection. Buildings’
façades complement the streets’ frontages. The green interior
of the building block visible from the street through transparent
lobby will remain undeveloped.
Total volume 4,124.3 cu m Total area 1,532 sqm Usable floor
area 948.12 sqm • 2 floors, basement • 4 on site parking
spaces
Education complex on Ledóchowskiej Street in
Warsaw is a building development dedicated to
children. The starting point for designing was
the Zoning with its rigorous guidelines demanding preservation of 70% of the greenery. Therefore, buildings had been designed as compact
forms.
The priority for architects was the creation of
safe and comfortable and at the same instance
interactive space which will give the opportunity to play for the youngest and is the place of
meetings for older ones and teenagers. To accomplish it both interior and exterior spaces had
been divided into zones adjusted for the users’
age. Functional solutions are characterized by
short, intimate corridors with separated places
to sit and well-lighted locker rooms. Common
space was enlarged by the designing of cafeteria as an open space for meeting friends, collaborative learning or small events held between
the lunch brakes.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX
HONOURABLE MENTION IN SARP’S ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION
NURSERY
PRE-SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING FAÇADE
Location św. Urszuli Ledóchowskiej Street, Miasteczko
Wilanów Architects xystudio – Filip Domaszczyński, Marta
Nowosielska, Dorota Sibińska, Dominika Lorek, Anna Nowak,
Jakub Bojas – architecture student Architectural design 2011
Total volume nursery – 2,366.87 cu m, pre-school –
8,435.13 cu m primary school – 26,027.91 m3, junior highschool – 12,442.53 cu m Total area nursery – 1,082 sqm,
pre-school – 2,822 sqm primary school – 7,321 sqm,
junior high-school – 4,308 sqm Usable floor area nursery
– 757 sqm, pre-school – 2,423.1 sqm primary school –
6,593.6 sqm, junior high-school – 3,813.6 sqm
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HOTEL
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A three-star hotel perfectly uses the potential of small but well
connected with the city centre building site. Unquestionable
challenge for architects was the effective use of building site
area which is only 14.5 meters wide and is comprising the
detached house which must have been preserved. An additional obstacle was the vicinity of the historic cemetery. As
a result architects developed the 9 meters wide building with
hotel rooms for 105 people.
The building comprises restaurant on the ground floor, conference rooms on the first floor and hotel rooms on higher
floors. It has a two-storey underground parking garage with a
car lift and the rooftop terrace.
Location 52 Młynarska Street, Wola district Architects Michał
Jakub Spisak – Architekt – Michał J. Spisak Collaborating
architect Paweł Żmudowski Structural engineers Paweł
Golnik, Radosław Lorens Client Starowarszawska Sp. z o.o.
Architectural design 2009-2011
Total volume – ground floor and upper floors 11,053.54 cu m
Total area 5,168.32 sqm, including – ground floor and upper
floors – 3,277.62 sqm Usable floor area 2,643 sqm •
7 floors, 2 underground floors • underground parking garage
for 46 cars • hotel accommodates rooms for 105 hotel guests
The gym hall with locker rooms, storerooms and technical facilities rooms. The rectangle building is parallel to the existing
school and chapel. It is connected with the school by the passage
on the ground floor level. Main entrance through the passage.
Emergency exits on the southern and eastern side of the building
– on the Kabacka Street and Dembego Street. Additional entrance
from Kabacka Street.
It is a simple, compact form connected through the passage
with the southern wing of the existing school complex. Building’s aesthetics refers to the existing structures. Architects used
up-to-date structural and material solutions. The use of façade
brick tiles in the colour of sandstone, high-performance concrete
panels and zinc-titanium sheets allowed for the proper arrangement of buildings’ forms.
GYM HALL
EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL COMPLEX
Location Zar uby Street, Kabaty Architects Szmyd,
Zaborowski Architekci Sp. z o.o. – Jaromir Szmyd, Jakub
Bazelak Client The Congregation of the Sisters Servants of
Mary Immaculate Architectural design 2011 Completion
2012-2013
Total volume 5,391.6 cu m Total area 927.43 sqm Usable
floor area 798.93 sqm • 2 floors
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The idea behind this project was the creation of dialogue between two contrasted components - the light structure and
dark frame. Basically the building consists of two forms:
white volume with a narrow wing housing facilities and dark
‚passe partout’. White wall configuration is from the side
of the street bolstered up by two picture windows overlooking old pines. These white surfaces become a stage
where principal roles are being played by shadows of old,
eminent pines. Dark, flowing down roof slopes are outlining
the frame and highlight white volume geometry. This dark
material is at the same instance a sign showing guests the
way to the entrance.
Essentially this is the remodelling of the existing since
1970s garage. Its architecture on the one hand has to harmonize with the neighbouring detached houses and on the
other it has to indicate the public function of the building
– a restaurant with apartments for rent. The form of the
building is supposed to be iconic but not intrusive, explicit
but not garish.
NEST OF TASTE
MIXED-USE BUILDING
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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Location 15 Samogłoska Street, Młociny Architects tomcat.
arch.design – Tomasz Olszewski, Leszek Żołnowski,
Krzysztof Ogonowski – landscape architect Collaborating
architecture students Katarzyna Błaszkiewicz, Agata Czerska,
Maria Jabłońska Structural engineers PF Projekt Prasalski &
Fabisiak Client SŁAWRON Architectural design 2009-2011
Total volume approx. 1,800 cu m Total area 532.61 sqm
Usable floor area 383.06 sqm Residential units floor area
214.12 sqm • 2½ floors • 7 on site parking spaces
The basic idea behind the project of the seat of the private
music school is the creation of the general-purpose building.
The clear and simple internal circulations, both vertical and
horizontal one allow for building’s low cost and an easy redevelopment into office spaces for example. The building has
a simple form of cuboid with a clearly emphasized main entrance. Steel cables on the left side of the façade symbolize
the music instrument.
The ground floor comprises lobby with reception, main concert hall that may also be used as a rehearsal room, office
spaces and facilities. Additional rehearsal rooms and office
spaces on the first floor. Building’s structure allows future superstructure made of light concrete precast elements.
MUSIC SCHOOL
Location Geodetów Street, Józefosław Architects ATD
Tomasz Drelichowski – Tomasz Drelichowski, Stanisław
Rachocki, Michał Słowiński Structural engineer
Waldemar Kułakowski Client ‚Melkan’ PUH Kazimierz
Jakubiak Architectural design 2010 Completion 2012
Total volume 3,099.44 cu m Total area 638.32 sqm
Usable floor area 572.21 sqm • 2 floors (possible future
superstructure) • 8 on site parking spaces
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FLOOR PLAN
by simplified forms, even details and a low quality finishing.
The designed volume’s architecture tries to be as neutral as
possible – non-competitive with the structures from reconstruction times. The harmony with surrounding area will be
achieved by the volume’s division, preserving of the small
scale of individual entities, the general division of façades,
proportions and divisions of windows, the use of different
materials and colourful elevations and the changing of proportions and height of architectural forms.
’KWADRAT’ THEATRE
ADAPTATION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMER ’WARS’ MOVIE THEATRE
We want that building to become a clear, optimistic architectural symbol, which will be harmonized with surrounding
architectural structures in a modern way. The whole volume
will be optically divided into smaller entities answering the
scale and divisions of the neighbouring building development. Lots of greenery around the building encouraged architects to use the larger number of glazed surfaces opened
onto attractive sights especially in the sections destined for
audience. As a continuation of the landscape it was proposed
to cover parts of roofs and walls with greenery using the
Green Wall technology (Mur Végétal). We have proposed
the wall configuration in the form of geometric counterpart of
the classicistic façades of surrounding volumes. The existing
building development was completed in 1950s and 1960s
during the post-war reconstruction period. It is characterized
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Location 3/5/7/9 New Town Market Place Aarchitects Are
Sp. z o.o. – Jakub Wacławek, Grzegorz Stiasny, Olga Parys,
Krystyna Godlewska, Jacek Michalak, Maria Kopczyńska,
Jan Bagiński, Grzegorz Owczarczyk Client ’Kwadrat’ Theatre
Location description
History – the tenement house (7 New Town Market Place)
was built in the middle of 1950s in the place of three eclectic tenement houses from 1900s and 1910s that had been
destroyed during the World War II.
Present – the front tenement house was built in the middle of
1950s and it is an important section of the New Town Market
Place frontage. Its form is almost palatial with the main
body and side wings by J. Gajewski and W. Wapiński. In the
backyard instead of bounding annexes a movie theatre had
been located by the same project team. Part of the cinema’s
lobby was located in the central part of frontage tenement
house. In 1965 the building was listed as a part of Old Town
Complex. The planned new volume will be constructed at the
back of a tenement house.
Future – during the post-war reconstruction the building
development in this area becomes significantly sparse that
is why the theatre location is inside the block of mixed building development, bounded by backyards and passages
connecting Freta Street, Szara Street and New Town Market
Place. To the north the site is closed by the homogenous
architecture of the front tenement house. To the west it is
opened onto the backs of reconstructed tenement houses on
Freta Street. To the east it is neighbouring with the city block
and to the south it is adjacent to gardens and the mixed-use
building development of the Dominican cloister.
are 3,510 sqm • 4 floors, 1 underground floor • underground
parking garage for 16 cars
Interdependence of two forms, the opera house comprising the hall with 324
seats, being the feature of the building and surrounding spaces for students
(lecture halls and rehearsal rooms) is a completion of a task and architects’
design concept.
Relations with surroundings
The main spatial factor for spatial configuration of this important and attractive
urban area is the emerging urban axis demarcated by Dobra Street. This axis with
multiple relations will be the place of education. University’s of Music new seat
is located on the trail of public buildings in a close vicinity of the University of
Warsaw Library (BUW), the Academy of Fine Arts (currently expanding), school
located on Bednarska Street and Copernicus Science Centre.
Development of surroundings
Edifice’s main entrance is located in the north-western corner of the site. The
broken façade allowed for creation of plaza in front of the building where students
can meet or gather. On the northern side of the building a street café was located.
The building
It is divided into two main forms, the opera house and the rest of building serving
educational purposes. The former is absorbed inside the edifice and it is its heart
surrounded by educational facilities. This arrangement allowed for the creation of
perfectly functioning space filled with the music.
Architecture
University’s of Music new seat is a compact form which the west-facing façade
becomes a part of the Dobra Street frontage architectural context. A deep indentation with the glazed façade was designed to emphasize the main entrance. From
it ’gushes’ the music which is highlighted on the façade made of zinc-titanium
sheets by deep lines being a symbol of music staff. The remaining part of the
façade is made of square slabs of the light sandstone. In this section architects
introduced glasses with ’hidden’ behind them windows allowing the interior of
the building to be lit. In the night the edifice shows its other face, the glasses on
the façade begin to glow showing the music notation.
FRYDERYK CHOPIN UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC SEAT
Location 14/16 Dobra Street, Powiśle Architects
81.waw.pl – Anna Paszkowska, Rafał Grudziąż,
Łukasz Groszewski – architecture student
Structural engineer Jacek Zawadzki Theatrical
technology Maciej Wojciechowski Client Fryderyk
Chopin University of Music Architectural concept
2011
Total volume 49,800 cu m Usable floor area
12,000 sqm • from 4 to 5 floors, 2 underground
floors • underground parking garage for 101 cars
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The remodelling and extension of the Harenda Hotel was dictated by the need of increasing the number of hotel rooms, their
standard upgrading and enriching of the hotel program. Presently designing process of changes is on the way. The redevelopment comprises remodelling of existing floors, adaptation
of attic for hotel functions and constructing of a new building
inside the city block, between existing hotel and Krakowskie
Przedmieście Street tenement houses.
The building will reclaim its initial main entrance. The valuable
arrangement of the reception area will be reconstructed. The
entrance area will be extended and correlated with the new building’s circulation thus both forms will become the one entity.
Buildings will bound the intimate, regular in shape courtyard
which will be connected with the interior through glazed surfaces. From the side of the courtyard hotel will be equipped in two
lifts. It is planned to change the roof into a green one.
’HARENDA’ HOTEL
REDEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION
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Location 4/6 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street, Śródmieście
district Architects D. W. BAGIŃSCY | ARCHITEKCI s.c. Dorota and Wojciech Bagińscy Client REMPEX Sp. z o.o.
Architectural design completion planned in 2013
New volume is harmonized with the neighbouring building development, arranging it with the use of proper proportions and
spatial relations. New architecture will develop existing building’s
structure in accordance with its logic, having in respect its basic
divisions. Architectural details mostly related to terraces and
greenery and numerous glazed openings will enliven the city
block’s interior which will have the positive influence on the
building’s character.
Technical data – after completion
area 6,645 sqm • 4 floors, 1 underground floor
’CHMIELNA 25’
OFFICE BUILDING
Location 25 Chmielna Street, Śródmieście district Architects Bulanda,
Mucha - Architekci Sp. z o.o. – Andrzej Bulanda, Włodzimierz Mucha,
Jacek Chyrosz, Maciej Kaufman, Piotr Steckiewicz, Agnieszka
Szuran, Zuzanna Cichocka Collaborating architects Michał Brzychcy,
Aleksander Gruszka, Marcin Maraszek, Ewelina Siestrzewitowska, Jose
Luis Zaragoza Sevilla, Giandomenico Racamato, Piotr Bujas Structural
engineers KiP Sp. z o.o. • Piotr Pachowski (PhD), Michał Dyszkiewicz
Client LHI Leasing Polska Sp. z o.o. Contractor Budner S.A. Architectural
design 2011 Completion 2013
Volume 148,712 cu m Usable floor area 7,135 sqm • 7 floors, 2
underground floors • underground parking garage for 25 cars
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The cluster of buildings equipped in the up-to-date trigeneration energetic system generating the electricity and
useful heating and cooling from the combustion of a natural gas. Cooling facilities located on the office building
roof top. The CCHP system meets the whole complex
needs for the electricity and electricity surplus will be
transferred to the distribution system’s network.
MIXED-USE COMPLEX
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OFFICE SPACE
Location 2 Kruczkowskiego Street, Powiśle Architects Kuryłowicz
& Associates Sp. z o.o. – Professor Stefan Kuryłowicz, Professor
Ewa Kuryłowicz, Marcin Goncikowski, Krzysztof Pydo Collaborating
architects Katarzyna Osiecka, Nina Wójcicka Structural engineers KiP
Sp. z o.o. Client Powiśle Park Sp. z o.o. Contractor BU DIMEX S.A.
Total volume 106,216 cu m Total area 27,808 sqm Usable floor area
23,257 sqm • 7 floors, 3 underground floors • underground parking
garage for 231 cars
RESIDENTIAL SPACE
Location 2 Kruczkowskiego Street, Powiśle Architects Kuryłowicz
& Associates Sp. z o.o. – Professor Stefan Kuryłowicz , Professor
Ewa Kuryłowicz, Marcin Goncikowski, Krzysztof Pydo, Tomasz
Bardadin, Andrzej Zajkowski, Tomasz Pokropowicz, Grzegorz
Szymański Structural engineers KiP Sp. z o.o. Client Powiśle Park
Sp. z o.o. Contractor BU DIMEX S.A. Architectural design 2009-2011
Total floor 96,072 cu m Total area 25,554 sqm Usable floor area
21,612 sqm • 7 floors, 1 underground floor • underground parking
garage for 174 cars • 139 units (from 36.4 sqm to 139 sqm)
PHASE I
COMPLETED
PHASE II
’19.DZIELNICA’ RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS COMPLEX
PHASE III A
PHASE III B
PHASE IV A
PHASE IV B
Location Kolejowa Street, Wola district Architects
JEMS Architekci – Olgierd Jagiełło, Maciej
Miłobędzki, Marcin Sadowski, Jerzy SzczepanikDzikowski, Paweł Majkusiak Collaborating
architects Tytus Br zozowski, Małgor zata
Charazińska, Marcin Citko, Daniel Drynkowski,
Paweł Gozdyra, Urszula Kos, Justyna Kościańska,
Wojciech Kotecki, Marek Kuciński, Piotr Lisowski,
Mariusz Olszewski, Mar ta Świątek-Piziorska,
Anna Świderska, Zuzanna Ufnalska, Dariusz
Wasak, Izabela Wencel Structural engineers
LGL Sp. z o.o. Client Pro Urba Invest Sp. z o.o.
Architectural design 2007-2011 First phase
completion 2010-2011
All buildings global data
Volume 127,000 cu m Total area 236,000 sqm
Usable floor area 97,000 sqm Residential units
total area 83,000 sqm (from 35 sqm to 120 sqm)
• from 5 to 10 floors, from 1 to 2 underground
floors • underground parking garages for 1,853
cars, 191 on site parking spaces • 1,713
residential units
PHASE V
PHASE VI
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MIXED-USE BUILDING
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Location Dereniowa Street, Ursynów district Architects
Bulanda, Mucha – Architekci Sp. z o.o. – Andrzej Bulanda,
Włodzimierz Mucha, Michał Brzychcy, Aleksander Gruszka,
Marcin Maraszek, Ewelina Siestr zewitowska Client
Spółdzielnia Usług Mieszkaniowych URS YNÓW Concept 2011
Volume 57,660 cu m, including floors – 33,870 cu m,
underground floors – 23,790 cu m Total area 15,511
sqm, including floors – 10,752 sqm, underground floors –
4,759 sqm Usable floor area residential units 6,700 sqm,
retail spaces – 398 sqm • 9 floors, 1 underground floor •
spaces • 117 residential units • 5 retail spaces
An interesting location between the city centre and
the leisure area in the close vicinity of the river is our
design’s additional advantage. An interesting view
opens from the side of Topiel Street. One looking in
the direction of the city centre sees a picturesque
view of the Warsaw skyline and Ostrogski Palace.
Our project is a visual completion for the existing in
the background Ostrogski Palace.
Basically the building comprises two wings parallel to the site’s borderlines (from the side of Tamka
Street and the Sisters of Mercy Community building)
interconnected by the perpendicular entity. Through
its proportions and shifted back two-storey base of
the building with clear vertical divisions the façade
from the side of Tamka Street refers to the neighbouring historic architecture. Additional reference to
the history of this site is the introduction of window
shutters inspired in form by details of Warsaw tenement houses. The use of natural stone as a façade
finishing material would instill a spirit of modernity into this structure. We have decided to use the
sandstone because of its historic relations with the
Warsaw architecture.
Façades from the Kruczkowskiego Street side and
those facing inner courtyard are also made of natural stone. Remaining façades are in form of loggias
closed by an open-work, movable wall of window
shutters. This approach gives the façade a light and
irregular character.
Inside the loggias architects used, as a finishing material, the fiber-reinforced concrete in the colour of
graphite. The large number of glazed surfaces allows
for indiscriminate contact between residential units
and the greenery, the interpenetration of interior with
exterior and provides a perfect natural light penetration. Building through its height (27 metres) refers to
the neighbouring volumes’ dimensions.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
Location the corner of Tamka Street and Kruczkowskiego
Street, Powiśle Architects SWECO Architekci – Andrzej
Markowski, Rafał Szczepański, Grzegorz Perguł, Adam
Choiński Structural engineers Pracownia Konstrukcji
Budowlano-Inwestycyjnych Pikus Adamski Nowik
Sp.p. Client Ronson Development Sp. z o.o. Enterprise
Architectural design is currently being refined
Usable floor area 10,056 sqm Residential units total
area 5,097 sqm (from 46 sqm to126 sqm) • 8 floors,
2 underground floors • underground parking garage for
95 cars • 62 residential units
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Residential complex comprises three intimate courtyards with the greenery, leisure areas and private
gardens. Above the eight-storey volumes are raising
two residential towers that become a landmark in the
urban arrangement of surrounding areas. Façades
made of warm materials: wood, ceramics and mineral
plaster. Towers have an elegant look thanks to the use
of laminated glass sheets. Each residential unit has
its own balcony, loggia or terrace. The complex has
three entrance lobbies with the greenery and finished
in natural stone and textile wallpapers.
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Location 1/3 Siedmiogrodzka Street, Wola district
Architects Grupa 5 Architekci Sp. z o.o. – Rafał
Grzelewski, Roman Dziedziejko, Mikołaj Kadłubowski,
Michał Leszczyński, Krzysztof Mycielski, Rafał Zelent
Collaborating architects Andrzej Kikowski, Agata
Muszyńska, Łukasz Bałut, Mariusz Wolski, Maciej
Szpilewicz, Maciej Gruszecki, Agnieszka Jóźwiak,
Krzysztof Puta Structural engineers NAZBU Firma
Projektowo-Konsultingowa • Wojciech Naziębło
Client OKAM 2007 Sp. z o.o. Contractor UNIB EP
S.A. Architectural design 2011-2012 Completion
2012-2014
Total volume 229,219.7 cu m Total area 73,482 sqm
total area 27,800 sqm (from 35 sqm to 110 sqm)
• 1, 8 or 17 floors, 2 underground floors • parking
garages for 480 cars, 43 on site parking spaces •
483 residential units
Area encompassing 66 hectares located in Żoliborz
Południowy between Krasińskiego Street, Powązkowska Street, Duchnicka Street and Broniewskiego Street becomes a new section of the city, the
extension of Stary Żoliborz. One of the planned there
projects is our design on Krasińskiego Street.
The complex of two mixed-use buildings is a composition made by the cutting up of the trapezoidal city
block running in south-western and north-eastern
directions. Defined in this way opening of the city
block allows for optimal insolation of residential units
and courtyards.
The diagonal geometry of volumes finds its continuation in the shape of the surrounding landscape.
Triangular surfaces with the varied greenery mingle
with lines running between the most important parts
of buildings.
Buildings’ façades are of differentiated characteristics, depending on their location in the city block;
- exterior facades are massive, broken by the vertical
lines of windows and interior ones are open-work,
open onto green areas between the buildings. The
complex has no fence from the sides of the public
spaces.
’KRASIŃSKIEGO HOUSING ESTATE’
Location Krasińskiego Street, Żoliborz district Architects JASIŃSKI
KRUSZEWSKI ARCHITEKCI Sp. z o.o. – Mariusz Jasiński,
Romuald Kruszewski Collaborating architects Adam Łabędź,
Olgierd Jankowski, Szymon Kalata, Konrad Żaglewski Structural
engineers KONBUD Krzysztof Guraj Client Spółdzielnia BudowlanoMieszkaniowa WAR DOM Contractor Budbaum S.A. Architectural
design 2010 Completion 2012-2013
7,526 sqm Residential units total area 6,669 sqm (from 28 sqm
to 149 sqm) • 9 floors, 1 underground floor • underground parking
garage for 129 cars, 13 on site parking spaces • 100 residential units
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Kamionek is almost unknown but a remarkably interesting section of
the Praga Południe district, located in the very geographical centre of
Warsaw. Almost a half of its area comprises of Skaryszewski Park with
National Stadium and surrounding it commons. More then a half of the
remaining area comprises post-industrial building development. The
Mińska Street is some kind of border. To the north one can find areas
nearly completely devoid of the residential function, delimited by the
railway tracks. Today this area is known as a Soho Factory and is one
of the most interesting examples of the Warsaw post-industrial architecture redevelopment.
In accordance with the local Zoning plan this area was destined for the
mixed-use buildings and as an additional condition all listed buildings
must be preserved. “Rebel One” is the first of planned two architectural
landmarks, volumes with compact floor plans and consisting of thirteen
floors.
Façades of this vanguard of the new constructions in the Soho area are
an attempt to refer to the architectural motifs of the industrial relics of the
Kamionek area. The scale of openings in the façade may suggest other
then the residential function of the building and change its perception.
The brick as a finishing is the extraordinarily traditional material which
is being reinterpreted by the use of different technologies and motifs.
The graphite, dark colour scheme of exterior walls is broken by the vivid
colours of the interior walls and ceilings of main openings finished in
the Venetian plaster.
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To keep the proportions and provide an unobstructed view loggias’
balustrades are glazed. Thanks to the relatively large glazed openings
inhabitants have ensured the proper natural light penetration and the
wide sights on large areas of Praga Południe and the left bank of the
river. Open-work parts of the façade visible from the inside, create characteristic connection with surroundings, partly determining the apartment’s character and connoting the context of special neighbourhood
in which it is inscribed.
Location Soho Factory, 25 Mińska Street, Praga Płd. district
Architects WWAA – Marcin Mostafa, Natalia Paszkowska, Iwona
Borkowska, Andrzej Hunzvi – architecture student, Michał Kielian •
Konkret Architekci – Piotr Puścikowski, Piotr Zmarzłowski, Michał
Dezór, Małgorzata Majzel, Dominika Tomaszewska, Małgorzata
Lewandowska – technical architect Structural engineer Marek
Czapski Client ’SOHO FACTORY’ Sp. z o.o. Contractor P.P.U. ProTronik Architectural design 2011 Completion 2012
Total volume including floors – 18,500 cu m , underground floors
– 5,300 cu m Total area including floors – 6,200 sqm, underground
floors – 1,780 sqm Residential units total area 2,980 sqm, retail
spaces – 300 sqm • 12 floors, 1 underground floor • underground
parking garage for 58 cars • 43 residential units
Residential complex comprises four multi-unit
buildings encompassing six or seven floors
each. The name of this section of Wola district, the Młynów (Windmill) is derived from
numerous windmills that were operating in this
area until the second half of nineteenth century.
Dozens of them were going all the way to Marymont. The location identity is also strongly
influenced by the historic context of nearby
Royal Election Fields.
Architects resigned from the architectural motifs in the project on purpose. The configuration
of frontage-like façades is shaped by rows of
loggias of deep chiaroscuro. The geometry of
their divisions arranges surfaces with the use
of simplicity. The changing contour of divisions
helps to avoid the monotony and reduces the
scale of perceived volumes.
Local context makes its mark on used materials.
The both, façades and interiors are dominated
by warm, natural colours and textures stamped
by the ‚flour’ patina of the colour scheme. The
noble character is given by the ceramics and
wood-like details.
The whole is complemented by the landscape
arrangement. Just like the view of Wola windmills is functioning in our imagination only, the
complex greenery will be referring to the landscape of our memories – Polish scenery.
ROYAL MILLS
Location św. Stanisława Street, Wawrzyszewska Street, Ostroroga
Street area; Wola district Architects Mąka Sojka Architekci –
Maciej Mąka, Radosław Sojka, Grzegorz Pyzikiewicz (design
direction) Project team architects Katarzyna Biała, Natalia
Regulska, Marcin Nawrocki, Bartosz Tylman, Grzegorz Woronowicz
Collaborating architects Małgorzata Danilczuk-Danilewicz, Alicja
Piwiec – technical architect, Grażyna Grzybowska – technical
architect, Piotr Bylka, Grzegorz Madejski, Magdalena Sobótka –
landscape architect Client Dom Develoment Architectural design
Total area 36,000 sqm Residential units total area 16,150 sqm
(from 27.6 sqm to 127 sqm) • 7 floors, 1 underground floor •
underground parking garages for 272 cars, 30 on site parking
spaces • 294 residential units
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Location 7 Racjonalizacji Street, Mokotów district
Architects Biuro Projektów Kazimierski i Ryba Sp.j. Tomasz Kazimierski (PhD), Andrzej Ryba, Miłosz Proch,
Agnieszka Woźniak, Katarzyna Szantroch – technical
architect Structural engineer Jacek Gołaszewski Client
Racjonalizacji Sp. z o.o. Architectural design 2011
In the clearly urban aspect the project tries to take into
consideration postulates of the ‚traditional’ nineteenth
century city. Buildings are arranged in the maximum
frontage way.
The form of a new building development that was completed nearby on Racjonalizacji Street and Woronicza Street
emphasizes by the quality of its architecture the frontage
character of the most of new locations.
Residential buildings complex comprising seven, nine and
twelve-storey volumes. Entrances to city street network
are likewise created on Woronicza Street and Racjonalizacji Street. One can drive from one street to the other using
the side road that is at the same instance the fire lane.
Underground parking garages entrances from Racjonalizacji Street next to A building and from Woronicza Street
in F building. Children’s playground and fire lane with the
turnaround located from the side of the courtyard.
Volume including, floors – 63,788 cu m, underground
floors – 62,740 cu m Total area - floors 28,957 sqm
Usable floor area (7 retail spaces) approx. 1,050 sqm
Residential units total area 19,608 sqm (from 36.6 sqm
to 101.4 sqm) • 7, 9 or 12 floors, 2 underground floors
• underground parking garages for 416 cars, 6 on site
parking spaces • 316 residential units
MIXED-USE BUILDING
EAST-FACING FAÇADE
Location Harfowa Street the corner of Włodarzewskiej
Street, Ochota district Architects Danprojekt Plus
Sp. z o.o. – Danuta Rydzewska, Anna RydzewskaSzpak Client Dom Development S.A. Contractor Dom
Development S.A. Architectural design 2011 Completion
2012
Volume 24,607 cu m Total area 11,869.5 sqm Usable
floor area 8,167.6 sqm Residential units usable floor
area 4,595.4 sqm (from 29.45 sqm to 81.67 sqm) •
garages for 120 cars • 90 residential units
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Housing estates located in the western part of the Bemowo district are the oasis of greenery with buildings
deployed amongst them. By the designing of new volume complementing the Lazurowa complex we want to
strengthen the impression of buildings drowned in the
greenery and make the building development sparse
and thus avoid the impression of monotony and being
closed in the wide street space.
The project consists of residential building divided into
smaller longitudinal entities comprising Sternicza Street
and Rozłogi Street frontages. Two medium-rise residential towers with nine floors each are marking out corners
of the streets. Between them have been located lower
volumes of which the middle one is withdrawn from
the Sternicza Street to secure the optimal conditions for
residential units on this side of the building. The lower,
eastern part is a spatial passage between the tower
on the corner of Rozłogi Street and Sternicza Street to
low-rise building on Rozłogi Street. Building’s ground
floor comprises retail spaces.
Residential building on Sternicza Street is a poetic urban
sculpture, which composition is based on the rules of
asymmetry and natural laws imposed by the internal
arrangement of residential units. It was designed from
the inside to the outside but the modern surroundings
impose the special aesthetics of the architecture. Existing buildings create the context and ambiance of the
space that will be complemented by a new volume.
Architecture carries associations of the open spaces
of residential areas but also tries to introduce a new,
modern quality of form shaping, the quality of materials
and today’s spatial standards.
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Location Sternicza Street, Bemowo district Architects
ARE Sp. z o.o. – Project direction Grzegorz Stiasny,
Jakub Wacławek Designer Izabela Bartosik Collaborating
architects Magdalena Góralczyk, Katarzyna Góralczyk,
Jan Bagiński Client Spółdzielnia Mieszkaniowa ’Lazurowa’
Total area 18,339.73 sqm Usable floor area 12,386.5 sqm
Residential units total area 7,205.76 sqm (from
32.14 sqm to 128.36 sqm) • 9 floors, 2 underground floors
• underground parking garages for 153 cars, 12 on site
parking spaces • 107 residential units
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
Location Kłobucka Street, Mokotów district
Architects Chrzanowski Klepin Architekci
sp.j. – Arkadiusz Klepin, Mariusz Chrzanowski,
Michał Burkiewicz, Paweł Fras, Magdalena
Dołęgowska Structural engineer Leszek
Szymański Client Ronson Development Group
Architectural design 2010-2011 Completion
2011-2012
Total volume 51,180 cu m Total area
16,255 sqm Usable floor area 8,280 sqm
Residential units total area from 31 sqm to
110 sqm • from 7 to 11 floors, 1 underground
floor • underground parking garage for
146 cars, 25 on site parking spaces • 138
residential units
SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN
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Building located in the heavily developed area.
Cuboidal, compact form is finished in the elegant austere
materials: dark Venetian plaster with an addition of mica,
ceramics, metal and glass.
Building’s character is influenced by the regular façades
with balconies with movable glass panels and loggias
finished in natural wood.
Ground floor comprises retail space and two residential
units with private gardens. Upper floors, from the first
one to the third one, encompass 12 residential units
each. All floors in the residential part are connected by a
centrally located, transparent stairwell with lift, providing
the natural light for building’s common spaces.
The project is characterized by elegance, simplicity and
distinct and up-to-date material technologies.
MIXED-USE BUILDING
SOUTH-FACING FAÇADE
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Location Bartycka Street, Siekierki Architects OSTROWSCY
ARCHITEKCI s.c. – Jarosław Ostrowski, Dagmara Ostrowska,
Grzegorz Kenig, Marta Cytowska, Jan Poborski, Sylwia
Ciesielska, Diana Siemińska Client Zawadowski Quality
Developments Architectural design 2010-2011 Completion
2012-2014
area 1,739 sqm Residential units total area 1,310 sqm
(from 37 sqm to 64 sqm) • 4 floors, 1 underground floor •
underground parking garage for 34 cars • 26 residential units
The principal architectural idea behind the townhouses
is the creation of eight comfortable maisonettes. They
comprise a spacious living area on the entrance level
and bedrooms on the upper floor. Every living room has
its own fireplace. There are two parking spaces in an
underground parking garage and the storeroom in the
basement subordinated for each apartment. The small
scale of the volume is emphasized by two staircases
(only four apartments per staircase) and the optical division of the entrance façade into three smaller entities.
TOWNHOUSE
Floor to ceiling windows and large loggias (also playing
the role of winter gardens) allow for the unobstructed
contact with green surroundings. The simple, geometrical volume with the economical but refined architectural
detail together with the traditional material as a light-grey
concrete brick create a building that is effectively uniting
modernity with the traditions of the pre-war Bielański
modernism. The green roof is additional advantage.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Location 17 Słowiańska Street, Bielany district Architects
foroom Sp. z o.o. – former grotte ar t – Bar tłomiej
Grotte, Rafał Jedliński, Maciej Pędzich, Konrad Waligóra
Structural engineers Jarosław Kołton, Leszek Szymański
Client Projekt Marymont Sp. z o.o. Architectural design
2012 Completion 2013–2014
area 1,670 sqm (from 170 sqm to 230 sqm) • 4 floors,
1 underground floor • underground parking garage for
16 cars • 8 apartments
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The whole Mała Street was listed as both an urban complex
and the building development. Its northern side together
with the south-facing frontage of Stalowa Street is a well
preserved historic city block important not only in the Praga
scale but in the scale of the whole city as well.
This is not the outstanding architecture. Complex’ value is
hidden in its historic substance. Almost 100 percent of it
has been preserved. Buildings in this area likewise on the
other side of Mała Street are mostly the four or five-storey
with the high pitched roofs. The building development in this
area mostly comprises residential buildings.
The new building will cover the whole site. It is possible to
develop the corner of Mała Street and Zaokopowa Street.
At that time the whole Mała Street would have arranged the
frontage and the streetscape would have been restored. That
is why this project has been designed in a way allowing the
future addition of a new volume. Until the new construction
will be completed the gable wall will be equipped in the steel
structure for creeper plants.
ZAOKOPOWA STREET
The height of the building from the level of the street to the
top is 15.8 metres and is the same as neighbouring volume
located on the corner of Mała Street and Zaokopowa Street. Similarly cornices, lines of windows and balconies are
referring to the adjacent buildings.
Architects proposed façades with consequent and regular
divisions. High quality finishing materials: a clinker brick,
a Venetian plaster, a reinforced glass in balconies’ balustrades and an architectural concrete on the ground floor and
gable wall. To emphasize the linear similarity with adjacent
buildings the new volume cornices will be made of steel,
grey c-beams.
8 MAŁA STREET
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Location 8 Mała Street, Praga Północ district Architects
Archigraf Michał Brutkowski Michał Brutkowski, Izabela
Grabowska, Małgorzata Nowak-Pińkowska Client BUDKLIM Sp. z o.o. Architectural design 2011-2012
floor area 1,175 sqm + garage and technical facilities
– 420 sqm Residential units total area 976 sqm (from
29.6 sqm to 90.4 sqm) • 5 floors, 1 underground floor •
underground parking garage for 19 cars • 20 residential
units
MIXED-USE BUILDING
Location 84 Osowska Street, Praga Południe district
Architects GRUPA AT Sp. z o.o. – Mirosława Karoń,
Agnieszka Zawadzka, Krzysztof Tryboń Structural engineer
Piotr Cichowlas Client Osowska 84 Development Sp. z o.o.
Sp. komandytowa Contractor Technobud Sp. z o.o.
Total area 6,945 sqm Usable floor area 5,739.8 sqm
Residential units total area 2,860 sqm (from 30 sqm to
110 sqm) • 8 floors, 1 underground floor • underground
parking garage for 46 cars, 24 on site parking spaces •
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+2 FLOOR PLAN
’UZNAMSKA 11’
Location 11 Uznamska Street, Zacisze Architects
4am Architekci s.c. – Małgorzata Krukowska, Tomasz
Karpiński, Arkadiusz Wróblewski, Jan Dogwiałło, Jędrzej
Stąpień Client private owner Architectural design 2011
Completion 2012
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area 3,043 sqm (from 27 sqm to 63 sqm) • 5 floors,
1 underground floor • parking garage for 102 cars •
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Location Powstańców Śląskich Street, Bemowo district
Architects Lengiewicz / Charkiewicz A R C H I T E K C I
– Robert Charkiewicz, Joanna Lengiewicz-Charkiewicz,
Michał Trojga, Grzegorz Semak Structural engineers PRO
KONBU D • Bogumił Duraj Client City Homes Sp. z o.o.
Sp.k. Contractor Totalbud Sp. z o.o. Architectural design
Usable floor area 2,598.57 sqm Residential units total
area 1,462.48 sqm (from 43.9 sqm to 101.2 sqm) •
garage for 36 cars • 24 residential units
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1 entrance hall 5.5 sqm
2 living room and kitchen 26.7 sqm
3 bedroom 12.7 sqm
4 bathroom 4.4 sqm
usable floor area
49,3 m2
5 loggia 3.9 sqm
MIXED-USE BUILDING
Location 20 Krypska Street, Praga Południe district
Architects JP s.c. – Jakub Szatkowski, Paweł Zawadzki,
Agnieszka Tacikowska, Karolina Tesarska, Paweł
Zalewski, Structural engineers Pracownia Projektowa
Euro • Piotr Cichowlas, Tomasz Głodek Client Toroo
Invest Sp. z o.o. Contractor INTERCONSTRUCTIO N
Sp. z o.o. Architectural design 2011 Completion 2012
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Total volume 9,594.4 cu m, including, floors – 6,745 cu
m, undergound floors – 2,849.4 cu m Total area
2,463.5 sqm Usable floor area 2,455.1 sqm, including,
residential units – 1,264.2 sqm (from 37.9 sqm to
107.5 sqm), reatail spaces – 76.2 sqm • 5 kfloors,
25 cars, attached garage for 6 cars •
bicycle racks for 23 bicycles • 23 residential units
The five-storey building located few hundred meters from Wiatraczna
Roundabout comprises retail spaces on the ground floor and residential units on the upper four floors. The ground floor retail spaces are
complementing functions located in the neighbouring building development – shops, educational institutions and health care facilities.
Easy access to basic functions and at the same instance the quiet
neighbourhood allow to live comfortable.
All entrances, including underground parking garage entrance, located
on Krypska Street.
Apartments’ arrangement clearly defines the living area. All of them
have balconies or loggias. Designed apartments are of standardized
usable floor area – 37.9 sqm, 78.3 sqm with one exception encompassing 107 sqm. Meeting the tendencies of the city green development, the bicycle racks have been designed on the site and in the
underground parking garage.
Proposed volume is a white cuboid cut by the ground floor in graphite
colour and with the irregular arrangement of façade skin. From the
white shape protrudes open or closed balconies that create a kind of
band around the building corners thereby fastening together front and
side façades and decomposing rear one. Balconies’ interiors finished
in wood in light, warm colour which is the colour accent itself and at
the same instance emphasize protruded cuboids.
’ATELIER ŻOLIBORZ’
The local Zoning Plan allowed for a dense development of the
site located on Przasnyska Street. That is why the principal
architectural idea behind this project was the creation of maximally dense architectural structures ensuring the impression
of intimacy.
From the optical point of view the complex was divided into
three entities each having an independent entrance in the
form of portal leading to the own patio. Frontages from the
side of Przasnyska Street and planned street that are giving
the character for the whole object were subordinated to the
architectural idea of reducing the scale through the optical
integration of two floors and the insertion of veneer HPL and
sandstone pilasters on the ground floor and the first floor level.
Curved corners are kind of a tribute to inter war architectural
aesthetics which combined with floor to ceiling windows resulted in the interesting spatial effect inside apartments.
Location 7 Przasnyska Street, Żoliborz district Architects
Szmyd, Zaborowski Architekci Sp. z o.o. – Jaromir Szmyd,
Jakub Bazelak, Tomasz Nowiński, Wojciech Wiatr, Konrad
Rakowski, Kamil Chmielewski, Bartłomiej Terlikowski Client
Atelier Żoliborz Sp. z o.o. Contractor Unibep S.A. Architectural
design 2008-2011 Completion 2012-2014
Usable floor area 25,800 sqm Residential units total area
25,165 sqm (from 29 sqm to 160 sqm) • 7 floors, 10 floors
tower, 2 underground floors • underground parking garages
for 434 cars • 352 residential units
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’WILNO 2’ HOUSING ESTATE. FIRST PHASE
MIXED-USE BUILDING
Location Szklana Street corner of Wierna Street, Targówek district
Architects HRA Architekci Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. – Project direction
Wojciech Hermanowicz, Błażej Hermanowicz, Stanisław Rewski
Project team Mariusz Fidura, Aleksander Krauze • Agnieszka
Duranowska, Tomasz Laskowski Structural engineers Pikus
Konstrukcje Budowlane • inż. Mariusz Pikus Client Dom
Development S.A. Architectural design 2012 Completion 2013
area 14,349 sqm Residential units total area 7,810 sqm (from
32 sqm to 60 sqm) • 4 kfloors, 1 underground floor • underground
parking garages for 185 cars • 165 residential units
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’WILNO’ HOUSING ESTATE. THIRD AND FOURTH PHASE
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS COMPLEX
Location Zamkowa Street, Targówek district
Architects HRA Architekci Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. –
Project direction Wojciech Hermanowicz, Błażej
Hermanowicz, Stanisław Rewski Project managers
Mariusz Fidura, Aleksander Krauze (PHASE III), Karol
Furman (PHASE IV) • Anna Kołodziej, Agnieszka
Duranowska, Magdalena Palmowska, Tomasz
Dobiech, Tomasz Laskowski Structural engineers
PHASE III Pikus Konstrukcje Budowlane • Mariusz
Pikus PHASE IV Hub-Bud • Jacek Lipiec Client Dom
Development S.A. Architectural design 2011
Completion 2012
total area 12,000 sqm (from 30 sqm to 69 sqm) •
4 floors, 1 underground floor • underground parking
garages for 264 cars, 9 on site parking spaces • 241
residential units
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’ROYAL PARK’ MIXED-USE BUILDING
Location Oś Królewska, Nowy Wilanów Architects HRA
Architekci Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. – Project direction Wojciech
Hermanowicz, Błażej Hermanowicz, Stanisław Rewski
• Mariusz Rakus, Marek Hys, Krzysztof Rewski, Marta
Grzeszkiewicz – architecture student Strucural engineers
PSP-STUDIO • Radosław Rzeszotek Client QUA LIA Sp. z o.o.
– Nowy Wilanów Sp. k. Architectural design 2011-2012
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Total volume approx. 103,000 cu m Total area approx.
36,000 sqm Usable floor area approx. 17,000 sqm
Residential units total area approx. 16,500 sqm (from
45 sqm to 125 sqm) Retail spaces area 500 sqm• 5 floors,
1 underground floor • underground parking garage for 399
cars • 253 residential units
Residential complex comprising five buildings
with the underground parking garage is located in Klasyków Street and Krokwi Street area
in the Białołęka district and it is another phase of the construction of mixed-use buildings
cluster. Each designed building consists of
underground floor destined for the parking
garage and technical facilities and four upper
residential floors and setback from the side
of Krokwi Street that is adjacent to the forest.
Ground floors comprise entrances with the lift
halls, spaces for dumpsters, baby carriages
and private storerooms.
’OSIEDLE KLASYKÓW’ SECOND PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT
MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS
Location Klasyków Street, Białołęka district Architects
HRA Architekci Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. – Wojciech Hermanowicz,
Stanisław Rewski, Błażej Hermanowicz • Krzysztof
Toczyski, Monika Modzelewska, Michał Badowski, Tomasz
Laskowski Structural engineers NAZBUD • Wojciech
Naziębło Client Dom Development S.A. Architectural
Total volume 85,652.8 cu m, inluding floors –
54,082.2 cu m, garage – 31,570.6 cu m Total floor area
32,047.9 sqm, including floors – 24,041.9 sqm, garage
– 8,006 sqm Usable floor area 20,636.7 sqm Residential
units total area 11,120.4 sqm (from 31 sqm to 61 sqm)
• 4 floors, 1 underground floor • underground parking
garages for 206 cars, 31 on site parking spaces • 236
residential units
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MIXED-USE BUILDING
The form of the building is a result of applied solutions that have to help in an effective utilisation of the
extremely difficult site that on the one hand is limited by adjacent buildings and on the other hand is limited
by the restrictive building regulations anticipating preservation of as many existing trees as possible.
The volume consists of three cuboidal forms of which two are perpendicular to the third longer one and
are formally allocated for the residential purposes. Additionally the separation of forms is emphasized
by the transparent cut on their junction. Simultaneous location in those sections parts of circulation is
functionally conglomerating all forms.
Industrial surroundings of the given site engendered the need of creation of the façade which character
will become a part of existing context. The brick made façade with the rhythmically designed floor to
ceiling windows interconnected the industrial form of architecture with the residential function of building.
Toned down volume connected with the protruding balconies made of architectural concrete influenced
its dynamic and modern character.
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Lcation Postępu Street, Służewiec Przemysłowy Architects
HRA Architekci Sp.z o.o. Sp.k. – Wojciech Hermanowicz, Błażej
Hermanowicz, Stanisław Rewski, Dariusz Kurowski, Witold
Wyczański, Katarzyna Kurowska – architecture student Structural
engineers HUB-BUD Client Rogowski Development II Sp. z o.o.
Architectural design 2012
Total volume 13,464.3 cu m Total area 4,488.11 sqm Usable floor
area, including residential units – 2,235.8 sqm (fro 33.13 sqm to
87.1 sqm), retail spaces – 482.26 sqm • 6 floors, 2 underground
floors • underground parking garage for 49 cars • 41 residential
units
While designing the ’Piano House’, architects particularly
focused on architectural details and the assortment of
finishing materials. The use of sandstone cladding, polished granite and panels indicates the prestigious character of the building located in the heart of Powiśle. The high
quality of the building is emphasized by used materials
and the window frame-woodwork. The development clustered around the inner courtyard comprising garden for
inhabitants fits in local urban context.
The gable walls allow for future continuation of building
development on adjacent site thus creating a new dense
city block. From the side of Topiel Street was created an
arcade to emphasize entrances to the building and retail
spaces. Building’s architectural style refers to the pre-war
tenement houses and common spaces detail is in Art
Deco style. The vertical arrangement of façades’ skin has
been emphasized by cladding division and putting in one
frame two-storey sections of the building.
’PIANO HOUSE’
MIXED-USE BUILDING
Easily changing arrangement allows the inhabitants a diversity of options.
Apartments’ nett height is from 283 cm to 300 cm. Top
floor comprises terraces overlooking Warsaw Escarpment
and Vistula River valley. All apartments comprise loggias
or terraces additionally the ground floor residential units
have their own private gardens. All staircases are accessible through the spacious lobbies located on the side
of the inner courtyard. Part of the ground floor on Topiel
Street comprises retail spaces encompassing more than
700 sqm. Possibility of free arrangement of the interior
allows for location of any function compatible with resident’ needs, e. g. Spa.
Location Topiel Street the corner of Zajęcza Street, Powiśle
Architects Grupa 5 Architekci Sp. z o.o. – Roman Dziedziejko,
Mikołaj Kadłubowski, Michał Leszczyński, Krzysztof Mycielski, Rafał
Zelent Project direction Andrzej Kikowski, Mariusz Wolski, Dariusz
Kwiatkowski, Jan Placha, Krzysztof Kamiński Structural engineer
Adam Grabowski LGL Client ICON REAL ESTATE Architectural
Volume 62,070 cu m Total area 17,008.12 sqm Usable floor area
7,155.09 sqm Residential units total area 5,348.93 sqm (from
26.75 sqm to 157.35 sqm) Retails spaces usable floor area 713.41
sqm • 6 floors, 3 underground floors • underground parking garage
for 92 cars • 81 residential units
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The form of the building becomes the inherent part of
surroundings through the cascade organization of upper
floors which are adjusted to the height of neighbouring
architectural structures thus creating the coherent mixed-use complex.
Apartments are organized towards west and Łazienki
Królewskie Park and towards east and the garden. Building’s south and north-facing walls are closed on noisy
Gagarina Street and the internal roadway.
To disperse the form of the building northern and southern
façades were clearly divided by the structural frames of
individual floors. Between them are located vertical metal
panels – permanent ones comprising wall and open ones
comprising windows. Opened panels – shutters are remotely controlled from the inside and they allow users to
cut themselves out from the external influences such as
noise or sun. Façades that are opened towards east and
west were glazed. Building’s geometry is completed by
balconies which do not shade each other. On remaining
façades balconies’ floors there are the continuation of
structural frames.
’PODCHORĄŻYCH 89’
MIXED-USE BUILDING
Location 89 Podchorążych Street, Dolny Mokotów Architects
4am Architekci s.c. – Małgorzata Krukowska, Tomasz
Karpiński, Arkadiusz Wróblewski, Jan Dogwiałło, Agata
Piwowarska Client private owner Architectural design 2011
Completion 2012
area 1,940 sqm Residential units total area 1,080 sqm (from
189 sqm to 270 sqm) • 7 floors, 4 underground floors •
underground parking garage for 16 cars • 5 apartments
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Because of the site’s shape building floor plan is almost triangular.
Façade’s form from the side of the street is compact and simple and
from the side of the garden is dynamic, characterized by setbacks and
sloping walls.
Basement garage entrance covered and located alongside the west-facing wall.
Building comprises twelve residential units and private storerooms.
Every apartment, depending on the floor on which is located, has exit
leading to the garden, spacious terrace or balcony. Building is characterized by high quality finishing materials and its façades are calm,
harmonized and balanced.
+4 FLOOR PLAN
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Location 8 Roztocka Street, Praga Południe district
Architects ARTINEX – Krzysztof Wolski Collaborating
architects Marta Kaźmierczak, Piotr Gasparski, Jarosław
Koryś, Tomasz Kanclerz Structural engineers „Prokonbud”
Pracownia Projektowa • Bogumił Duraj Client J.W.W. Projekt
Sp. z o.o. Contractor HORT Sp. z o.o. Architectural design
area 590.81 sqm (from 41,49 sqm to 70.7 sqm) • 4 floors,
13 cars, 2 on site parking spaces • 12 residential units
Building by its destination, scale and height conforms to the surroundings and continues the intimate in the presence building
development.
Object was incorporated into the site in a way allowing the preservation of old trees.
Building has a modern expression and is composed from clear,
simple forms. The form consists of overwhelming the white volume
with the pitched roof, the cuboidal volume finished in wood and
the retail space on the ground floor with the significant arcade and
glazed wall. The façades’ skin is made of light plaster and natural
colour wood and the roof covered in galvanized sheet except eaves.
On parts of façade was introduced ivy.
The building is divided into functional blocks in accordance with
organization of floors. The underground part is mostly destined
for the parking garage. The ground floor comprises retail space
accessible from Suflerska Street. Two upper floors comprise six
apartments each. A half of the second floor’s apartments are
maisonettes with the separated mezzanine comprising exits on
spacious, attractive terraces.
The project is characterized by a simplicity and discreet modernity,
intimate in the presence development and the significant amount
of greenery on the site.
MIXED-USE BUILDING
Location Suflerska Street, Rembertów district Architects
OSTROWSCY ARCHITEKCI s.c. – Jarosław Ostrowski,
Dagmara Ostrowska, Sylwia Ciesielska, Jan Poborski
Client private owner Architectural design 2011
Usable floor area 1,232.64 sqm Residential units floor
area 838.48 sqm (from 41.54 sqm to 129.84 sqm) •
3 floors + attic, 1 underground floor • underground
parking garage for 13 cars, 11 on site parking spaces •
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EAST-FACING FAÇADE
A point of departure for designing this building was creating
of spacious apartments with as good as possible natural light
penetration. That is the reason for spacious glasses and loggias
towards the southern side.
The form of the building is simple and its final shape is a result
of adding or cutting out the cuboids. Cut out forms create loggias and added ones are bay windows enlarging the individual
apartments’ area. The roof top floor comprises terrace. Additionally the last floor is a setback finished in wood panels what
results in the optical illusion of reduced height of the building.
The main finishing material is the white plaster and sandstone
cladding was introduced in loggias.
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
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Location Serenady Street, Ursynów district Architects
Warmijak Puta Architekci – Anna Warmijak, Krzysztof Puta
Structural engineers MES-Projekt Client private owner
Total volume 5,200 cu m Total floor area 1,400 sqm Usable
floor area 1,120 sqm Residential units total area 720 sqm
(from 90 sqm to 150 sqm) • 4 floors • 12 parking spaces
• 6 apartments
Building located in an attractive location; despite the small site
it has to make an impression of volume opened onto Szczęśliwicka Hill.
Striving to harmonious whole in the buildings architecture and
its surroundings architects designed a cuboid form with the
protruding terrace on the ground floor, the protruding upper
part of the first floor and the setback on the second floor.
The main volume consists of three interpenetrating cuboids
in varying colour schemes. Architects have designed building
comprising three loft type apartments with the floor to ceiling
height from 3 to 3.45 m with all technical installations inserted
into suspended ceiling.
Large glass areas have been used that are allowing a better
exposure to the natural light and enlarge apartments in the
optimal way.
The ground and the first floor apartments have large terraces
towards the south and loggias and balconies towards the east
and the west.
The ground floor apartment has its own garden encompassing
approximately 150 m2.
The project has been striving to the optimal solutions in this
area.
Location Przy Parku Street, Ochota district Architects
JLC. Jacek Laskowski – Andrzej Ludew, Piotr Kuflewski,
Jacek Laskowski Collaborating architect Marcin Pajura –
visualizations Structural engineer Juliusz Jaworski Client
MODHAUS Sp. z o.o. Design 2011-2012 Completion 2012
Total volume 3,420.7 cu m Total area 950.2 sqm
Residential units total area 439.2 sqm, garage –
198.4 sqm Apartment 1 (first floor) 163.6 sqm Apartment
2 (second floor) 154.9 sqm Apartment 3 (third floor) 120.7
sqm • 3 floors, 1 underground floor • underground parking
garage for 8 cars • 3 apartments
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The principal architectural idea behind this project was the
designing of the multi-family residential building that through
its scale and volume connotation of the suburban villa will be
coherent with the adjacent development consisting mostly of
detached houses.
The simple form of the object with the overwhelming loggia,
façades made of high quality materials, clinker brick on the ground floor and the first floor and exotic wood in the loggia reflect
the villa style architecture.
Building’s maximum height is 14 metres and is similar to the neighbouring architectural structures. It comprises 29 apartments
and one retail space. The average total floor area encompasses
50 sqm.
The underground parking garage entrance on Kiprów Street. To
assure the best possible circulation driveway gate and pedestrian
gate are receded by 5 metres from the curb.
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Location Kiprów Street, Praga Południe district Architects
Mierzejewski Kasprzycki Czaplicki Architekci Sp. z o.o. –
Marek Mierzejewski, Robert Czaplicki, Paweł Kasprzycki,
Marta Rogozińska, Paweł Kowalki, Katarzyna Zakrzewska
Structural engineers Przedsiębiorstwo Projektowania
i Realizacji Inwestycji Budowlanych „Pro-Bud” Andrzej
Kołdej • Andrzej Kołdej, Grzegorz Dmochowski, Andrzej
Czokajło Client Cogik Investments Sp. z o.o. Spółka
Komandytowo-Akcyjna Architectural design 2012
area 1,451.6 sqm (from 33.7 sqm to 67.6 sqm) • 4 floors,
1 underground floor • underground parking garage for 38
cars • 29 residential units • 1 retail space (45 sqm)
One’s own house is a fulfilment of dreams for many families and is the most important investment during the
life time and a place where at least two generations will
live. It is worthwhile to make it an interesting delighting
architectural structure and not the simple block without
own expression.
One-storey building with the ’L’ shaped floor plan encompassing 200 sqm of total living area has everything that will
ensure a comfortable living for the family of four. The functional program is very clear. The circulation comprises one
central corridor alongside the longer wall of the building.
Windows at both ends of the corridor allow better sunlight
exposure and open the building onto garden. While walking
through the corridor at first one will enter the living area.
Next there is the private area comprising two bedrooms and
the master bedroom with bathrooms. Windows in this part
are smaller then the ones in living area and have blinds.
Building’s form is an arrangement of vertical and horizontal
components that are shifted against each other. Thanks
to this the optical isolation of the entrance area from the
garden was possible. An interesting architectural solution
is the building’s division into two volumes, one so called
’dirty area’ comprising garage and boiler room and the
other one comprising living area. By spreading both volumes apart garden became visible from the side of front
façade. The whole house as well as the surrounding area
was adapted to elders’ and disabled persons’ needs.
DETACHED HOUSE
In Poland one storey houses are rather unpopular but since
in our country, one house usually has to serve us for many
years, perhaps it would be logical to remove all stairs that
in the certain stage of life become an obstacle only.
Together with the house we have designed the Japan style
garden in which decorative motifs comprise flat rocks and
low evergreen plants. Finishing materials that were used –
wood and slate – make this building like springing up from
the garden of which the house is integral part. House and
garden that are carefully thought out in every detail create
the original and not trivial completeness.
Location Konstancin-Jeziorna / Obor y Architects
81.waw.pl – Anna Paszkowska, Rafał Grudziąż, Łukasz
Groszewski – architecture student Client private owner
Structural engineers Arnold Prasalski, Robert Fabisiak
Architectural design 2012
Building plot area 2,500 sqm Building area 350 sqm Total
volume 750 cu m Total living area 250 sqm • 1 floor •
attached garage for 2 cars
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Architectural form of the building consists of two two-storey
cuboids, covered by a hip roof interconnected by the one-storey central entity which rooftop comprises green terrace. Architectural idea behind the project was the creation
of modern form inscribed into landscape. Building’s main
openings towards south-west in the direction of Habdzińskie
Lake. New volume is surrounded by the cascade of terraces
with the inscribed water reservoirs.
Designed building is divided into two living areas located in
two upper wings and recreation area that is housed by the
one-storey central form. Entrances located in the south-eastern and the northern façade in the close vicinity of garages’ entrances. Ground floors comprise entrance foyers,
living rooms and kitchens with storage facilities. First floors
consist of bedrooms, bath rooms and dressing rooms.
One storey central form comprises another living room and
home cinema room.
SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE
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Location Habdzin Architects SWECO Architekci – Andrzej
Markowski, Łukasz Krukowski, Adam Choiński, Łukasz
Włodarczyk – student Structural engineers Pracownia
Konstrukcji Budowlano-Inwestycyjnych Pikus Adamski
Nowik Sp.p. Client private owner Architectural design
Total volume 2,698 cu m Total area 1,000 sqm Total
living area 777 sqm (house 1 – 579.8 sqm, house 2 –
197.2 sqm) • 2 floors • attached garages for 5 cars • 2
apartments
SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Location Falenica Architects 81waw.pl - Anna Paszkowska,
Rafał Grudziąż, Łukasz Groszewski – architecture student
Structural engineers Arnold Prasalski, Robert Fabisiak
Client private owner Architectural design 2011 Completion
2012-2013
volume 1,830 cu m Total living area 550 sqm • 2 floors
• attached garages for 4 cars
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DETACHED HOUSE
FORMER GARAGE BUILDING REDEVELOPMENT
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Location 48 Komorowska Street, Nadarzyn Architects
ATD Tomasz Drelichowski – Tomasz Drelichowski,
Stanisław Rachocki, Michał Słowiński Structural
engineer Krzysztof Gorajczyk Client Joanna Klimkiewicz
Building plot area 1,000 sqm Building area 185.78 sqm
Total volume 844.49 cu m Total area 256.34 m2 Usable
floor area 209.61 sqm Total living area 165.13 sqm •
2 floors, including attic • attached garage for 2 cars
The project is based on a simple architectural principle –
use as much as possible from the existing architectural
structure of garage building and transform it into not big
but functional detached house. The building comprises
typical detached house program space in the classical
functional arrangement. Except living area and attached
garage building offers possibility of the future creation of
small psychologist office with the separate entrance accessible straight from the driveway. Building constructed
in the traditional technology. Walls made of autoclaved
aerated concrete (AAC), beam-and-block floor, wooden
roof structure, roof covered in aluminium sheets - standing seam technology. Façade’s additional decorative
motifs are also made of aluminium sheets. Façade’s
main components are large glass panels located in the
west-facing wall. They are providing daylight deep into the
house which is especially important during the autumn
and winter months. Towards the north the terrace with
fireplace, shaded by vegetation, is located.
HOUSE IN PYRY
Location Dżwiękowa Street, Ursynów district
Architects BIURO PROJEKTÓW – Tomasz Żemojcin,
Maria Rauch, Zofia Rauch Structural engineer
Zygmunt Olechowski Client private owner Design
2011
Building plot area 600 sqm Building area 110
sqm Living area 310 sqm • 2 floors + attic and
basement • attached garage for 2 cars
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Building’s form was especially designed in a way clearly indicating which volume houses retail space (the one closer to the
street) and which comprises living space. The former is higher
(21/2-storey) finished in dark brick with cut out openings and
light toned interior. Its height refers to the opposite multi-family
residential building that’s why the dormer has a simple form and
roof slopes are directed towards the site. Thanks to this both
buildings are in some degree corresponding with each other
despite the differences in scale and used materials.
Designed building is also a dialogue with the neighbouring cube-house which form is coherent with the designed one’s residential volume (white form with single-slope roof).
Both the choice of material and colour scheme and the rules
of façade shaping give the building a simple form and used the
architectural means of expression emphasizes the attractiveness
of the volume housing retail spaces and the intimate character
of residential one.
MIXED-USE BUILDING
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Location Nowa Iwiczna Architects SEMA architekci –
Jarosław Kraska, Maciej Utliński, Agata Misiejuk-Wąsowska
Structural engineer Marcin Janisiewicz Client private
owner Architectural design 2011-2012 Building under
construction
Building plot area 1,035 sqm Building area 243.44 sqm
Total area 2,000.21 cu m Total area 623.67 sqm Total
living area 492.69 sqm • 2½ floors • 8 on site parking
spaces • 2 apartments
DETACHED HOUSE
Designed house will be inhabited by family of eight. Children have secured
separated bedrooms in three intimate complexes comprising bathrooms,
dressing rooms and common rooms where they will play, learn and make
music. The program space covers also the apartment for nanny.
House was located on the forested site in Warsaw’s Radość and architects
preserved as many of numerous pines as possible. Its floor plan was distributed between the site’s entrance area and the driveway towards the east
and the garden with terrace towards the west. The house is opened onto both
areas through the floor to ceiling windows that are strongly interconnecting
the interior with the exterior. Openings’ character is emphasized by wooden
motifs on the façade.
Location Radość Architects D. W. BAGIŃSCY |
ARCHITEKCI s. c. – Dorota and i Wojciech Bagiński
Collaborating architect Mariusz Wronowski
Structural engineer Aleksander Włodarz Client
private owner Architectural design 2011 Completion
2011-2012
Building plot area 2,092 sqm Building area
230.86 sqm Total volume 1,660.3 cu m Total area
523.14 sqm Total living area 382.85 sqm • 2 floors,
basement • detached garage for 2 cars, 2 on site
parking spaces
The wood applied in strategically parts of the façade is of special importance
in house being built on so called Otwock line. These open areas in the house
comprise common spaces: entrance foyer, home library, living room and
playroom. Both zones had been connected by high, spacious halls on the
ground and first floor which allow for deep penetration of daylight. South-facing wall comprises French windows helping in the sun energy absorption.
Interior will be protected against the strong sun rays by movable wooden
blinds. Windows in the north-facing wall were reduced to minimum and all
technical facilities were located along it.
Interior and water will be heated by a ground source heat pump (GSHP)
supported by solar panels. Mechanical ventilation heat recovery (MVHR) was
connected with the heat exchanger. House was equipped in the alternative
natural ventilation system allowing for temporal functioning with the disabled
basic ventilation.
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Existing building is a modernistic architectural structure located in
the area of the pre-war Pruszków garden city.
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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Location Pruszków – Malichy Architects BRZOZOWSKI
GRABOWIECKI ARCHITEKCI Sp. z o.o. – Konrad Grabowiecki,
Jan Belina Brzozowski, Agnieszka Grzywacz, Marcin Szulc
Collaborators Jadwiga Gąsiorek - technician, Jarosław Derlacki
– electrical engineer, Paweł Filip Structural engineer Zbigniew
Koc Client private owner Architectural design 2011 Completion
2012-2013
volume 1,322 cu m Total area 432 sqm Total living area 291 sqm
• 2 floors, basement • detached garage for 2 cars
The form of the building was inspired by the shape and
dimensions of the site. The building’s spatial arrangement
base is the north-south axis with the circulation along the
east-facing wall (wall without openings). These influences
forced architects to divide the building into two functional
volumes – the residential one to the north and technical
facilities to the south.
DETACHED HOUSE
The significant factor that was supporting such arrangement was the entrance from the public road located on
the eastern side of the site. Because of building’s small
width the garage gate and the driveway would cover most
of the site in this area if arranged in the traditional way.
The attached garage was one of the client’s requirements.
Therefore, architects applied the solution based on two
south-facing façades of technical facilities and the residential part diversed in their height with the clear accentuation of the latter by patio opened on one side only.
The patio is a core of the whole spatial arrangement,
accessible from both volumes what is emphasized by
the outer walls arrangement which is ‚outlined’ by one
solid line starting and ending on patio.
Location near Warsaw Architects Firma Projektowa Akcent
– Rafał Bujnowski, Piotr Bujak Architectural design 2010
volume 552 cu m Total area 295 sqm Total living area
215 sqm • 2 floors, basement • attached garage for 1 car
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DETACHED HOUSE
The detached house located on the corner site adjacent to the streets towards
the east and the south. The building’s neighbourhood comprises single-family development in most two-storey high.
The basic designing problem was filtering the views to garden and the private
areas located on the ground floor.
The adjacent garden was divided into sections functionally connected with
rooms located on the ground floor.
These sections are separated by groups of dense vegetation. The greenery
and fence, partly solid wall, secure isolation from the side of the street. The
building’s form is simple and is covered by a roof with two slopes. The
ridge board runs diagonally through the building. Rectangle floor plan with
the centrally located staircase.
Building has no basement and consists of three floors and the roof top
terrace garden. The latter features views on the city centre skyline and at the
same instance it is the most private area located out of the neighbours’ sight.
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Location Poprawna Street, Wawer Architects +48 grupa
projektowa – Agata Filipek, Kamil Miklaszewski, Karol
Szparkowski, Adrian Wyparło, Jacek Kamiński, Agnieszka
Król – architecture student Structural engineer Zygmunt
Olechowski Client private owner Architectural design 2011
Building plot area 320 sqm Building area 92 sqm Total
volume 940 cu m Total area 280 sqm Total living area 230
sqm • 3 floors • attached garage for 1 car
Building’s architecture refers to the modernistic in style building development of Żoliborz and Bielany. Architects have used timeless and
durable finishing materials.
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Location Bielany district Architects PEER Architekci –
Krzysztof Pęszkal • Dagmara Zawadzka, Andrej Vitkowski;
Robert Nowicki – landscape architect Structural engineers
PKBI Sp.p. • Mariusz Nowik, Mariusz Pikus Client private
owner Contractor Bamix Sp z.o.o Architectural design
Building plot area 1,360 sqm Building area 345 sqm
Total volume 4,250 cu m Total area 932 sqm Total living
area 839.7 sqm • 3 floors, basement • attached garage
for 3 cars
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DETACHED HOUSE
Simple form, lack of ornaments, large windows, pillars, white
façades; this is the majority of modernist architecture attributes. But
these features were the resultants not the intentional action during the
designing process. Wish to connect the front of the site with the forest
at the back forced architects to design the first floor supported by
pillars, large windows on the ground floor and façade’s perforations
in form of the terrace and main entrance. Thanks to these openings
one can see not only the treetops but also lower parts of trees trunks.
The cube form on the roof top comprising skylight is balancing the
whole volume.
Entering the building one find themselves in the spacious, open area,
without partitions, pillars or walls – the foyer, living room, kitchen
and dining room are encompassing 150 sqm. The rough concrete
floor has to refer to the sports facilities, to which owner is related.
After climbing the open work stairs on the first floor one enters the
private area, warmed not only by the oak planks but above all by
the view of the forest and treetops. Wooden surfaces leading to the
master bedroom are in strong contrast with the ground floor concrete.
The simple form’s white façade is contrasted with trees trunks and
Kampinos Forest in the background thus it is not competing with the
latter. Large glass surfaces reflecting images of trees are strongly
reconfigurating the façade.
FRONT FAÇADE
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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Location Izabelin Architects JJJASKOLA ARCHITEKCI – Jacek Jan
Jaskóła, Eliza Gawor-Kowalczyk, Maja Chodorowska Structural
engineers SPACE GROUP • Jan Tolksdorf Client private owner
Building plot area 2,060 sqm Building area 333 sqm Total volume
2,254 cu m Total area 440 sqm Total living area 357 sqm • 2 floors
+ attic • attached garage for 2 cars
Complexity of functions, size of the site, Zoning regulations, client’s requirements all of it resulted in the palatial concept comprising three buildings
of ’U’ letter floor plan. Each building has an individual function being at the
same instance the integral element of the wholeness.
Three main volumes were located in a way allowing the best utilization of
site, views, daylight exposure and functions. Every building was given a
definitive function compatible with the palatial concept. Roofs were reduced
to a simple gable or flat roofs.
Because of the enormous site area that would be hard to develop from the
landscape architecture point of view on the ground floor level inner green
patios had been created that are well designed, beautiful gardens of various
types. Rest of the site comprises natural meadow with the row of trees and
sports facilities. Individual views are framed by openings in walls of gardens.
The terrace that was created on the ground floor’s flat roof is an integrating space, intimate and showing surroundings from the other perspective.
Façades are covered in basalt and sandstone which have to emphasize
the massiveness and solidity of the complex. Basement comprises garage
for eight cars, car wash, fitness centre, spa, second kitchen and technical
facilities. One of the buildings consists of different types of studies, the other
one comprises private areas and the third one is a connected with residence
self-sufficient apartment with own entrance. The ground floor also comprises
two more studies, home library and home cinema room.
TERRACE RESIDENCE
Location Konstancin Kiereszek Architects JJJASKOLA
ARCHITEKCI – Jacek Jan Jaskóła, Eliza Gawor-Kowalczyk
2012
Total volume 5,325 cu m Total area 1,923 sqm Total living
area 1,609 sqm • Terraces area 730 sqm • 2 floors,
basement • attached garage for 8 cars
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V-HOUSE
Building is in a form of broken cuboid with the butterfly
roof with asymmetric slopes and that’s why it was called
a V-house.
Windows of different sizes are breaking the façades’ configuration. Thanks to its butterfly roof building looks different
from every angle.
The bend in the floor plan was designed to allow better
entrance to the attached garage and the light penetration
into the first floor bedroom. Secondary entrance was emphasized by the overhang and glass wall. It is leading to
the spacious foyer with stairs.
The main entrance through garage and short corridor is
leading to the kitchen and living room. The living room and
dining room have all day exposure through large windows
opened onto the east, south and west. Two-storey high
living room is making an impression of openness and
the interpenetration of spaces. The first floor comprises
children bedrooms and master bedroom with the intimate
terrace.
Because of the butterfly roof and vertical wooden slats
it is hard to tell where building has its beginning or end.
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Location Konstancin Borowina Architects JJJASKOLA
ARCHITEKCI – Jacek Jan Jaskóła, Eliza Gawor-Kowalczyk
2012
Building plot area 2 050 sqm Building area 232 sqm Total
volume 1,967 cu m Total area 359 sqm Total living area
320 sqm • 2 floors • attached garage for 2 cars
We have been given a task of designing a detached house
located on the site overgrown by a pine forest. From the
very beginning we have known that our design must be
the organism living in the symbiosis with the surrounding
natural environment. It should be fit into trees trunks in
completely non-invasive way. It is supposed to make an
impression of the sprouting from the forest bed and being
an integral part of the forest. Because of unusual form and
internal functions division we have called it a Twig House.
Detached house which internal outline is determined by
existing trees has been divided into four main areas – branches.
Three of them were extended by wooden patios inspired
by the traditional local verandas. These spaces are the
continuation of inner areas (living area, kitchen and dining
room area, study room area). This arrangement provides a
perfect natural light penetration. Windows are opened onto
best looking parts of the forest landscape.
First area – the living area comprising main entrance, foyer
and tasteful living room. Its continuation is a spacious patio
- veranda opened onto surrounding vegetation. This is area
destined for the recreation.
Second area – a part of the house dedicated to eating and
preparing meals consisting of pantry, kitchen and dining
room. It is accompanied by patio – veranda which is an
area of celebrating of meals immediately in the forest environment.
Third area – a part of the house comprising study room that
is located far from generating noise functions. This area
is combined with another patio and comprising pet door.
Fourth area – comprising technical facilities, attached garage and storeroom.
Master bedrooms, children bedrooms and bath rooms has
been located above first, second and third area.
TWIG HOUSE
Location Józefów near Warsaw Architects Moko architects
– Marta Frejda, Michał Gratkowski Collaborating architect
Waldemar Nowicki
Building plot area 1,676 sqm Total living area 257,1 sqm
(ground floor – 154.1 sqm, floor – 103 sqm), garage –
37.9 m2
Façade made of black standing seam cladding. Variable
width of vertical stripes creates subtle graphics. Patios’
inner façades are finished in Siberian Larch planks creating
a warm and intimate ambiance. Mixed structure – reinforced concrete floors, walls partly made of the cast-in-situ
concrete and partly made of breeze blocks.
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DETACHED HOUSE
Detached house located on the narrow site near
Konstancin in the forest in Chojnowski Landscape Park buffer zone. The strongest influence on
the building’s shape has had the dimensions of
the site which is narrow and long. As a result architects designed a building of special elongated
shape. It is utilising the whole possible building
area and consists of spaces typical for the needs
of family of three. Additionally it comprises a re-
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creational area that is housed by double in height
than standardized floor volume with a mezzanine.
This unusual height allows creating an overlook.
Building was equipped in the ground-coupled heat
exchanger, heat recovery ventilation and an additional thermal insulation to provide the comfortable living and the rational energy consumption.
Façades are covered in white plaster and asphalt
shingle.
Location Czarnów Village near Konstancin Architects
NUX Edward Dylawerski – Edward Dylawerski Structural
engineer Janusz Krzykawski Client private owner
Total volume 1,286 cu m Total area 356 sqm Total living
area 238 sqm • 2 floors • attached garage for 2 cars
Villas located nearby Zegrzyński Reservoir are being constructed
on the vast, forest site located in front of Pilawa Port and Nieporęt Yacht Port. The adjoining forests together with the Białobrzegi
Nature Reserve and a stream are composing perfect scenery
for the outstanding villa style architecture. Every villa is located
on a site that is encompassing approximately 1,000 sqm. The
internal road with the row of old trees is an axis of this closed
residential complex. Individual buildings were given locations
providing the optimal natural light penetration, size of the garden
and private areas protection.
Complex’ architecture was inspired by Mediterranean culture
expressed by large windows and maximum openings onto
surrounding nature. The project is well prepared from the functional and architectural detail point of view. It is clearly dividing
program space into living and private areas. Design is a model
of suburban, comfortable villa.
Each house except expanded residential function comprises
attached garage for two cars, laundry room and bathroom with
the possibility of the classic sauna installation. Size of the site
and the driveway allows for boat or yacht wintering.
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WITH RETAIL BUILDING AND SECURITY POST
Location Białobrzegi, Gmina Nieporęt Architects STUDIO
GOMEZ Biuro Projektowe – Hernan Gomez, Joanna
Brzezińska – technical architect, Rober t Wasążnik –
technical architect, Arkadiusz Kąkowski - engineer
Structural engineers PF PROJEKT PRASALSKI & FABISIAK
Konstrukcje Budowlane • Arnold Prasalski, Robert Fabisiak
Client Dernet Enterprises Polska Sp. z o.o Architectural
design 2009 First phase completion – end of 2012
Site area 5,0797 ha All houses living area 10,190 sqm
• 2 floorse • each house has attached garage for 2 cars
• 39 houses Living area from 215 sqm to 258 sqm +
1 house – 472.5 sqm
FRONT FAÇADE
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DETACHED HOUSE
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Location Wilanów Architects PDV Architekci – Przemysław Wielądek, Jacek
Ciećwierz, Rober t Grabarek Client private owner Architectural design 2011
Completion 2012
Building plot area 4,342 sqm Building area 554.1 sqm Volume 920 cu m Total
floor area 342 sqm Total living area 272.2 sqm • 1 floor • attached garage for
2 cars
Building was designed on almost square, spacious
site to the west closed by the forest and to the east
limited by the street. The architectural idea behind
this project was the distinction of valuable view and
the creation of intimate spaces overfilled with the
light and opened onto garden. Design covers also
creation of garden terraces adapted to different needs. Building has a ‚C’ shape floor plan with marked
out two gardens, western ‚open’ one limited by forest
and eastern ‚closed’ one an intimate, half-closed patio built around the existing tree. On the intersection
of both spaces the central volume was located with
glass walls comprising living area. Forest-facing wall
is made of glass along it were lined living room, dining room and kitchen thus creating 14 metres long
‚live picture’.
In order to filter views from and to the private areas
the openings are partially covered in wooden slats
and blinds. They are also playing an important role
in the reducing of natural light penetration and allow
for lights play inside the building. Toned down, dark
form has to inscribe this building into greenery and
surroundings and natural materials, brick and wood,
have to give it a friendly, ‚soft in touch’ style.
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Location Starego Dębu Street, Komorów Architects 77 STUDIO
PAWEŁ NADUK – Paweł Naduk, Piotr Zając, Jakub Kończyk
Structural engineers MES Arkadiusz Jakubowski Client private
owner Architectural design 2011-2012 Completion 2012-2013
volume 1,096 cu m Total area 332.8 sqm Total living area
260.2 sqm • 2 floors • attached garage for 2 cars
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7A GÓRNOŚLĄSKA STREET
REDEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION PROJECT
Location 7A Górnośląska Street, Śródmieście district Architects Pracownia
Architektoniczno-Konserwatorska PROART – Anna Rostkowska, Marcin Biczyk,
Sylwia Trzałkowska, Piotr Prostko, Piotr Kilanowski Client Odyseusz Sp. z o.o.
Pierre Opportunites 1 Societe Par Actions Simplifiee S.A. Uproszczona Oddział w
Polsce • Pierre Opportunites 2 Societe Par Actions Simplifiee S.A. Uproszczona
Oddział w Polsce Design 2011 Completion 2012
Volume Total area Usable floor area Floors Underground floors Residential units Retail spaces Residential units area 110
Existing
7,096 cu m 1,899.4 sqm 1,635.5 sqm 4
1
31
3
16.11-78.4 sqm Concept project
7,561.8 cu m
2,241.3 sqm
1,805.9 sqm
5
1
26
5
26.27-134.05 sqm
Designing intention is the adaptation of the object to current functional and
technical standards.
The project covers, as follows:
• refurbishing of façades through the reconstruction of architectural details – cornices, pilasters, reconstruction of the tore off balconies and the
elevation of balustrades up to 110 centimetres;
• unification and widening of shop windows;
• replacement of existing windows, similar to existing ones single frame
wood windows with muntin bars;
• installation of a new lift next to the stair landing;
• elevation of basement; adaptation of basement and ground floor for retail
spaces;
• introduction of greenery into the courtyard and designing of the patio
accessible from the basement retail space;
• redesigning of apartments’ arrangement so as they will meet modern requirements;
• conversion of attic into apartments.
From the side of the street the roof will be elevated and shifted from the face
of the wall with the preservation of cornice and knee wall. Elevation of the
ridge board to the height of 21 meters above ground level.
49A KOSZYKOWA STREET
REDEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION PROJECT
The adaptation of the neglected 19th century tenement house to the current
functional and technical standards.
The project covers:
• reconstruction of the façade through designing of the architectural detail
based on their remaining traces and the restoration of balconies;
• additional entrance to the ground floor retail space;
• additional entrance to the ground floor retail space located in the back
façade;
• replacement of existing windows, similar to existing ones single frame wood
windows with muntin bars;
• design of courtyard façades based on existing architectural details and
complement of missing ones on the principle of analogy;
• location of the dumpster in a new place accessible from the entrance gate;
• introduction of four new lifts;
• replacement of the floor above the basement, elevation of the basement’s
ceiling, adaptation of the basement and ground floor for retail spaces;
• apartments’ rearrangement to the current functional and technical standards;
• conversion of the attic into apartments with the possible terrace entrance in
form of the roof hatch opened by hydraulic cylinders;
• e nlarging of existing windows and the building of new light wells providing
better light penetration into basement;
• d esigning of the underground parking garage under the courtyard with the
entrance located in the front façade;
• designing of the greenery in the centre of the courtyard.
Location 49A Koszykowa Street, Śródmieście district Architects
Pracownia Architektoniczno-Konserwatorska PROART – Anna
Rostkowska, Sylwia Trzałkowska, Agnieszka Rene – art historian Client
Ares Sp. z o.o. Design 2011 Completion 2012
Volume Total area Usable floor area Floors Underground floors Parking spaces
Parking garage area Residential units Retail spaces Residential units area Existing
15,822 cu m 3,619.2 sqm 2,799.5 sqm 4/5
1
–
–
34
3
28.9-101 sqm Concept project
16,294 cu m
4,472.4 sqm
3,351.3 sqm
5/6
1
22
365 sgm
50
6
37.5-97.4 sqm
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13 POZNAŃSKA STREET
REDEVELOPMENT AND SUPERSTRUCTURE
Location 13 Poznańska Street, Śródmieście district Architects SWECO
Architekci – Andrzej Markowski, Roman Popielawski Structural
engineers P.K.M. Dariusz Karolak Client Ipeco Sp. z.o.o. Architectural
design 2011
2,759 sqm Residential units total floor area 2,472.5 sqm (from
59.7 sqm to 174.7 sqm) • 6 floors, 1 underground floor • 23 residential
units, 2 retail spaces
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Building on Poznańska Street is a three-storey tenement house completed at the turn of 20th century. Its scale
is visibly straying away from the architecture of neighbouring buildings and creates a dissonance in the dense
and similar in height Poznańska Street frontage. The building’s interior is also neglected; lack of refurbishing
contributes to its devastation.
We are planning the rebuilt of the internal space, three-storey superstructure comprising two regular floors
and a penthouse on the top floor. The front façade will be in form of cascading terraces. This idea will allow
for better inscribing of our form into existing building development context and will make residential units’
interiors more attractive. It is planned to refurbish the existing walls and arrangement. New form through its
divisions and scale will refer to the existing one. The superstructure will comprise eleven apartments and a
penthouse encompassing the whole top floor.
The restoration of a part of ‚former Mokotowska Street’ is the idea standing
behind this project. Detailed reconstruction of the building’s pre-war façade
and outbuildings is planned. Currently its front façade is almost completely
deprived of all architectural details and it completely lost the character of times
during which it was completed. Its restoration would be a contribution in this
area revitalisation definitely increasing the prestige of important from the spatial
point of view section of Śródmieście. The shifted superstructure will comprise
residential spaces. It is planned to restore the façade’s historic appearance
dated back before 1939. Additionally it is planned to build a glass lift shaft from
the side of the inner courtyard.
Functional and spatial solutions comprise:
• restoring of façades with special focus on the historic architectural details
restoration;
• restoring of the entrance gate;
• constructing of two additional cascading residential floors – the first one
shifted 2 meters and the second one shifted 6 meters from the front façade;
• preserving of the existing cornice from the side of Mokotowska Street;
• superstructure windows arrangement harmonized with existing windows;
• adding of the glass lift shaft from the side of the courtyard;
• superstructure covered by a shed roof, the roof pitch 12o;
• new floor surfaces in the courtyard.
The economical form and the detail of superstructure was designed by architects out of necessity of the creating of a new volume harmonious with
surroundings. It will allow the restored façade to be the main feature.
40 MOKOTOWSKA STREET
FAÇADE RECONSTRUCTION AND SUPERSTRUCTURE
Location 40 Mokotowska Street, Śródmieście district
Architects arch. Piotr Bielecki, arch. Dominika Zubkowicz
– Historic façade design Irena Oborska, Andrzej Jerzewski
Structural engineer Krzysztof Pawłowski Design 2012
Volume 13,820 cu m, including existing volume –
11,070 cu m, superstructure – 2,750 cu m Nett usable floor
area 2,632 sqm, including existing floor area – 2,030 sqm,
superstructure – 602 sqm Total area 3,637 sqm, including
existing area – 2,850 sqm, (floors and underground floor),
superstructure – 787 sqm • 5 existing floors + two-storey
superstructure
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UNIVERSITY OF ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMER PRINTING
HOUSE BUILDING – ADMINISTRATION
AND DIDACTIC FUNCTIONS
The project covers:
• respecting of the existing architectural tissue;
• introducing of the new function in regard to the existing
composition and creating of well-defined modern architecture inscribed in the existing, refurbished one;
• adapting the building to the role of University’s flagship housing the President’s office;
• adapting the building for the disabled persons.
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Location 12 Olszewska Street, Mokotów district Architects
Archimed Sollers Sp. z o.o. Project direction Michał
Grzymała-Kazłowski (PhD) Collaborating architects Dariusz
Kuljon, Joanna Wachowicz, Aleksandra Ruszkowska, Sylwia
Pskit - student Structural engineer Bogusław Stejkowski
Client Univeristy of Ecology and Management Architectural
Building area 536.35 sqm Building’s volume 10,749.58 cu m
Total floor area 2,477.45 sqm Usable floor area of
retail spaces and circulation 2,008.56 sqm • 4 floors,
1 underground floor • 6 on site parking spaces
SCENARIO I
MASTER PLAN AREA
EXISTING BUILDINGS
AREAS NOT COVERED BY THE PLAN
EXISTING BUILDINGS WITH
SUPERSTRUCTURE
EXISTING BUILDINGS
PLANNED BUILDINGS
PLANNED BUILDINGS
TREES
SCENARIO II
MASTER PLAN FOR POZNAŃSKA STREET AREA
Master Plan by STUDIO KA
Project direction Professor Krystyna Gruszecka, Project team Ilona Izdebska-Józwik, Łukasz
Beń, Piotr Kalbarczyk, Małgorzata Twarowska, Grażyna Matusewicz-Wlaź
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Area covered by this Plan is located in the very centre of Warsaw. It has a multifunctional
character and consists of dense, mostly historic building development. It also comprises
sections that will be heavily developed thus creating a new skyline of the city core. Its feature is the large number of mixed-use volumes including buildings housing local and state
administration offices. This area consists of urban spaces of special importance from the
city scale point of view. Among others: Dmowskiego Roundabout area and south-eastern
corner of Jerozolimskie Avenues and Chałubińskiego Street. Presented here study comprises scenarios of the development for this important area with special emphasis on above
mentioned sections. A new volume with height referring to existing Polonia Hotel is planned
next to the Dmowskiego Roundabout in place of existing today Cepelia building. The Novotel
and Universal mid-rise buildings located around Dmowskiego Roundabout that are covered
by so called East Wall Plan and PKO Bank seat at Nowogrodzka Street will create the spatial
composition of this section of the centre of the city.
Another important area comprises a group of high-rise towers located between Chałubińskiego Street, Emilii Plater Street and Jerozolimskie Avenues. Two scenarios were developed
for this area. The first, conservative one, is based on the assumption that height of current
towers will not be exceeded and a new high-rise towers complex, called Porta Varsovia, will be
located in place of the today’s educational complex. The second scenario, developmental one,
covering the redevelopment and extension of Intraco and Marriott Hotel buildings comprising
so called West Wall and the development of existing educational complex refers through its
scale to the high-rise towers grouped around PKiN (Palace of Culture and Science), which
means here towers slightly higher than 240 meters. The plan’s fundamental assumption was
the creating of new attractive public spaces and enlivening and making interesting the existing
ones. To achieve that, urban planners designed the parallel row of public spaces with green
areas located at the junction of Wspólna Street and Emilii Plater Street and the public plaza
created by the redevelopment of the collector road – św. Barbary Street.
The collector roads concept was based on the assumption that vehicular traffic in the city
centre will be constantly reduced in favour of public transport and pedestrians. Planners strive
to more urban character of the streets with pedestrian crossings on the level of the street, e.
g. the tram and bus lane is planned on Marszałkowska Street and not only the underground
but also the ground level pedestrian crossings at Dmowskiego Roundabout.
Students concepts for the spatial development of the one of the most interesting
and the most intriguing areas of the Skarpa
Warszawska (Warsaw Escarpment) were prepared in cooperation with Professor Danuta
Kłosek-Kozłowska of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology,
Culture Shock Foundation and ’Warsaw Way
of Culture’ Project. The ’Volume for Culture’
assignment was a pretext to take a look at
the huge cultural potential of the Escarpment
area. This task will be developed in the same
cooperation in the years to come.
The assignment description:
’Volume for Culture’ is an ambiguous formation. It is a keyword, an impulse to start ones
imagination, to answer the question how in a
defined space of clear compositional shape
and outstanding scenery one can create something more, something that will intrigue,
attract an attention and charm with its new
form created for the culture and its different
faces.
It appears on the escarpment between Trzech
Krzyży Square and monumental flight of stairs
running to the river.
With the Square it is linked by the public space of Prusa Street. It should create a comfortable form that will attract passers by. Its
interior shall be characterized by the high quality architectural details, flooring, used materials, colour patterns, lighting system, street
furniture and greenery. Equally important will
be an idea for the street space thematization
which shall encourage passers by to visit the
place where is the ’Volume for Culture’.
VOLUME FOR CULTURE. ESCARPMENT
Study by
Nella Rautenstrauch – architecture student
’Volume for Culture’
Street furniture and their locations.
Form of light backlit exhibition cubes emerging from behind the trees.
A square dedicated to Bolesław Prus on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of prominent writer’s
death. Making more attractive the section of Warsaw connecting Trzech Krzyży Square with Na Skarpie
Avenue.
SUPERVISOR
Professor Danuta Kłosek-Kozłowska
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Study by
Vo Hoang Linh – architecture student
Dariusz Rowicki – architecture students
Project prepared for the Architectural Preservation and Modernization classes conducted at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Warsaw University
of Technology.
The project was located on the plaza with a ’great stairs’ located on the Bolesław Prus’
axis on the Warsaw escarpment. Designing concept starts on Trzech Krzyży Square
and runs along the Bolesław Prus’ axis towards Vistula River. We have noticed that the
square with a ’great stairs’ nowadays is desolated by Warsaw inhabitants although this
space has a huge locational and historic potential (once it was a place pulsating with
a social life) not mentioning about the excellent surrounding landscape.
The idea behind this reconstruction project was restoring a place’s former splendour.
Our proposal is the volume partly submerged under the ’great stairs’ with interesting
cultural functions and the landscaping development around it. New architecture of
the cultural function is modern in style thus referring to the historic neighbourhood.
One of the most important compositional elements is the restoration of the existing
fountain. Restored fountain together with the new volume will emphasize old composition’s axis. Designed greenery and lighting system will lead visitors to the new building
from Trzech Krzyży Square. The wholeness of designing concept has to surprise
visitors gradually. We hope that through the modernizing activities this space will
become an attractive simply cult location where different cultural events for Warsaw
inhabitants will be held.
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Study by
Tomasz Skoroszewski – architecture student
The former Central Park of Culture, presently the Rydz-Śmigły Park is an amazing place
– a huge park in the centre of the city interconnecting the city’s core with Vistula River.
Nowadays it is the neglected place falling into oblivion. Our project has to show what can
be done to make this location a real park piece.
Subject of the project is the combination of the reading room and café (a cultural café) that
is supposed to replace food stands and provide its users access to the culture. Additional
features promoting the culture are the place for open-air meetings and one of the rings of
the central terrace with the history of the place inscribed into its floor. The basic architectural
idea standing behind this project was the creation of the entrance in the form of cylinder.
The lift shaft’s façade basic skin was additionally surrounded by wide and elegant glass
stairs. This proposal has to provide as good as possible natural light penetration into interior
of the volume buried into the escarpment.
The shape of the circle and the curve was also repeated in the urban planning and architecture. Street furniture are also oval or located on the curved line of the terrace. Skylights on
the central terrace are in circular shape. Terrace’s floor is curved and divided into places to
seat and recreation areas emphasized by differences in their individual finishing materials.
The motif of the circle has been previously present in the park. We are speaking here about
circular flat structures destined for dance learning purposes, curved park alleys, arcades
comprising arched details and other small architectural forms. One can still find this motif
in the surrounding architecture, e. g. Parliament building.
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NURSERY SCHOOL WITH MAZE
Project team students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology:
Michał Antoszewski, Paulina Jolanta Dębska, Ewa Kurlanc, Kamila Mazur, Filip Nowak, Paulina
Świętochowska, Project direction Jakub Lewkowicz
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The architectural idea standing behind this project is a subtle isolation of the nursery school from
the surroundings. To achieve it the ground-level of the southern part of the site was lowered by
one-storey. It allowed the creation of two-storey façade opened onto south. Object is a one-storey
form in the northern part. This solution lowers the building’s energy consumption. In the hollow in
the ground was located a green area with many attractions for children. Our nursery school has
interesting spatial solutions: the two-storey main hall with a playground slide, the former at the
same instance serves as a playground and the children art gallery. The basement comprises the
maze which walls’ height from security reasons provide teachers a good view on playing pupils.
Energy-saving solutions:
Glass surfaces in the building have been designed in accordance with the low energy
consumption concept. The largest percentage of glass surfaces in south-facing façades,
The Young Culture Foundation – Hopsiup Project, Warsaw 2011.
Project’s curator Katarzyna Domagalska – art historian
Collaboration Joanna Krupa
The Young Culture Foundation – Hopsiup Project is engaged in early spatial education knowing that making children familiar with concepts and skills related to
the architecture, urban planning and the public life will give them measurable
benefits. The idea behind the Nursery School! Project was the real contribution
in the shape of the public building development dedicated to children following
the good Scandinavian examples.
The first step in the designing process was consultations with the main users
– children and their teachers. The architectural workshops conducted in the integrated nursery school No 247 in the Warsaw’s Żoliborz district have shown
how the children experience the space of the building, what they find attractive,
the lowest in nor thern ones. Internal walls were designed as sun heat accumulating
ones. All façades have the increased thermal insulation. Façades are tailored to fit to
the levels of natural light penetration during both the summer and the winter. In the
summer solstice day sun rays are arriving at 60° angle and in the winter solstice day at
14°. Terraces and their roofs are reducing the amount of sunlight in summer in order of
avoiding the overheating. In winter they allow the natural light penetration into building
and accumulate the solar energy.
Large volumes especially those accommodating lively children demand constant ventilation.
Heat recovery ventilation equipment is located in the north-western corner of the building in
the close vicinity of the building’s centre. Ground-coupled heat exchanger provides pleasant
cool air in summer and is responsible for the central heating in winter.
what disturbs them and what is missing. Defined by pupils the quality of the
nursery school was then interpreted by architecture students under supervision
of Polish-Danish architect Jakub Lewkowicz with the substantial cooperation of
Rockwool company. Two architectural concepts based on Scandinavian stylistic,
with energy-saving solutions and with the respect of the sustainable development
have been worked out. Together with the ’Le 2 Workshop’ architects students
have refined architectural details. The project has its own basic advantage; it was
designed on the existing site destined in Zoning Plan for the construction of the
nursery school for the newly developed section of Żoliborz South.
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
NURSERY SCHOOL OF SENSES
Project team students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology:
Paweł Artyfikiewicz, Olga Bartuszek, Anna Jackiewicz, Magda Koźluk, Aleksandra Krzywańska,
Maja Matuszewska, Filip Surowiecki, Katarzyna Szpicmacher
Project direction Jakub Lewkowicz
The main idea behind this designing concept is the possibility of unrestricted circulation in the building
and its as wide as possible opening onto three types of greenery: internal and external gardens and
the green roof. The heart of the building is an oval patio. Around it there are all rooms located along
the spiral axis of circulation. The ground floor comprises multiple use rooms for the youngest with
the access to the main patio and the upper floor is destined for older children and has an entrance to
the green roof. Perception of distance and size of forms changes depending on ones age and height.
Their accessibility also changes. Rooms for children do not overwhelm them but at the same instance
they cannot be too small. The subject of well-proportioned open spaces is the basic architectural idea
standing behind this project. Object’s value is interesting program of the outer garden comprising small
flower and horticultural garden for pupils. The garden as a whole utilizes the interesting landscape
configuration. Variety of textures, colours, smells and sounds in the both inside and outside areas of
the building stimulates the proper development of senses and their perception.
Energy-saving solutions:
• heat circulation: the north-facing façade categorized as a cold area; the southern façade is a warm
one. This categorization results from the amount of natural light which is influenced by the number
of windows in individual parts of the building. Except designed ventilation the building has its own
based on the convective heat transfer;
• shading: façades with the biggest sun exposure are covered in steel blinds allowing for the natural light
penetration into building in winter and protecting against UV rays in summer. This effect is increased
by shifted windows thus creating overhangs;
• solar panels located on the roof;
• green roof: usable, enlarges the biologically active area of the site and improves the thermal insulation
of the building in the nature friendly way;
• functional partition of the building: circulation and technical facilities located towards the north and
in the basement in the northern part of the volume, multi use rooms – larger towards the south;
• heat accumulating floors – the dark floor in multi use rooms.
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DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT OF THE FORMER PRESIDIUM OF THE GOVERNMENT SEAT
62 WSPÓLNA STREET
Concept by Rafał Szczepański – architect
Collaborator Mateusz Szurgot – architect
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The office building for the Presidium of the Government by
Marek Leykam was completed in 1952. This outstanding
architect that has designed not numerous but very original
edifices, in the age of domination of the socialist realism
architecture tried to create the architecture characterized
by the unusual, creative space being a kind of the rebellion
of imagination. Similar to this rotund volume is so called
Okrąglak in Poznań which architectural concept outrun The
Guggenheim Museum in New York. Former Presidium building is more like an architectural fantasy than efficient office
building. A result of the need of creation. Its extraordinariness and value as a piece of art must be complemented
by modern technologies and functions composed in a way
not depreciating the genuine spatial arrangement. Presented
here the project of evolution is a result of Marek Leykam’s
architecture fascination and the awareness of necessity of
its complementation. The project of the building that basically
has been housing state administration was characterized by
a circulation comprising three oval staircases and lift shaft
and the spacious conference room located in the basement
playing also the role of the nuclear bunker. Monumental lobby
gave the building the characteristic ambiance but the division
of functions and circulation left a lot to be desired. In the
following years building had been housing the Motoprojekt
company seat and the bunker was redeveloped into the ‚Pod
Kopułą’ movie theatre. At the turn of 21st century building
had been constantly devastated but it did not become the
victim of hectic redevelopment but remained the uncommon
piece of the architectural art worthy to be preserved. Having
in mind, that existing of a building with the barely acceptable
economical index might be extremely problematic we are
presenting the project being an attempt to save the object
through its indexes increasing. Diagonal circulation, conference and office spaces and dynamic interior not obliterating the basic composition are fundamental for our proposal.
Thanks to applied solutions we are gaining additional spaces.
Light steel structure based on the trussing is supported by
foundations of the inner ring.
Classical style palace located on Puławska Street on the top
of Vistula River escarpment was built between 1782 and
1786 in accordance with the design by Domenico Merlini.
It was patterned on the famous Renaissance residence Villa
Rotonda located near Vicenza, Italy, by Andrea Palladio. Królikarnia Palace has extraordinary history. During Kościuszko
Uprising it was playing the role of Kościuszko’s residence.
In 1816 it was purchased by Radziwiłł family from its first
owner, King’s Chamberlain Karol de Thomatis, and in 1849
the palace was bought by Pusłowscy family. After fire it was
reconstructed by Józef Huss. The last owner of the palace
was the Krasiński family.
In September 1939 palace was destroyed by Germans and
the kitchen, patterned on the Roman tomb of Cecylia Metelia from 1st century BC also did not endure the time of war.
The palace was restored not before 1964 and since 1965
it is housing the Xawery Dunikowski Museum. Both the architecture and the history of this building and its inhabitants
make it so unusual. To continue it some designing steps
should be taken to make this classical style palace fit into
modern standards of residences or higher culture objects.
It has extraordinary subterranean passageways interconnecting different buildings of the palace complex. In the past,
adjacent park comprised brickyard, brewery, barn, inn, mill,
and located on the slope of the gorge kitchen, that we can
still admire nowadays. In order to increase palace’s operational values we are presenting the project that will breathe
a new life into historic object. The new, underground part
located in front of the Królikarnia Palace will give it necessary additional space of the highest standard.
Universal structure allows for different variants of functional scenarios. If the palace would ever return to its basic
residential function the new form would comprise spaces
for personnel and security personnel, parking garage, new
usable spaces and even a swimming pool or small movie
theatre. The inner, oval in shape courtyard would be turned into intimate garden. While keeping its basic functions
the Museum would gain the up-to-date, essential exhibit
spaces, parking garages, storerooms, and even conference
rooms. This proposal would effectively increase the palace’s prestige and quality as an cultural object and make
the museum more attractive and competitive. The patio
is a perfect exhibit space. The volume located below the
ground level would not disturb the spatial perception of the
park and the palace itself.
KRÓLIKARNIA PALACE REDEVELOPMENT CONCEPT
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AVENUE OF GLORY WITH THE MOULD IN OLSZYNKA GROCHOWSKA
DEFENDERS OF EUROPE MOULD IN OLSZYNKA GROCHOWSKA
Concept by Józef Heliński – architect
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The urban study comprising the Defenders of Europe Mould
in Olszynka Grochowska (a part of Warsaw) is paying the
homage to all fallen soldiers defending Europe and homeland
during the one thousand years of Polish history, from the
Accepting of Christianity till modern times.
Urban concept is consolidated with the Vistula River hike
routes.
Planners created a 4 kilometres long collision-free road interconnecting the so called Avenue of Honour with National
Defence University in Rembertów, Avenue of Glory and the
Mould next to the Monument of 1831 Battle located at the
junction of Szeroka Street and Traczy Street.
From the Defenders of Warsaw and Europe Mould runs trails of historic battles fought on the fields of Grochów from
Szembeka Square to the Terespolska Street area.
The Mould was consolidated with the both the system of the
right riverbank hike routes running from the Masovian Land-
scape Park and Otwock city area to Zegrzyński Reservoir and
the left riverbank hike routes interconnecting Chojnowskie
Forests and Kampinos National Park.
Inside the Mould comprises a usable area sheltered by 16
metres high domes, with 32 metres diameter, encompassing
700 sqm each thus six domes will encompass 4,200 sqm
of usable area.
These spaces might be destined for exhibit, museum, religious or cultural purposes. They would be housing the urns
with ashes of soldiers fallen on every battlefield in Europe
and other continents thus creating a world mausoleum.
The Mould except the educational and museum function
would also be an interesting vista point opened onto Rembertów forests and Grochów area making this location a lot
more attractive.
One can reach the top of 50 metres high Mould through the
path made of white and red granite which length is 1,042
metres (each metre symbolizes one year of Polish history
from the Accepting of a Cross in 966 till 2012). It will be
extended each year by 1 metre and along it will be lined plaques commemorating important historic events and battles.
In front of the Mould is located a 100 metres in diameter
Parade Ground and beneath it an underground parking garage
for approx. 500 cars. Till now, 30 memorials with the names
of national heroes fallen during the defence of Warsaw and
Europe have been erected.
PALACE OF CULTURE AND SCIENCE – THE NEW OPENING
The project of the Palace of Culture and Science new entrance lobby results straightly from
the concept of the Palace’s surroundings neutralization.
Its functional formula seems to be depleted, it is ineffective as an office building and as a
conference centre, it is defending itself only by its location thus creating difficulties in area
of accessibility and logistics. The creation of three volumes encompassing 40,000 sqm
including the entrance lobby would be a new impulse in its development or we should better
say in this after all historic building existence sustaining. The Louvre has the Pyramid by Pei
and the salvage for the Palace would come from the same side and when the opportunity
occurs the city would sigh with relief.
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NESTING TOWER FOR COMMON SWIFTS
Project by Edward Dylawerski – architect
The tower with nesting boxes for the Common Swifts can be located in any place.
At the same instance it has to fulfil the size requirements for the nesting boxes and
provide an easy observation and cleaning. The proposed form of the box differs from
the standard cuboid and has a non-orthogonal form that has to allow the tower to
refer to its own function in some way and attract ones attention in the positive way.
Structure
The tower consists of steel column 30 cm in diameter with the foundation adjusted to
given location conditions. Six meters above the ground is steel platform (steel grate)
providing an easy access to nesting boxes. The latter are fixed to the steel, vertical
grillage allowing opening the boxes from the rear. Grillage is based on the column
and is stabilized by the arms connected with the platform.
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front
side
rear
Nesting boxes
Made of 19 mm thick waterproof plywood. Entrance for birds is located 5 cm above
the level of the box’ bottom and it has oval shape – the entrance dimensions 30x60
mm. Box has small overhang protecting it against the overheating and heavy rains.
Boxes are available in different sizes – their geometry and size of the structure are
easily adjustable to individual needs.
NESTING TOWER FOR COMMON SWIFTS
COMPETITION ENTRY
Concept by Open Systems Piotr Czyżewski
Location
• can be constructed on any location inhabited by Common Swift (latin Apus Apus), heavily
developed areas, parks and suburbs. Client indicated Warsaw locations. Answering the
needs of protection of this valuable, from the city ecosystem point of view specie, architects
proposed significant Warsaw locations: City Zoo, one of the Mokotów district backyards
on Łowicka Street, Trzech Krzyży Square.
Structure
• precast reinforced concrete;
• smooth surface of main column prevents predators and people from climbing up.
Nesting boxes structure
• polypropylene PP in the form of square tubes 18x18 cm;
• boxes can be disassembled for cleaning;
• box works as insulator upgrading birds’ comfort of living and also protecting against
atmospheric discharges;
• boxes are in different colours thus helping to identify individual families;
• PP is neutral for the birds’ health and is fully recyclable.
Logistics and tower assembly
• t ower dimensions are adapted to the standard semi trailer (it is not exceeding
13x2.5x2.5 metres);
• tower can be assembled with the use of the lorry loader crane.
Economics and balanced solutions
• precast structure is cheap and it can be assembled in any location around the world;
• tower does not need any special maintenance;
• tower can be assembled in an hour;
• tower is ready to use right after assemble;
• it can be disassembled as quick as was put together;
• small building area (approx. 0.6 sqm) assembled tower does not destroy the surface on
which it is standing.
Additional options
• LED RGB lighting system in tower’s lower sections has a decorative function but can be a
device attracting insects being food for Swifts;
• towers can be grouped thus complementing rows of trees.
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EUROPAN POLAND 2011
EUROPAN is a biennial competition for young architects under 40s to design innovative housing schemes for sites across Europe.
EUROPAN EUROPE federation was established in 1988 by 9 European countries. Now it associates 22 countries. The competition encourages
architects to address social and economic changes occurring in towns and cities and offers the opportunity for the cross-cultural learning and
networking for the architects and site promoters involved.
FRIENDLY RADIATION – the leitmotif
BENEFIT FROM THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF INVESTMENT IN TRANSFORMATION OF
DEGRADED INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF GROCHÓW DISTRICT INTO A MULTIFUNCTIONAL
RESIDENTIAL QUARTER
EUROPAN
CITY STRATEGY
During last few years the development of Warsaw – the largest city and the capital of Poland – has sped up significantly. The position of administration,
education, cultural and business centre and the higher than in other parts of Poland average salary resulted in the constant migration. Growing
population and the spatial development resulted in the urban tissue expansion. Warsaw authorities’ strategy is the increasing of building development
density through, among others reurbanisation of post-industrial and railway areas. Organizing of the UEFA EURO 2012 and building of the city’s
biggest concert hall for Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra focused ones attention on the necessity of development of areas located on the eastern Vistula
riverbank. Interest in sports event and accompanying it developments advantageously influenced growth perspectives for this part of the city. The
project should take into account the social specifics of Praga district and prevent its inhabitants from the social exclusion. The optimal ratio between
the residential building development, sports areas, modern industry and office and retail spaces should be conductive to the harmonious and
balanced district’s development. Because of the peripheral location of the given site, the creating of the clear network of urban interrelationships –
both locally and in terms of the whole agglomeration – requires the development of attractive, enticing function located at the end of Podskarbińska
Street. Proposal should take into account how to solve the problem of existing transportation obstacles in the form of railway tracks and the proper
isolation from the latter.
THE JURY
Chairman
Reporting judge
Secretary
Jakub Szcz´sny – architect, Poland
Mirosław Jednacz – architect, Poland
Frauke Burgdorff – architect, Germany
Katarzyna Furgaliƒska – architect, Poland
Holger Kleine – architect, Germany
Marek Mikos – architect, Poland
Tomasz Zemła – architect, Poland
Joanna Szczepaƒska – architect, psychologist, Poland
Karol Kobos – journalist, Poland
Hubert Wójcicki – architect, Poland
FIRST PRIZE
Concept by
Barbara Skrzypczyk – architect, Poland
Marcin Skrzypczyk – architect, Poland
Katarzyna Chabanne – urban planner, Poland
Jury statement
The proposal covers the strategy of development of areas not covered by local spatial development plans. A new idea, as defined by its authors, is based on the process of negotiations
between the private sector and public institutions managing areas destined for the further
development. Given here location is its example.
Municipal authorities in this case are following their own spatial planning politics being a mediator between business and local communities. Authors’ reflections are enriched in analysis
prepared for three different scales of the spatial development. First is the largest one, it
comprises the whole city. Second one covers single district and the last one is focused on
the post industrial area with culture-forming and sports functions located on-site or in its
immediate vicinity. Authors envision extensive revitalization of the above-mentioned areas
and the creation of thirteen new city blocks. A new street network results from the shape
of these latter structures. The Plan emphasizes the primary role of Podskarbińska Street as
a main north-south axis interconnecting culture-forming public functions such as planned
new ‚Sinfonia Varsovia’ concert hall with the surrounding park and existing stadium and
community centre. This arrangement is especially important for the post-industrial, revitalized
northern part of the site. Proposed thirteen blocks are conceived as structures surrounded by
belts of greenery. The formula of blocks or puzzles makes it possible to create the catalogue
of structures with accompanying greenery that can be arranged as needed. The type of
arrangement of each of these thirteen areas is the object of negotiations between municipal
authorities and the private sector. During the negotiation process the former offers the latter
area with different types of development for the further selection. The client can choose from
the catalogue of many types of greenery and architectural forms. The variety of choice allows
flexibility. Project sees the existing rail network as a positive factor, through which one can
perceive the city as a dynamically expanding metropolis.
According to Jury this work lays down new criteria defining the urban space. It offers a long
term strategy which results are not immediate but dependent on decisions taken during the
rebuilding process. At the start one knows only the extent of thirteen blocks (urban spaces).
Proposal’s additional advantages are the introduction of green solutions and return of local
unemployed on the labour market thanks to offered various back to work trainings. The latter
results from above-mentioned negotiations between municipal authorities and the private
sector.
Project’s weakness is the lack of detailed scenarios of the possible development. Too many
aspects were left for the Jury interpretation. To recapitulate: authors emphasise the key
role of the municipal authorities as bodies with the largest impact on the urban planning.
They are responsible for the creation and implementation of the long range coherent urban
planning. Authors point out that urban planning must always go hand in hand with social
and economic changes.
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SECOND PRIZE
Concept by
Mateusz Herbst – architect, urban planner, Poland
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The ’Taking from Within’ project starts with the analysis of the site in the wider context. The
author refers to the scale of neighbouring urban structures and especially to the one that
exists in the south-eastern direction from the site. He introduces new housing estates of
similar scale and layout.
Work’s title refers to the industrial location identity which is preserved in a symbolic way.
Some structures like chimneys or water tanks will be demolished and others like old industrial
buildings in the northern part of the site will be converted into ’Zone of Creativity’. From the
noise of residential quarters the latter will be separated by a small park running alongside
existing railway.
Such residential buildings were built in 1950s and 1960s not in Grochów only but also in
Praga Północ and Muranów, and proved to be attractive locations. Despite the poor architec-
ture these housing estates were huge sociological success thanks to vast green areas and
fields that are missing in contemporary residential quarters.
Author’s analysis proved that the communist era architecture did not develop good standards
for commercial functions. This project combines both through the location of commercial
units on ground floors and the greenery on roofs.
To make the best location decisions author asked local residents about their needs regarding
different public functions such as movie theatre for example.
Author also dealt with the problem of rainwater excess by designing the water gathering
system and a cascade in the park in the vicinity of planned ’Zero Pavilion’.
Work’s strongest advantage is a well prepared analysis allowing elaborating the project from
urban and social points of view. However conclusions are not too surprising, the proposed
solutions are proper and rightly refer to the existing urban tissue and its transport network.
Project’s weakest point is the intention to change the old cycling track into some sort of open
air market. One may find here a kind of ironic commentary to the history of National Stadium
built in place of former X-lecia Stadium (10th Anniversary of Peoples Republic of Poland)
which for many years has served as a monstrous market.
University
MOBILITY NETWORK
7 QUARTERS
Pieces on the landscape
SOLAR PANELS PARK
High density houses
Elevated blocks
Urban corners
Mixed buildings
Basements and towers
WETLAND
GREEN COURTYARDS
PRIVATE GARDENS
URBAN ORCHARDS
Semicovered park
GREEN ROOFS
GREENHOUSES
HONOURABLE MENTION
Concept by
Jordi Peralta – architect, urban planner, Spain
Joan Caba Roset – architect, urban planner, Spain
Marta Masferrer Juliol – architect, urban planner, Spain
Jorge Perea Solano – architect, urban planner, Spain
This work is an attempt to create a new spatial layout which is supposed to symbolize a
’green way’ and changes in inhabitants’ expectations.
Economic survival is only possible through accessibility. That is the reason why the whole
traffic is directed on two main east-west streets (Żupnicza Street and Kijowska Street). Newly
created north-south street called ’Brochette’ is destined for the bicycle and pedestrian traffic
only. It is interconnecting the metro station with the new university. Such approach is well-founded because rail tracks are the impassable border and the whole area can be treated
as a ’pocket’. The plaza was located on the crossroads of Brochette and Żupnicza Street and
creates a new mixed-use centre.
Rail tracks network serves authors as a model for the landscaping approach. Landscape here
is a green carpet made of many different natural materials – urban orchards, wetland areas,
green alleys and courtyards, private gardens, greenhouses, green roofs, etc. Special attention
was given to the balanced water system. These natural features and architectural structures
located in given area harmonize with their neighbourhood and infrastructure. The closer to
nearest quarter and main traffic routes the larger number of public functions. Inversely, the
closer to the ’rail barrier’ the more private areas.
It is clearly visible in objects’ structures – 7 quarters, 7 typologies, 7 different personalities.
Housing estates with residential buildings from 1 to 6-storey high resemble the city in the closest way. Mixed typologies here mean mixed social groups. The same happens in the district
of ’basements and towers’ which consists of buildings from 8 to 14-storey high comprising
the third-rate technological quarter. The stadium in the southern part of the site, one of the
few buildings by Maciej Nowicki that survived in modern Warsaw will be remodelled and new
sports facilities will be added to it.
The garden-city and residential towers were located in the northern wetland areas. This is
where the ’pieces on the landscape’ located in orchards complete the picture of the whole.
Brochette runs through all 7 quarters as the X-rays.
However some aspects of this work are controversial, the Jury is convinced that Warsaw
would be enriched by such urban solution. Further research may result in the unique fusion
of advantages of both the city and the rural locations.
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COMPETITION
for
the design of the artistic and spatial
concept of the permanent exhibition
of the Museum of Polish History in Warsaw
Organizer
the Museum of Polish History in Warsaw, 35 Senatorska Street.
Jury verdict was announced in Warsaw on 6 December 2011.
The Jury:
1. Professor Andrzej Rottermund – director of the Royal Castle
Museum in Warsaw, Chairman,
2. Professor Jolanta Choińska-Mika – historian, University of Warsaw,
3. Professor Juliusz Chrościcki – art historian, University of Warsaw,
4. Maciej Czeredys – architect, reporting judge,
5. Professor Jack Lohman – director of the Museum of London,
6. Piotr Majewski (PhD) – director of the National Institute of
Museology and Collections Protection, representative of the Ministry
of Culture and National Heritage,
7. Allan Starski – production designer and set decorator,
8. Professor Wojciech Tygielski – historian, University of Warsaw,
9. Professor Jerzy Zdrada – historian, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
has awarded:
FIRST PRIZE WINNER
• WWAA PRACOWNIA PROJEKTOWA MARCIN MOSTAFA
• PLATIGE IMAGE Sp. z o.o., Poland
RUNNER-UP PRIZE WINNER
• STUDIO PROJEKTOWE PIOTR GOVENLOCK
• BULANDA, MUCHA – ARCHITEKCI Sp. z o.o., Poland
THIRD PRIZE WINNER
• TEMPORA S.A., Belgium
The winning entries in the architectural competition for the
concept of the building of the Museum of Polish History in
Warsaw (location – over the Łazienkowska Express Route,
along Jazdów Street axis) were announced on 6 December
2009. The winning project by Paczowski et Fritsch Architects,
Luxembourg and all other awarded entries were published in
catalogue accompanying the 2010 PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
exhibition.
FIRST PRIZE
Concept by
WWAA Pracownia Projektowa Marcin Mostafa
Platige Image Sp. z o.o.
We have proposed the project that has the potential to survive in time in spite of dynamic
changes in the young generations’ perception and the breath-taking technological progress.
Priority was the innovative approach to the topic in the area of both the spatial arrangement and utilisation of up-to-date technologies. We have put the special emphasis
on the creating of the clear and intuitive narration, exposing educational values of the
exhibition. The Freedom that has driven all fields of social and political life is the leitmotiv
of the whole exhibition. Such understanding of the freedom will allow the meeting of two
narrations - ’the great politics’ and ’the ordinary citizen’. It will also allow clear demonstration of the nexus of the most important sections – institutional, ethnic and religious.
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The departing point is the creation of the fast flow that will be an exhibition’s backbone. In
the substantial layer the exhibit will comprise the turning points of Polish history: Accepting
of the Cross • Medieval Fragmentation of Poland • Royal Elections • Partitions of Poland •
Independence • World War II • ’Solidarity’ Movement.
Spatial form for the consecutive stages will be nests – a large interactive installations being
a focal point of every gallery. They will be in different shapes and aesthetics, adequate to
the presented content.
The narration in nests and chosen accompanying installations will be based on interactive
computer graphics and animations. We wanted the visual language to be changing together
with the individual gallery ambiance keeping at the same instance coherent style with the
Museum. Change in the floor arrangement will be the element signalling to the visitor the
change of narration. Its going up and down form is supposed to be in the harmony with
historic turning points.
ARTISTIC CONCEPT
A detached form – a poignant content, which was the motto standing behind the exhibition
design in its material aspect. Interior design fully utilises the potential of Museum’s architec-
tural concept – enormity of the undefined daylight flooded space. It demands the introduction
of dramaturgy and internal divisions. On the other side, the architectural simplicity of the
Museum obligates to similar approach to its interior. This simplicity is not only the referring
to modernist traditions of pre-war Warsaw but it is also the expression of most recent world
trends in designing of museums.
Divisions are determined by exhibition narration and they were not created by the introduction of walls or separated spaces – these structures evolve thus creating successive spatial
arrangements. The path is started by organic forms, ’boulders’, where visitors find the tale of
the beginnings of Polish state. Accepting of Christianity is depicted by a concentric arrangement of elements that together with the flow of a tale organize themselves orthogonally thus
creating plaza on the plan of a square. The focal point is the capsule – a portal taking visitors
to the Royal Elections fields. In the zone of Partitions of Poland the dense urban structure is
levitating above visitors’ heads, torn apart in three thematic sections. Independence consists
of floating objects filled by realistic content – a kiosk, a cinema, a theatre. They impersonate
the dream of ’glass houses’ and are the refreshment before the next WWII zone. The last zone
of the exhibition is strongly determined by the arrangement of forms – it is the Communist
PRP symbolized by humongous blocks. From here one is being led to the garden of Freedom
which is the end of the symbolic circle.
The peculiar urban planning is set on the previously planned grid, visible in the flooring and
in the majority of divisions – its rigorous principles avoid only the most exceptional historic
events, the turning points like Accepting of Cross or Royal Elections.
Permanent exhibition area encompasses 8,515 sqm.
The temporary exhibitions hall encompassing approx. 1,100 sqm is dedicated for temporary
installations only. It is a closed mental structure – in categories of narration and main artistic
decisions. Open and capacious artistic form devoid of substance in its own matter, perfectly
allows for modifications (introduction of new technologies, museum pieces, materials and
concepts of presentation of individual events). Educational space for children encompasses
102 sqm.
SECOND PRIZE
Concept by
Studio Projektowe Piotr Govenlock
Bulanda, Mucha – Architekci Sp. z o.o. (Poland)
The starting point for the concept of the museum was the architectural idea by Bohdan
Paczowski and his Project Team. The Museum of Polish History edifice concept was based
on its historic location and lay of the land thus resulting in the symbolic bridge connecting
consecutive historic events. Building itself is an open timeless form, and architects designed
it as a spatial frame for the internal exhibition. Respecting the simple, ’container’ architecture
our project do not introduce any new internal architectural divisions.
Project’s essence is the introduction of significant spaces being the visual metaphors of
consecutive epochs into the huge volume. These forms, strong in their meaning and marked
emotionally comprise frames for exhibitions showing consecutive chapters of Polish history
narration – from ’medieval Poland’ to ’Free Poland after 1989’. Their arrangement is subordinated to the focal point – 150 metres long ’axis of time’ which continuity, duration and
symbolic opening onto past and future events is suggested by its symbolic ’breaching the
wall’ and running into outer space. Parallel with the main axis of narration run paths anticipated
by the scenario – the Politics, the Economics, the Society.
Building will comprise functionally diverse spaces: public Forum, temporary exhibitions rooms, cafés, retail spaces, reception etc. The exhibit space is separated from the Forum (next
to entrance and exit) by two high (5 metres) portals opening it and at the same time separating
it from surroundings. At the beginning and the end of the path two huge (5x5 metres) virtual
maps will be located depicting historic changes of Polish state’s borders and territory. In the
entrance visitors will be welcomed by animation based on the map of Poland and Europe
titled ’From the beginning to present day – Poland in Europe.’ This installation is supposed to
acquaint visitors with Polish history in European context. Running along the whole exhibition
area internal ’wall of time’ is a screen for historic almanac; thanks to it visitors can check basic
information any time they wish to. On the opposite wall visitor is accompanied by metaphorical ’parade of history’, a retinue of both historic and anonymous figures. Their location on
the visitors’ level is supposed to let the latter to feel the course of time. Both walls create the
continuum for narration comprising six sections corresponding with great epochs: Medieval
Poland 960-1505 • Poland between 1505-1795 • Partitions of Poland 1796-1914 • Ways to
Independence and Independence 1914-1939 • World War II 1939-1945 • People’s Republic
of Poland 1945-1989 • Free Poland after 1989.
The project covers the idea of ‚open museum’ in which visitor may choose the individual
path, e. g. explore the complete history of Solidarity with its historic context or take one of
defined paths. The Museum of Polish History is supposed to be the narrative one, based on
up-to-date electronic transmission.
Architects proposed the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in tickets
which will allow the individual visiting. Ticket will be remotely controlling all interactive devices. Audiovisual guides introduction is also planned. It would be Personal Digital Assistant
(PDA) devices with specialized software. They would lead individuals through specific paths.
PDA’s contents would be published on Internet thus allowing for ’taking the museum home’.
Animations on façade
Architects designed screens separating façades’ glass surfaces from the exhibition hall which
regulate the natural light penetration into museum. It resulted in additional space that can be
used for animations screened on the whole façade. These animations would be a landmark
for all those driving Łazienkowska Express Route and become another icon of the Museum.
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THIRD PRIZE
Concept by
Tempora S.A., Belgium
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The Museum of Polish History has the ambition to become a high-tech, narrative and of international scale
architecture. Our intention was to adapt our project to the calm architectural design in a way strengthening
its elegance. Modern form excellently harmonizes itself with the splendour of neighbouring historic buildings.
That’s why we have decided to tread it as an enormous display case comprising six spinning tops forms
comprising one gallery each. It is not only emphasizing differences between past and present times but
this stage design is evolving to huge size and allows for the creation of the Icon that might become one of
the important components of the Museum’s image.
The functional and spatial arrangement of the permanent exhibition
Museum consists of six galleries; each of them comprises one or few introducing or summarizing spaces
and three thematic axes allowing the pass through from one space to another.
The Rise of Poland and Middle Ages. Project emphasizes the role that the Christianity played in the building
of Polish state, that’s why gallery was located in the symbolic interior of the Romanesque church. Referring
to the church’s floor plan we have designed three thematic axes symbolizing three naves. Interior design
here was based on the décor of first sacral buildings. Each gallery will be connected with the tree. First
gallery’s tree is an oak the symbol of ancient times being the natural metaphor of transition from paganism
to Christianity.
The Most Serene Republic of Poland. The gallery arrangement was inspired by the Copernicus heliocentric
theory. It is a base for the introducing space’s interior décor and arrangement and length of three axes
exiting introducing space. Tree – lime, a symbol of the times when Polish literature began to shape itself.
Partition of Poland. Visual representation of the Poland tearing apart that is
so important in the common memory of Poles. Broken lines and acute angles
create walls and intensify the ambiance of violence. The tree is a willow, the
traditional symbol of mourning and melancholy.
Second Polish Republic. Designed to surprise the visitor. We have created
the unusual path restoring the ambiance and spatial arrangement of the
dynamic interwar Warsaw with its multi-storey tenement houses and full of
light night life. The symbol of the gallery is a pine, a tree that grows even on
the brink of the precipice that’s why it is a perfect metaphor of the country
facing doubtful future and founded on unstable grounds.
World War II. We wanted to create the dynamic space that’s why our design
is supposed to reflect the idea of collapse and annihilation of the old world
(leaned forms, stopped in the half way). Tree connected with this gallery
is a birch, typical for Katyń area and eastern Poland thus a perfect natural
symbol, a witness of martyrdom of nations.
The communist era. Design was inspired by architectural forms typical for
the socialist realism architecture. Gallery’s space comprises row of flats,
buildings glued together and deprived of their front façades and interiors.
Gallery’s chronological order reflects forced by authorities periods of normalization and periods of social rebellion against ruling communist party.
STUDENTS’
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE 2011
From among all of the master degree thesis that were elaborated in 2011
by the students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of
Technology, the Jur y consisting of Universit y’s Professors and
representatives of the OW SARP (Union of Polish Architects), have chosen
10 ’Warsaw’ works that we are presenting in the hereby catalogue. The
master degree thesis of the young, entering their own professional path
architects is an important voice in never ending discussion upon Warsaw’s
spatial development vision. The complementary and often polemic voice
with the famous architects’ designs.
The first step, as hard as the master thesis itself, is the choosing of the subject
for further work. Thanks to architectural sensitivity of the young apprentices
of architecture each year we can discover a new areas of our city.
One of the criterion of choice was the range of problems that students
tried to solve. That is why no conclusions had been drawn that are seeking
for the common voice of the young architects. It is worth to notice
however that all thesis are characterized by the emphasis they put on
the tradition of given place and innovativeness of proposed solutions.
Besides of graphic components the master degree thesis’ comprise
theoretical dissertations that are far too extensive for this catalogue.
These theoretical dissertations are the indispensable basis for students’
independent, conscious and consequent designing process that is
ended by the presentation of architectural vision.
Marcin Górski (Ph.D.)
ROYAL ROUTE
The concept of development of Royal Route’s southern section: from the Belweder Palace to Wilanów.
Student Joanna Pętkowska
Supervisor Krzysztof Domaradzki (Ph.D.)
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The project is taking into consideration the subject of Trakt Królewski (Royal Route) – the
most important historic route in Warsaw – and has to develop its southern section, from
Belweder Palace to Wilanów. In this section Royal Route is not a clear continuation of such
important street. To upgrade its presence and making it coherent with the northern section I
am presenting the following steps that should be taken:
The whole Royal Route:
1. Interconnecting of the Royal Route, Na Skarpie Avenue and Bulwary Nadwiślańskie (waterfront) by corresponding thematic zones of different individual character;
2. Royal Route’s division into thematic zones that will made up a composition starting in
historic area of Warsaw Citadel and ending in the Wilanów Palace Museum.
Southern section – from the Belweder to Wilanów:
1. Similar to northern ones spatial connections of the Royal Route with its surrounding areas
applied in its southern section. Strengthening its connections with neighbouring cultural
institutions and recreational areas. These links will be signalised by rows of trees being the
continuation of main lime alley. Characteristic flooring and urban details.
2. Creating of public space along southern section of the Royal Route. Functional upgrading
of Royal Route’s surroundings. The Stegny and Sadyba residential complexes do not cre-
ate urban interiors along Sobieskiego Street. From the functional point of view these
structures are out of context of this street. Therefore one of the main designing tasks is
creating of public space along southern section of the Royal Route.
3. Similar to northern ones rules of vital points creating applied in Royal Route’s southern section. Squares’ frontages will be complemented. Culture-forming functions
located on ground floors. High quality urban details, proper scale and architectural
expression of building development.
4. Similar to northern ones Royal Route’s connections with crossing it side streets
applied in Royal Route’s southern section. These connections will be highlighted by
the continuation of lime alley running along Royal Route’s main axis.
5. Continuation of green areas which in the northern section are interconnected by
Escarpment. The Stegny and Sadyba residential complexes’ green area turned into
attractive park allowing sports activities and leisure.
6. The introducing and complementing of historic lime alley.
7. The introducing of tram line connecting Royal Route’s southern section with city’s
core, it would be running Sobieskiego Street, then turning in Rzeczpospolitej Avenue in
the direction of the Wilanów Palace Museum.
Making the Royal Route more readable in Warsaw’s urban structure is a care of city’s
historic beginnings and state’s cultural heritage.
INNER AND OUTER SPACE ACTIVATING LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE NEW CENTRE OF ŻOLIBORZ
The concept of Community Centre and the master plan for Grunwaldzki Square in Warsaw.
Student Joanna Kufirska
Supervisor Associate professor Marek Budzyński
The subject of this study brings on the issue of how to give to degraded spaces a new quality
that in rational way respects the historic substance and at the same time creates the space of
human scale. Conclusions had been applied and showed on the example of the new concept
of spatial development of the Grunwaldzki Square in Warsaw together with Culture Centre
for the Żoliborz district.
Design’s main aim is the using of the potential of existing urban structure and harmonious
continuation of the defined spatial arrangement, the historic Żoliborz. The starting point for
these designing activities was not just purely theoretic analysis of the location but also the
diagnosis of inhabitants’ needs whose knowledge, resulting from the empiric experiencing
of surroundings is priceless. It is aimed at the problem of social participation in the modern
world and its extremely important role in the city’s creation. The pro-social space is built
thanks to people. They, as actors of the city stage give it the certain character and allow it
to materialize in users’ general consciousness. That’s why activities related to the creation
of urban structure should be conditioned by factors ’in-socializing’ the space. The examples
of such activities are proposed designing changes in Grunwaldzki Square area. It is a place
non-existent in the inhabitants’ consciousness because it is functioning in the administration
nomenclature only. It is an unreadable area in the immediate contact and that is caused by
the unfinished historic urban arrangement.
I have decided to create here the harmonious tissue of the new Żoliborz as a part of the area’s
redevelopment. Proposed urban concept preserves the most valuable elements of the historic
arrangement with the simultaneous creation of the hierarchy of spaces of human scale. The
arrangement is supposed to have readable functional solutions that will allow the better acceptance and understanding of the location. The Culture Centre that was introduced is a kind
of urban and architectural landmark. The starting point for the creation of this volume and its
functioning was the fact that its inner space was supposed to cooperate in the harmonious
way with surroundings. That’s why its form results from the urban concept of the whole.
Project comprises also the component allowing its users to identify themselves with this
structure. It is a moving façade with lens stops screening names, last names, nicknames
or users’ certain motto. Thanks to that, inner stage actors change this volume in time and
create it constantly. In some way they become ’a component’ of the building which strongly
influences their esprit de corps.
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FUNCTION OF COLOUR IN ARCHITECTURE
The Faculty of Media Arts and Stage Design, Hoża Street.
Student Maciej Bogaczewicz
Supervisor Anna Grabowska (Ph.D.)
Colour in architecture can play almost any role. It may be a camouflage or can distinguish
the building, bound the latter with the neighbourhood or separate it. It can embellish any
structure or spoil it. However, the author has focused on colour positive aspects only one
must remember that colour is not a value in its own right, but it is just a measure to achieve
goals. While used deliberately and imaginatively it can be equally important component of the
architectural structure giving it the unique and compatible with human needs form. Colours
have significant impact on the human behaviour. If used skilfully they can be therapeutic,
stimulating or inspiring. Inside the building colour can be the carrier of information or play the
aesthetic role or build the ambiance of the place. On the outside the colour scheme depends
on the location and cultural and environmental conditions.
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The Faculty of Media Arts and Stage Design as a relatively new structure of the Academy of
Fine Arts is a quite specific specialization. Students are educated in many forms of visual
arts. Starting with traditional ones, through photography, spatial installations and ending with
alternative arts. The character of the interior should regulate and emphasize in the maximum
way the profile of activities. Faculties have been located on individual stories. Each floor
has its dominant colour which has the best effect on students of the particular faculty. The
dominant colour is applied on both walls and interior details. These colours are additionally
emphasized by the dark façade of the building.
The busiest part of the building comprises entrance, main hall, foyer and the mezzanine.
One will find here yellow colour on the fragment of the wall and vivid red stairs dominating
the whole space. Red was chosen as the most suitable colour for the circulation area. At
the same instant it is visible through the toned down façade and focuses the passers by
attention on galleries.
Upper floors have also been described by individual dominant colours: fuchsia – the Faculty
of Media Arts, white – the Faculty of Graphic Arts, grey – the Faculty of Photography, violet
– the Faculty of Intermedia Communication.
Spaces on individual floors were handled quite freely. Walls between rooms are made of
glass which allows to arrange them without the restraint or to separate them by using the
Venetian blinds. Such solution gives the impression of one system located on single floor
where different forms of education merge and create the wholeness.
Two top floors comprise ateliers that require the highest level of concentration. There is no
place for vivid colours, redundant corridors or galleries. These ateliers are isolated from the
noise of the street and double layered façade’s skin works as a light diffuser providing toned
down natural light which is perfect for artistic activities.
’UNDER-PASSES’
The adaptation of the degraded areas for new public
spaces. A case study of areas located under overpasses
of express route’s in Warsaw.
Student Zuzanna Cichocka
Supervisor Ewa Pachowska (Ph.D.)
The theoretical part of this work takes up a subject of public spaces that are ardous but at the
same time have a great potential. These are areas located beneath the express routes in Warsaw.
The above mentioned areas have a huge range, different characteristics but small business value.
The dilemma that author had to face is a departure point for considerations upon the urban
planning and human basic needs in the scope of social integration. Author describes a modern
approach to the urban planning and analyses the most problematic domain related to the human
life – the one related to a social life. The subject of analysis was the ’under-pass’ areas of the
Łazienkowska Express Route overpasses. For better picture other similar areas were also taken
into account – the Poniatowski Bridge and Siekierkowska Express Route.
Conclusions became an inspiration for the project. The design was based on the concept of connecting of existing areas from both functional and aesthetic points of view with the simultaneous
preservation of the overpasses’ features. Development possibilities are depending on inhabitants’
needs that’s why the basic concept presents area that can change depending on seasons of the
year or organized cultural events. Designed areas program comprises recreational areas and other
functions compatible with individual areas’ needs. The detailed program is a result of analysis
comprising the public opinion poll, areas’ cataloguing and author’s own observations. The project
covers arrangement of space under the chosen Łazienkowska Express Route overpass. Chosen
space was destined for modern public spaces comprising many forms of street furnitures.
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THE CONCEPT OF THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE FORMER WARSZAWA GŁÓWNA RAIL STATION AREA.
A CASE STUDY OF THE REVITALIZATION OF THE DEGRADED RAILWAY AREAS.
Student Katarzyna Kot
Supervisor Associate professor Danuta Kłosek-Kozłowska
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Such large undeveloped area in the centre of the city as the former Warszawa Główna Rail
Station is a significant urban issue. However, located in the core of the city it is not attractive
at all. Such impression is created by the lack of passers-by friendly areas, the immediate
vicinity of Zawiszy Square jam-packed with vehicles and the cross-town railway-lane. That’s
why this part of Warsaw is being avoided by both, the citizens and tourists. Nowadays it is
just a busy public transport hub.
The basic goal of the concept was the creating of an attractive public space in the heart of
the city in relation to the extension of the Railway Museum housed in historic building of the
Warszawa Główna Rail Station. The plan covers degraded area located between Towarowa
Street and Kolejowa Street and the cross-town railway-lane area running along Jerozolimskie
Avenues – in total it is encompassing 220,000 sqm of land in the centre of the city.
The plan covers the extension of the existing Railway Museum and the creating of the Warszawa Główna Railway Park consisting of the Rail Station area and rail tracks leading to
it. The latter will serve as an outdoor exhibitions venue. The Park will be divided into three
smaller areas of different functions focused on the culture, sports and nature. It would be a
mixture of attractions from the carriages transformed into restaurants or cafés to the railway
hand carts that can be operated by visitors on railway tracks on which regular trains do not
operate anymore. All other historic structures like the roundhouse for example will be adapted
for a new cultural or commercial functions. The Park would be also the completion of the
green areas that will be located to the north of Kolejowa Street in accordance with the Local
Master Plan of the Czyste area.
The whole area was opened onto Wola district and was connected with the new system of
streets. With the Ochota district it is connected by the footbridge. The latter is running crosswise the park and the Jerozolimskie Avenues and is interconnecting the Brylowska Street with
Grzymały Street. Along the cross-town railway-lane was located a row of the office buildings
at most 6 storey high that comprises a significant number of retail spaces. On the southern
side of Kolejowa Street the existing railway structures will be refurbished and completed by
a new commercial buildings comprising mostly restaurants, cafés and cultural functions.
THE SPACE OF SOCIAL REHABILITATION. COUNCIL HOUSING IN WARSAW
Student Agata Przybylska
Supervisor Piotr Kudelski – architect
’The space of social rehabilitation’ is above all the comfortable space to live.’
The volume presented here is an attempt to answer to the
pressing problem of the lack of council housing in Warsaw.
The theoretical basis for this project were the environmental
psychology studies and publications.
The studies were supposed to prove if there is a strong dependence between a poor quality of public housing and its
inhabitants’ social status. Local authorities’ politics seems to
be insufficient. Attempts aimed at solving the problem bring
only partial answers and still the large number of families live
in residential units of low standard of living, overcrowded and
in poor technical condition and many others are still waiting for
allocation. It looks like we need a completely new approach to
this issue, the one that will solve the problem of social exclusion
of families that use services provided by the social security.
The project focuses on the social aspect. The priority was
the creating of residential complex which spatial solutions
will allow for easy contacts between inhabitants thus will allow the creating of the friendly and safe place for living. This
was the base upon which complex’ program was developed.
It is supposed to comprise the residential units for sale as
well as council housing, retail spaces and open recreational
areas that will attract inhabitants to everyday, common activities. Such space is supposed to allow contacts between
different social groups and help those under social security
care to get out from the poverty.
The project was located in the existing, dense urban tissue of
one of the Ursynów district’s residential complexes. I decided
that because of the growing problem of the ghettoization in
Warsaw council housing should not be located in locations
that already are degraded from the spatial and social points
of view. Such locations make the new start only tougher.
This is why the main criterion for choosing Ursynów was
the possibility of the residential complex introduction into
urban tissue with the full access to technical facilities and
the transport network.
The additional advantage was the variety of types of building
development resulting in the variety of social classes in the
neighbourhood. It allows the use of so called by psychologists the perception of change process. The perception of
change utilizes here the fact that the social structure of this
part of Ursynów is not fully shaped yet and keeps changing
with every new completed building and its inhabitants. It
allows the introduction of some number (specified by studies) of council residential units that will not be noticed by
inhabitants thus there will be no reason for the process of
adaptation. Given location had a strong impact on the form
and idea of the complex.
Very important was the fact that I am introducing the new
form into the location that currently serves as the recreational
area. At the same time I was trying to find a framework for
the development of psychological process of attachment to
new place which is very difficult in case of the council housing characterized by temporariness. Finally I have decided
that the main inspiration for the volume’s concept will be the
adjacent park. The idea standing behind this project was a
fusion of park and existing dense structure of the residential
complex.
The building is supposed to be a link between the park and
the city. It resulted in a cascading volume. In the north building has one storey, and then it transforms into two-storey
townhouse and finally reaches six storeys from the side of
Lanciego Street. The higher part complements the frontage
of the street and in the same time protects the inner area
against the noise and pollution.
The greenery was introduced on two levels – on the green
recreational roof and on the inner open courtyards. One
reaches the roof through the ramp that starts in the park.
The ramp meanders between trees and ends on the roof
of the building’s lowest part. There are located small leisure areas and the children playground. Other par ts of
the building are accessible through flight of stairs or by
lifts. Façades overlooking the park are in the form of the
cascade of terraces leading ones down on lower levels.
Terraces are accessible for inhabitants straight from staircases inside the building.
The inspiration for greenery were meadows dominating this
area before its heavy development started. I have created
the green architectural structure that has to compensate
neighbours the loss of the open green space and become
a space of dialogue between two groups. The whole was
subordinated to inhabitants’ needs.
The project has to prove that the council housing architecture doesn’t have to be the separate field of the theory
of architecture but it should be a significant part of every
design.
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SASKA STAGE
The hostel. The former Warszawskie Ośrodki Wypoczynkowe ’Wisła’ (Warsaw Leisure Centre) swimming pools area,
407 Wał Miedzeszyński Street.
Student Agnieszka Lecyk
Supervisor Associate professor Ewa Kuryłowicz
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The essence of the river is in its unpredictability. One should not try to control it but should
cooperate with it instead. Therefore, the essence of the waterfront architecture is the emphasis that the unconstrained flow needs frames but not closed, defined forms. That’s the
basic idea behind this project.
Warsaw lives on the Vistula River but it seems like the city didn’t notice it. Meanwhile the
waterfront area has a huge potential of recreational and public spaces hidden in it. In 18th
century when Poland was ruled by king Augustus III Saxon this was the leisure area for
Warsaw inhabitants. At the beginning of 20th century throngs of people were enjoying the
hot beach sand. Even in 1980s crowds were swarming the public swimming pools. Only
masses of people that one can find there today are gawking passers-by when the city is
threatened by flooding... The design of a hostel located nearby the open air swimming pools
in Saska Kępa is a voice in discussion upon restoring the waterfront as a flagship of Warsaw.
Building of the hostel is seen in this design as an impulse for the reconstruction of the
waterfront between Poniatowski and Łazienkowski bridges. On the axis of the main descent
to the river would be located an open air stage with an open air auditorium inscribed into
landscape. In this case the river and the Marshall Rydz-Śmigły park on the left bank of the
river would act as the background for concerts and performances. Two complexes of open
air swimming pools located on both sides of the stage would be restored. The hostel, adjacent to the northern complex, would house a café, a kayak rental shop and a climbing wall.
Architecture located on the river is an architecture of the flow. It is a frame for flow – not
just the flow of water but also the flow of space, time and above all the flow of people. The
neighbouring Vistula River is determining the interior arrangement and the form of the hostel.
Practically the river can be seen from every spot and two cuts in the volume are leading
visitors straight on the pier.
The hostel is the place of rest but also it is a place of acquaintance with other cultures,
including the kayak one. It has to serve for the National Stadium visitors. But above all
it is oriented towards kayakers. Common meals, talking and spending time together are
the features of this culture but also the features of the hostel. Thanks to the separating of
the sleeping area from the common activities area (comprising auditorium, cafeteria and
common room) the hostel can serve as a conference centre. The third area – a café – is a
public space for hostel guests and sunbathers. The restoration of swimming pools would be
the first step to breath a new life in this forgotten leisure area. The landscape development
was subordinated to the natural landscape and it is emphasizing the uniqueness of this
location. There are no benches but anyone can come with the blanket and rest on the lawn.
The respect for nature, the location in the city’s core and the openness on inhabitants is the
key to the Vistula River’s right bank success.
CITY SPORTS CLUB
A place of recreation and meetings for the young.
Student Dominika Lipiec
Supervisor Piotr Trębacz (Ph.D.)
The project threatens the social issue as a superior question. The departing point for the designing process are the considerations upon young people as a social group looking for its own
place in the urban space. Such place should be a means to sustain the collective identity and
should have something that will attract the young, being essential and interesting for them. One
of many factors that we could name are sports activities, and the special group of them are city
sports popular in large urban agglomerations. The skateboarding or riding BMX bicycles is a
form of identifying ones with the certain lifestyle. Choosing this type of sports young people are
seeking for new challenges, emotions, extreme experiences and the adrenaline. The City Sports
Club fills the niche and is a complementation of the sports program for the Powiśle area. The
latter is easy accessible for cyclists because of its good cycling paths system.
Building’s function refers to the history of Oboźna Street and Dynasy Street area. In the past,
Warsaw Cyclists Association was located here together with Europe’s the most modern, at
that times, cycling track. New object is supposed to bring closer the history of the one of the
oldest sports associations in Warsaw. Additionally it is supposed to illustrate to the young
what are the beginnings of their passion.
The aim of the project is the creation of a new form with inscribed in it historic tissue, i.e.
rotunda’s brick walls. The preserved rotunda’s inner walls are still visible on the outside.
The heart of the building is a bowl. Around it were located additional functions. Inside club
members can see preserved walls that are a kind of the architectural sculpture. Neutral
colour scheme emphasizes walls’ colour and form. The ground floor has curved glass wall
comprising entrance which is hidden under the overhang. The façade comprises also the
architectural detail in the bulged form. Building covering dome refers to the rotunda’s form
and is visible for all those descending the Oboźna Street.
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THE CUSTODY IN WARSAW. THE SPACE OF EXCLUSION.
Student Jacek Dudkiewicz
Supervisor Paweł Grodzicki – architect
In the chosen location the natural action that should be taken is the complementing of missing
basic elements of urban quarters. The complementing of spaces after buildings destroyed
during WW II allows for putting these locations in order and their refurbishment. Similar actions
undertaken in many cities proved that effects are more than satisfying.
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If all available sites are finally complemented, how architects and urban planners will develop
the large urban complexes? Where should the new residential, retail and commercial spaces
be located? Is there any alternative for monstrous suburbs or continuous condensing of city
blocks? What will Warsaw look like in 2050?
One of solutions and answers are independent towers rising above the level of the 19th
century building development. In the face of such intensive development inhabitants should
resign from cars and accept new habits related to living in the city. Special privileges for the
city transport and bicycles and scooters should have been introduced ad least 10 years ago.
In every European agglomeration representing some spatial values car owners are paying lots
of money for entering the city centre. Parking a car is expensive, underground parking garages
and parking podiums are hardly available (e.g. Rome, Paris, Naples, London, Copenhagen).
Cars are eliminated from cities because public transport is cheaper, more efficient and more
effective. A question arises concerning the functions traditionally recognized as ’dirty’ and
undesirable in the city. Examples of the heavy development of the 20th century American
cities provide enough data and arguments upon pathologies they create. We are returning to
the sound and proven model in which one has five minutes walk (mostly by the stairs) to the
nearest shop and not 15 minutes drive by a car.
In the urban-forming context the main assumptions are:
a) the ordering and complementing of the existing urban quarters;
b) the introducing of new towers;
c) the preserving of retail and business spaces on ground floors;
d) the eliminating of cars and roads rebuilding into pedestrian walkways and bicycle lanes;
e) the progressive liquidating of parking spaces and their adapting for sports and leisure
functions;
f) the preserving and extending of the existing street frontages;
g) the visual separating of new structures from existing ones;
h) the incorporating into the city all functions, including those ’dirty’ ones.
In the architectural context the object is defined by its purpose. Functional requirements
are complementing urban postulates and are resulting from the needs connected with the
building’s proper operating:
i) an easy in control circulation (strict access control);
j) the building inscribed by its character into neighbouring development, ’tamed’ with surroundings;
k) the communicating with outer world forbidden for inmates (architectural details);
l) the ground floor allows for circulation between Równa Street and Stalowa Street;
m) the Custody for 240 inmates; a 10 person units; a single person cells;
n) the control of inmates;
o) the education facility (library) available for neighbouring buildings’ inhabitants;
p) the object’s integration with surroundings – entrance plazas (exhibitions);
q) the parking spaces reduced to minimum;
r) the creating of the city jail by the use of different architectural forms.
DENSE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING DEVELOPMENT AS A PART OF THE CITY. A CASE STUDY OF CITY
BLOCK LOCATED IN THE PRAGA DISTRICT OF WARSAW.
FUNCTIONS’ DIVISION
autonomic residential units
residential units with common circulation
apartments-ateliers
retail spaces
office spaces
public functions
Student Wojciech Fabiński
Supervisor Associate professor Joanna Giecewicz
The slowly changing Praga district has a manifold opinion between city inhabitants. In the
best place to live ratings it is placed on the very bottom of the list though often one can hear
opinions emphasizing its unique character and reach context. That’s why I have chosen the
city block in Praga district as a location for the subject of my master degree thesis. Existing
here building development is neglected in many areas. It makes me think what it may become and what is its future. It seems that if the development of Warsaw will be the same
as in previous 20 years then also Praga district will be heavily developed. Undoubted is the
fact that it has many assets. It is the right riverbank area located in the closest vicinity of
the left-bank’s vital areas. Bridges allow for access to the Old Town, the city centre or Wola
district, one can get there in few minutes. Planned development of city transport shall make
such journey even easier.
stop them? It seems that many circumstances are independent and simultaneously the lack
of any actions will result in the lost of the control over the ways of development. Having such
basis I have decided that the subject of my thesis will be the city block bounded by Brzeska
Street, Wieczorkiewicza Street, Markowska Street and Ząbkowska Street. The whole is a part
of historic urban complex of Brzeska Street. I think that the quality of the city in most will be
the result of coexistence between different social groups.
The reputation of the bad neighbourhood is changing and Praga district encourages new
inhabitants to move there. The potential of this place will soon be revealed for the rest of
city’s inhabitants. This feeling of inescapable development makes me think how it will look
like. What will Praga district be in the next 10, 20 or 50 years? And another question arises.
Are there any conditions that could result in specific progress of events, initiate changes or
The basic aim behind this project was the creating of area that on the one hand will be enticing
new inhabitants and on the other hand will be attractive for its present inhabitants.
The project comprises two mixed-use buildings consisting of media library, retail spaces,
office spaces and wide range of public, semi-public and semi-private spaces. All of it combined together shall create the part of Warsaw full of value.
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Academy of Young Architect in LOWICKA Centre is
a regular ’school’ for children from 7 to 9 years old,
based on the workshops method.
AMA helps to develop children’s interest in surrounding world, both the natural and developed one.
It teaches how to observe the world and how to
develop it in a creative way.
WHEN DID IT START?
The AMA project began in May 2011 as a part of the annual
’Plans for the Future’ exhibition that had been held in
the University of Warsaw Library building.
photo by BOGUMIŁA BOREJSZO
The AMA workshops
are being held
under auspices
of the Union
of Po l i sh A rch itects
AUTHORIAL PROGRAM
Workshop’s program was developed for the AMA’s
needs. Step by step the children are becoming
familiar with the terms, rules and secrets of good
spaces what results in a successful plays in designing.
The AMA’s program was worked out by two
architects Maria Rauch and Iwona Cała.
WHAT
IS SO SPECIAL
ABOUT
THE ACADEMY
OF YOUNG
ARCHITECT
?
WORK IN A TEAM
Every child has a chance to develop its interpersonal
skills and express its own opinions. While working
in a team children can debate, dispute and thus
find common solutions.
ALREADY BEHIND US
THE FORM workshops – the form, texture, colour,
colour scheme, pattern and rhythm, emphasis
and composition
THE WELL PLANNED HOUSES workshops – the first tree
houses, floating houses, mobile houses, first paper
made structures, American Indians’ teepees, tents,
huts and other houses of the world
THE CLAY AND THE BRICK workshops – we have voted
and we have chosen the favourite building
materials: a wood, a clay and the recycled
materials, then we have started building works
HOW DOES IT WORK? workshops – the secrets of
amazing architectural structures
STILL BEFORE US
May – WHO HAS DESIGNED IT?
that is the secrets of famous architects
June – WHERE TO HAVE FUN?
that is a little about places for children: the children’s
playgrounds, educational building blocks, summer house
B LO G
akademiama.blogspot.com
All workshops in chronological order can be found
on AMA’s blog
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Foreword by the Major of the City of Warsaw.......................................................... 3
Foreword by the Director of the LOWICKA Centre................................................... 4
PUBLIC BUILDINGS................................................................................................ 5
Office buildings complex, Burakowska Street......................................................... 7
The Mint, Prosta Street........................................................................................... 8
Office, hotel and commercial buildings complex, Świętokrzyska Street.................. 9
Office building, Woronicza Street...........................................................................10
Office building-former ‘Powiśle’ Combined Heat-and-Power Plant site,
Elektryczna Street................................................................................................. 11
‘The Park’, Orzechowa Street/Krakowiaków Street................................................12
‘Lincoln Park’, Wirażowa Street..............................................................................13
Office building, Jerozolimskie Avenues..................................................................14
The Banking and Financing Centre ‘Nowy Świat’ office building,
Lorentza Street.......................................................................................................15
Office building, Skierniewicka Street......................................................................16
Office building, Łopuszańska Street.......................................................................17
Office building, Łopuszańska Street.......................................................................18
‘P4’ office buildings complex, Postępu Street........................................................19
Office building, Spokojna Street............................................................................ 20
‘Warsaw Airport Business Park’, Żwirki i Wigury Street........................................ 21
‘Robyg Business Centre’, Rzeczypospolitej Avenue.............................................. 22
Office building, Wielicka Street/Domaniewska Street............................................ 23
ACJ - office building, Piaseczno.............................................................................24
‘X2’ office building, Czerska Street....................................................................... 25
‘R6 Business Park’, Rydygiera Street.................................................................... 26
Schindler company office building, Mokotów........................................................ 27
Office building with show-room, Puławska Street................................................. 28
‘Grist 99’ printing house building, Stare Babice..................................................... 29
Office building, Bartycka Street............................................................................. 30
Car care centre, Konwaliowa Street...................................................................... 31
Arab Republic of Egypt embassy, Wiertnicza Street.............................................. 32
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia embassy and ambassador’s residence,
Wiertnicza Street................................................................................................... 33
‘Piaseczno’ Shopping Centre, Piaseczno............................................................... 34
‘Klif’ shopping mall, Okopowa Street..................................................................... 35
Conference centre with hotel, Poleczki Street....................................................... 36
Warsaw Rowing Association, Wioślarska Street................................................... 37
Technical Services Centre, Metryczna Street/Bruzdowa Street............................. 38
Water Sports Centre, Żerań................................................................................... 39
Sports and Tourism Museum, Zieleniecka Street................................................... 40
K – 16 Climbing Centre, Czerniowiecka Street........................................................41
Public nursery school No. 4, Pruszków................................................................. 42
Educational complex, św. Urszuli Ledóchowskiej Street....................................... 43
Hotel, Młynarska Street......................................................................................... 44
Gym hall, Zaruby Street......................................................................................... 45
Nest of Taste, Samogłoska Street......................................................................... 46
Music school, Józefosław..................................................................................... 47
‘Kwadrat’ Theatre, New Town Market Place.......................................................... 48
University of Music, Dobra Street.......................................................................... 49
‘Harenda’ Hotel, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street................................................. 50
‘Chmielna 25’, Chmielna Street..............................................................................51
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.................................................................................... 53
Mixed-use complex, Kruczkowskiego Street......................................................... 54
‘19. Dzielnica’ residential building complex, Kolejowa Street................................. 55
Mixed-use building, Dereniowa Street................................................................... 56
Residential building, Tamka Street/Kruczkowskiego Street................................... 57
Mixed-use buildings complex, Siedmiogrodzka Street.......................................... 58
‘Krasińskiego’ housing estate, ul. Krasińskiego.................................................... 59
‘Rebel One’, Mińska Street.................................................................................... 60
Royal Mills, św. Stanisława Street/Wawrzyszewska Street/Ostroroga Street....... 61
Mixed-use buildings complex, Racjonalizacji Street.............................................. 62
Mixed-use building, Harfowa Street/Włodarzewska Street.................................... 63
Mixed-use buildings, complex, Sternicza Street.................................................... 64
Multi-family residential building, Kłobucka Street.................................................. 65
Mixed-use building, Bartycka Street...................................................................... 66
Townhouse, Słowiańska Street............................................................................. 67
Multi-family residential building, Mała Street........................................................ 68
Mixed-use building, Osowska Street..................................................................... 69
‘Uznamska 11’ multi-family residential building, Uznamska Street........................ 70
Multi-family residential building, Powstańców Śląskich Street.............................. 71
Mixed-use building, Krypska Street....................................................................... 72
‘Atelier Żoliborz’, ul. Przasnyska............................................................................ 73
‘Wilno 2’, phase I, housing estate, Szklana Street/Wierna Street.......................... 74
‘Wilno 2’, phase III and IV, Zamkowa Street........................................................... 75
‘Royal Park’, Królewska Axis................................................................................. 76
‘Klasyków’ housing estate, Białołęka.................................................................... 77
Mixed-use building, Postępu Street....................................................................... 78
‘Piano House’, Topiel Street/Zajęcza Street........................................................... 79
MULTI-FAMILY AND SINGLE-FAMILY BUILDINGS............................................... 81
‘Podchorążych 89’ mixed-use building, Podchorążych Street............................... 83
Multi-family residential building, Roztocka Street................................................. 84
Mixed-use building, Suflerska Street..................................................................... 85
Multi-family residential building, Serenady Street................................................. 86
Multi-family residential building, Przy Parku Street............................................... 87
Multi-family residential building, Kiprów Street..................................................... 88
Detached house, Konstancin-Jeziorna.................................................................. 89
Semi-detached house in Habdzin.......................................................................... 90
Semi-detached house in Falenica.......................................................................... 91
Detached house in Nadarzyn................................................................................. 92
House in Pyry........................................................................................................ 93
Mixed-use building in Nowa Iwiczna...................................................................... 94
Detached house in Radość.................................................................................... 95
Detached house in Pruszków – Malichy................................................................ 96
Detached house, Warsaw suburbs........................................................................ 97
Detached house in Wawer..................................................................................... 98
Detached house, Bielany....................................................................................... 99
Detached house in Izabelin.................................................................................. 100
Terrace residence in Konstancin – Kiereszek.......................................................101
V-house in Konstancin – Borowina.......................................................................102
Twig house in Józefów........................................................................................ 103
Detached house in Czarnów................................................................................ 104
Detached houses complex in Białobrzegi.............................................................105
Detached house in Wilanów................................................................................ 106
Detached house in Komorów...............................................................................107
OLD – NEW......................................................................................................... 109
7A Górnośląska Street......................................................................................... 110
49A Koszykowa Street........................................................................................ 111
13 Poznańska Street........................................................................................... 112
40 Mokotowska Street.........................................................................................113
University of Ecology and Management President’s Office..................................114
CONCEPTS.......................................................................................................... 115
Master Plan for Poznańska Street area................................................................ 116
‘Volume for Culture. Escarpment.’ by Nella Rautenstrauch.................................. 117
‘Volume for Culture. Escarpment.’ by Dariusz Rowicki and Vo Hoang Linh........ 118
‘Volume for Culture. Escarpment.’ by Tomasz Skoroszewski............................. 119
Nursery school with maze....................................................................................120
Nursery school of senses.....................................................................................121
62 Wspólna Street................................................................................................122
Królikarnia Palace................................................................................................123
Defenders of Europe Mould................................................................................. 124
Palace of Culture and Science – a new opening...................................................125
Nesting tower for Common Swifts.......................................................................126
Nesting tower for Common Swifts.......................................................................127
Europan Poland 2011......................................................................................... 129
First Prize............................................................................................................ 131
Second Prize........................................................................................................132
Honourable Mention.............................................................................................133
Museum of Polish History.................................................................................. 135
First Prize.............................................................................................................136
Second Prize........................................................................................................137
Third Prize............................................................................................................138
Students’ Plans for the Future........................................................................... 139
Royal Route..........................................................................................................140
Activation of Local Community........................................................................... 141
Function of Colour in Architecture........................................................................142
‘Under-passes’.................................................................................................... 143
Master Plan for Former Warszawa Główna Rail Station Area............................... 144
The Space of Social Rehabilitation.......................................................................145
‘Saska Stage’.......................................................................................................146
City Sports Club.................................................................................................. 147
The Custody.........................................................................................................148
Dense Multi-family Residential Development.......................................................149
LOWICKA Centre.......................................................................................... 150-151
Academy of Young Architect........................................................................ 152-153
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EXHIBITION
Curator
Dorota Katner
Exhibition layout
Łukasz Wawrynkiewicz
Charts design
Exhibition charts printout
PROGRAF. Drukarnia Cyfrowa
CATALOGUE
Catalogue draft
Joanna Maciejewska, Dorota Katner
Collaboration
Radosław Katowicz, Urszula Ścibor-Rylska, Urszula Lipińska
Graphic design
Masterplans by
Michał Antoszewski
Translation into English
Radosław Katowicz
Setting
Poligraffitti
Published by
LOWICKA Centre – 1,300 copies
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Printed by
OMIKRON Sp. z o.o.
The descriptive texts in this catalogue are based on materials sent by architectural firms and were worked out by LOWICKA Centre.
The Juries’ statements on pages 131, 132 and 133 by Magazyn Urbanistyczno-Architektoniczny KRAJOBRAZ WARSZAWSKI
published by the Bureau of Architecture and Spatial Planning of the City of Warsaw.
Page 129 – the quotation comes from the organizer’s official website.
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