MALOPOLSKA GARDEN MALOPOLSKA GARDEN OF ARTS BY INGARDEN AND EWY

Partendo dal recupero della vecchia sala dei cavalli da sella del XIX secolo, utilizzata negli ultimi anni come magazzino e laboratorio di strutture teatrali, andata in disuso ed abbandonata si elabora un progetto per creare un nuovo centro culturale nel cuore della città di Cracovia.

Un recupero totale che interessa volumi, strutture e precedenti funzioni pensato per essere perfettamente integrato nel contesto della città vecchia, ma nello stesso tempo distinto e distinguibile con una personale architettura fatta di texture, colore, rapporto con la strada, articolazione della facciata che confonde la distinzione tra storia e contemporaneo.

Bruno Zevi diceva che “l’architettura è uno spazio teatrale” e in questo edificio è ciò che si ritrova in modo insolito ed inaspettato con uno spazio vivo e vitale come punto di riferimento alle persone ed agli artisti impegnati in diversi campi dell’arte creativa. Un nuovo polo urbano al cui interno trovano spazio un teatro con una sala concerti e sala conferenze dotato di spazi espositivi per eventi ed esibizioni.

Partendo da una struttura a T si è creato uno schema flessibile che consente di aprire verso l’esterno gli spazi ed articolarsi in moduli concentrici capaci di adattarsi alle esigenze del momento sia per manifestazioni e spettacoli aumentando e riducendo la sua capacità.

Il progetto prevede una facciata vetrata che si sovrappone al vecchio fronte della scuderia realizzato in mattoni a faccia a vista che crea una sovrapposizione elegante ed integrata che lascia vedere l’edificio storico.

Al contempo la vetrata iscrive un nuovo spazio che è in relazione anche con l’esterno, dove si trova un “arte giardino” posto di fronte, con una trama del pavimento che dal giardino entra in questo spazio creando una continuità fisica.

Una zona di comunicazione che funge da filtro tra esterno ed interno come spazio aperto al coperto, come una zona di confine e luogo di possibili attività artistiche, di mostre all'aperto, gli eventi e le proiezioni multimediali, e l'organizzazione di fiere e promozione.

Il tutto si completa con una biblioteca multimediale (Arteteka) con un nuovo edificio dalla strada, distribuito su tre piani con collezioni multimediali tematicamente legate all'arte.

Al primo piano si trova la prima collezione di musica al piano di sopra, le belle arti e la letteratura ed entrambe le parti sono collegate in un unico sistema funzionale attraverso la caffetteria che si trova al livello più basso al piano terra.

Un progetto che riesce a ricucire con tatto e senso dello spazio nel rispetto dell'architettura preesistente un luogo dimenticato che torna a rivivere con forza vibrante come possibile nuovo polo della città come emanazione pura del concetto di Gesamtkunstwerk.

Location:Cracovia, Poland

Architect: Krzysztof Ingarden and Ewy

Year: 2010-2012

Area: 4,363.5 m q

Client: Teatro. J. Slovacca in Cracovia

SPORTS AND LEISURE BUILDING AT HIGH SCHOOL NO.3 BY MAJOR ARCHITEKCI

Located in the center of Wrocław, sport and leisure building designed by Major architekci, has been  made for the nationwide competition and was awarded first prize.

Main problem of the competition was to create a connection between two different schools built in the end of 19^th century. High standard and multifunctionallity were first priority of competition for new building.

Sport and leisure function of designed building, combined with two large lobbies between schools, affects chaotic form of  whole complex. We came up with the idea of perforated wall.

With this screen, we have completed the frontage of buildings  located along Nowa Street.

The screen was made with perforated Corten steel. During patinate process we‘re able to observe how the facade changes and becoming more elegant and coluorful day after day.

Red color of the facade matches with old, brick-made, 19^th century school and with the park area in front of the complex. Perforated screen allows the optimal insolation of the glass facade and works as a fence for street ball field located on the roof.

More than that, it works as a curtain and keep the gym out of the passers-by direct sight. Interior design is minimal with a bit of industrial atmosphere.

Sober interiors give us a perfect background for sport events, colorful kids activity and it doesn’t compete with the old, existing school building.

The only colorful mark is vivid orange corridor connecting sports hall with changing rooms and other facilities.

Except from large, multifunctional sports hall, whole complex comprise climbing wall, gym, and outdoor playing fields with running track.

Location: Wroclaw, Poland

Architect: Major Architekci

Project Team: Aleksandra Doniec. Joanna Omylska, Anna Owsiany, Alicja Adamowicz, Magdalena Kluz, Mariusz Borowiec, Slawomir Lazewski, Kamila Jacyniuk, Pawel Major, Joanna Nosal

Total area: 2800 sqm

Footprint area: 2 400 sqm

Gross volume: 23 587 cum

Project date: 2008-2009

Building date: 2009-2010

Investor: Zarzad Inwestycji Miejskich we Wroclawiu

Photographs: Daniel Rumiancew

MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF POLISH JEWS BY LAHDELMA & MAHLAMÄKI

Construction of the building is nearly finished and the museum is scheduled to open in 2013 after nearly 20 years of planning. The project has faced a number of delays, some caused by the global financial crisis that for a time discouraged donations needed to complete the more than $100 million project.

With its opening, the museum is expected to join the ranks of world-class Jewish history museums like Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

An international architectural competition for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews was organized in spring 2005. The first discussions regarding the plan to build such a museum had taken place ten years earlier. During those years it had become clear that there is a need for a dedicated museum as public interest towards Jewish history and culture had increased.

The selection of the participants of the architectural competition was based on expressions of interest. The finalists included 11 studios, including Studio Daniel Libeskind, Kengo Kuma and Associates, Zvi Hecker Architects, Peter Eisenman and David Chipperfield.

The proposal “Yum Suf”, “Sea of Reeds”, by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects was declared winner in summer 2005. The design process of the building continued until July 2008 when final design documents were released. The construction will commence later in 2008.

The museum will function as a multifunctional centre for the research and exhibition of Jewish heritage, education and culture. The main permanent exhibition takes place under the main hall in a large exhibition space of 5000m2. Special built-in milieus will present the different aspects of the history of the Polish Jews.

The main task of the exhibition is to present different phases and forms of Jewish culture starting from medieval times to present day – the holocaust is only one of the main themes of the exhibition. Warsaw has been one of the most important cities for Jews; before the Second World War there were half a million Jewish inhabitants in the city.

The site of the new museum is located in the Willy Brandt Park, one kilometre from the old city centre of Warsaw, which was rebuilt after the war. The history of the park is tragic as it was part of the Jewish ghetto during the war. Adjacent to the new museum is the memorial of the uprising in the Jewish ghetto.

The memorial has been an important element in the architecture of the museum. The proportions of the plaza in front of the memorial and the museum have been carefully considered. The shape of the museum building is rectangular. The facades will be covered with glass and copper panels.

The name of the building symbolically refers to the architecture of the main hall. The inspiration for the space has been the legends of the Old Testament, although at the same time forms of the hall refer to the universal and abstract phenomena of nature.

The main hall is the most important element in the architecture of the building; a pure and silent space introducing the museum to the visitors. The groundbreaking ceremony of the Museum was held on site in Warsaw the 26th of June, 2007.

“Square in plan and of the same dimensions as the reformulated precinct of the monument, this orthogonal building opens up via a dramatic plastic volume both to the precinct and the park. This dramatically curvaceous passage, faced in sprayed concrete, and lit from above, is characterized as a parting of the seas - Yam Suf, that is to say as a rite of passage or transcendence between the long trajectory of Polish Jewish history and a symbolically generous opening to a pacific and fertile culture.” Descriptiof of Architects.

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Architects: Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki with APA Kuryłowicz Associates

Principal Architects: Rainer Mahlamäki with team Riitta Id, Maritta Kukkonen, Miguel Silva, Jukka Savolainen, Markus Wikar and Mirja Sillanpää in Finland and team Paweł Grodzicki (project leader), Marcin Ferenc, Michal Gratkowski and Tomasz Kopeć in Poland

Structural Engineering: Arbo projekt, Warsaw

Each Floor Area: differs from 1 120 to 6 500 m²

Total Floor Area: 18 360 m²

Building Area: 4 260 m²

Site Area: 12 442 m²

Client: The City of Warsaw and Association of the Jewish Historical Institute in Poland

FALA PARK SPORT CENTER BY PL. ARCHITEKCI

“Fala Park is a sports and recreation centre situated in the small and picturesque town of Wolsztyn, Poland, famous as the location of a locomotive roundhouse.

The new centre has been built on a former brownfield site bordering a historic park and offering views to a nearby lake.

Our intention was to take full advantage of the sites location by creating visual connections from the building to its attractive surroundings with the main internal spaces requiring natural light having views towards the lake.

A rooftop tennis court – Poland’s first – offers users an exciting platform to admire the far-reaching panorama of the town’s historic church towers and dense rooftops.

The form and massing of the building is derived from the spatial requirements of the sporting functions within.

Although initially Fala Park was supposed to be enclosed, we persuaded the investors to keep it open and welcoming; creating a new, inviting and energetic public space that seeks to strengthen the connections between the town, the park and the lake.

Along with the rooftop tennis court, Fala Park accommodates: 4 bowling alleys, 2 squash courts, a full height climbing wall, a gym with spin and fitness studios, a children’s play area, a mini-golf course, a cafe, and bike and Segway hire.

The building has been wrapped with semi-translucent, vertical brise-soleil panels arranged to create an expressive modular façade whilst reducing solar gain.

Inside, contemporary and vivid interiors have been used to enable easy orientation within the entwining yet distinctive buildings functions. Bright accent colours and clear graphics and signage were used throughout to appeal to users of all ages.

A striking, green climbing wall, which can be seen throughout the building dominates the main interior space and acts as a notional ‘core’ and way-finding device for users.

The climbing walls distinctive form is also playfully expressed in the treatment of the stairs, furniture and other elements of the building. Even though Fala Park was completed on a very tight budget (jointly founded by EU grants and private equity) we believe we have succeeded in delivering a contemporary, playful and contextual building.” Description of PL. architekci.