This is the twentieth time that the Jan Baptista Quadro Mayor's Award has been given in Poznań. The award for the best architectural realization of 2018 went to NMS Architekci studio for the project of superstructure and reconstruction of the annex at 49C 3 Maja Street. Congratulations!
Jan Baptista Quadro Award
© City Hall of Poznań
The Jan Baptista Quadro Award, established in 1999, is given to artists for the best architectural project completed in Poznan in the year preceding the award. The purpose of the award is to honor particularly valuable architectural achievements, ideas for shaping the urban space and climate of Poznan. This year, twenty-four projects were submitted for the award, of which the best six were nominated.
award
Superstructure and reconstruction of an outbuilding, 49C 3 Maja St.
designed by NMS Architekci
The awarded building is located in the very center of Poznań, adjacent to the Polish Theater on the west side and closing the theater frontage on the south side.
As the jury's justification reads:
The construction was the culmination of a public-privatecooperation, implemented in an innovative formula, of many years of activities and efforts of investors related to the revitalization of an intimate urban interior. Destroyed during the war, rebuilt in a flawed form and tarnished by post-war additions, garages and barracks, like many Poznań backyards, it was finally developed. The result showed one of the directions and ideas for the effective revitalization of downtown Poznań by rebuilding neglected and underinvested Poznań outbuildings and courtyards into intimate, green interiors that increase the comfort of residents and improve the quality of the city.
Superstructure and reconstruction of an outbuilding, 49C 3 Maja St., designed by NMS Architekci
© Poznan City Hall
This is a very personal project, preceded by years of difficult preparations, in the success of which few believed, and sometimes we ourselves had doubts. In this courtyard before the war my grandfather opened his bakery-bakery, winning with it the hearts and palates of Poznan citizens. After the war, the family business was run by his wife, and years later it was appreciated by Stanislaw Baranczak himself. However, the bakery did not survive the times of the People's Republic of Poland, but we are left with a great sentiment for this place. The road to today's success was winding and bumpy, and could not have succeeded without excellent cooperation with the city of Poznań. Thank you for your courage in making difficult decisions," said Natalia Stępień, an architect at NMS Architects.
honors by nomination
Multi-family residential building, Ks. Jakub Wujka and M. Niedziałkowskiego
proj.: Litoborski+Marciniak
For skillful development of a spatially limited plot and elegant architecture on the side of M. Niedziałkowskiego Street.
Pixel office building complex, Grunwaldzka Street
proj.: JEMS Architekci
For the continuation of very good architecture and its spatial expression.
Multi-family residential building, 3 Sokoła St.
proj.: Ultra Architects.
For distinctive development of a corner lot with contemporary architecture.
Pavilion, Szeląg Garden, Ugory Street
proj.: wiercinski-studio
For the revitalization of an abandoned plot of land, the sparing form of the pavilion and the social action of the residents, which led to the creation of a community center, community gardens and a place of recreation for the local community.
Botaniczna estate, complex of multi-family residential buildings, Zofii Nałkowskiej Street
proj.: Pracownia Architektoniczna Insomia
For the development of small architecture attractive to residents.
Illustrations courtesy of Poznan City Hall
