"10 Questions to..." is a series of short conversations with architects and female architects, to whom we address the same pool of questions. In today's installment of the mini-interview, Adam Wiercinski of the wiercinski-studioin Poznan answers our questions.
Adam Wier cinski is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the University of Arts in Poznan. Since 2015, he has been running his own design studio wiercinski-studio. He designs both buildings, interiors and furniture. One of the studio's most well-known projects includes the Szeląg Garden Pavilion in Poznań, which received, among other things, the Audience Award for the greatest effectiveness of the positive impact of a work of architecture on social media in the 2019 SARP Award of the Year competition.
1. architecture in three words...?
a. Art.
b. Style.
c. Science.
2. The three most important buildings for you are...?
a. The houses I grew up in. They were three places with different climates, all in Poznan.
b. The Szeląg Garden Pavilion, which I designed - also because of the amazing adventure that accompanied it.
c. My ongoing project of a stable with a runway under the working name "Home for Horses".
3. the most important book on architecture...?
TADAO ANDO | NAOSHIMA. This is an album with brief descriptions of Ando's realizations on the island of Naoshima in Japan. The island of only 14 square kilometers is a combination of nature and art, where the famous Setouchi Triennale art festival is held. Tadao Ando has realized as many as eight projects there. I had the pleasure of visiting the place, and bought the book in his impressive realization of the Chichu Art Museum hidden in the hill topography of the island. The choice of this book is related to the sentiment of traveling to this unique place.
4 Most inspiring city and why...?
Berlin, where my beloved grandmother lives and I have been frequenting there since I was young. Since I've been there every year of my life, I've gone through different stages of discovering this metropolis, from childhood perceptions of the surroundings to searching for skateparks in the late 90s to consciously discovering the architecture, the atmosphere of the different neighborhoods and the subsequent culinary experiences. I am fascinated by the looseness and diversity of this city and discover something new each time. I look forward to my next trip and wandering around the city by bicycle.
5. architect you would like to design something with and why...?
On the wave of Berlin memories I choose Arno Brandlhuber. What intrigues me in his realizations is the ratio of designed space to design understatement, which of course is fully intentional. I have visited the König Galerie, a great transformation of the Brutalist St. Agnes church into an art gallery, many times. I've had coffee on the terrace of Lobe Block, last year's finalist for the Mies van der Rohe Prize, and I'm a fan of the polycarbonate facade at Brunnenstrasse 9, which houses their Brandlhuber+ studio, art gallery and his apartment. These places arouse my admiration every time, and it would certainly be an interesting collaboration.
6. hand-drawn or computer drawing?
Sloppy hand-drawn and refined computer drawing.
7. mockup or 3D model?
I work on 3D models for most projects. Mockups are still on the to do list.
8. modernism or postmodernism?
More modernism, but I am not fond of pigeonholing.
9. working after hours or sports?
With my rather intimate work mode, the concepts of hours/after hours do not exist.
Sports have been present in my life from an early age and will definitely be as a great complement to healthy functioning.
10 - Architecture or business?
The word business has always turned me off. I said A, then I say B. I live A and with A.
But if I had started with B, it is likely that no project of mine would yet live to see fruition. To sum up A > B.
If you have suggestions for questions you'd like us to ask, or people of architects whose answers to these questions you'd like to know - let us know in the comments.
