"10 Questions to..." is a series of short conversations with architects and female architects, to whom we address the same pool of questions. Are you curious about who your favorite architect would like to design something with? Or maybe find out what books or cities inspire her the most? Find the answers to these questions in our mini-interviews! In today's installment of the series - Anna Paszkowska-Grudziążfrom the 81.WAW.PL studio.
Anna Paszkowska-Grudziąż , together with Rafał Gru dziąż, runs the Warsaw-based architecture studio 81.WAW.PL, which has been operating since 2010.
1. architecture in three words...?
a. Idea.
b. Lumpiness.
c. Function.
2. the three most important buildings to you...?
a. The barge - our studio on the water.
b. Barcelona pavilion, proj.: Mies van der Rohe.
c. Apple Park, proj.: Norman Foster.
3. The most important book on architecture...?
Construction Law.
4. most inspiring city and why...?
Warsaw, because we live here.
5. architect with whom you would like to design something and why...?
JEMS studio, because I appreciate them for order, rhythm, balance and perfect proportions.
6. hand drawing or computer drawing?
Computer drawing.
7. mockup or 3D model?
3D model.
8. modernism or postmodernism?
Modernism.
9. After-hours work or sports?
Sports.
10. architecture or business?
Architecture.
We also encourage you to read Katarzyna Jagodzinska's conversation with Anna Paszkowska-Grudziazand Rafal Grudziaz in the December issue of A&B.
