The best realization in Poznań was the multi-family building at 23 Koscielna Street, designed by the Litoborski + Marciniak studio team. Honorable mention also went to the authors of the residential development. Will the appreciated buildings set new standards for contemporary "housing"?
President of the City of Poznań Jan Baptista Quadro Award - multifamily building at 23 Kościelna Street, design: Litoborski + Marciniak
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On October 21 this year, the 26th edition of the competition for the Jan Baptista Quadro Architectural Award of the President of Poznań was resolved, an award presented since 1999 to the best buildings in Poznań commissioned in the year preceding the award.
Twelve projects competed for the title this year, eight made it to the finals - the award-winning realization of the Litoborski + Marciniak studio, DOM A na Grunwaldzie by PL.architekci, three projects by the Insomia studio: the Słowackiego 7 multi-family building, the Murawa 2 housing estate and the third stage of the Nowy Strzeszyn housing development, two realizations by JEMS Architekci: Perfumiarnia and the office and service building Nowy Rynek 4, and the expansion of the WSB Merito Poznań University campus by the Front Architects team.
an apartment in the city
The Competition Jury, chaired by Natalia Weremczuk (Third Deputy Mayor of the City of Poznań supervising the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning) and composed of: Piotr Sobczak (Director of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning), Łukasz Mikuła (Chairman of the Spatial Policy Commission), Małgorzata Puchyła (President of UWI Inwestycje, the Initiator of the Award), Małgorzata Dembowska (Warsaw Branch of SARP), Bartosz Małecki (SARP Poznań Branch), Mikołaj Stępień (SARP Poznań Branch), Bartosz Jarosz (WPOIA RP) and Elżbieta Jakubowska (WPOIA RP), in addition to the award, this year also awarded a distinction - it was given to a project by the Insomia studio - the Murawa 2 housing estate, appreciated for its coherent concept, which- as emphasized by the jury - is an interesting proposal for a model of housing in the city.
Honorable mention in the competition for the Jan Baptista Quadro Award of the Mayor of Poznań - Murawa 2 housing development, design: Insomia
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The meticulously designed and executed details and sublime material combinations are a distinguishing feature of the investment, also known from the earlier realizations of the office and the investor. The jury's attention was drawn to the open character of the estate, whose inner courtyards are available to all users of the urban space," justified the decision by members of the competition jury.
More about the realization can be read in the article: Unusual puzzle - Murawa 2 housing estate in Poznań.
Honorable mention in the competition for the Jan Baptista Quadro Award of the Mayor of the City of Poznań - Murawa 2 housing estate, design: Insomia
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contemporary tenement house
The award was given to a tenement house on Koscielna Street in Poznan's Jeżyce district. The brick-clad building with a service first floor encloses the street frontage and, as the jury noted, does not shout with its form, but is a clear spatial gesture.
The balanced elevations of the residential floors have tasteful detailing, and the materials used will promote good aging, the jury's justification reads.
The Jan Baptista Quadro Award of the Mayor of Poznań - multi-family building at 23 Kościelna Street, designed by Litoborski + Marciniak.
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The jury awarded the prize for the building's outstanding urban character, and I agree," says Jacek Jaskowiak, the mayor of Poznań. - The tenement with premises on the first floor fits in with the character of the district, he adds.
A team of Poznan architects is responsible for the project: Piotr Litoborski, Piotr Marciniak, Jędrzej Pawlaczyk, Filip Osiński, Anna Tuszyńska-Świgło, Kamil Wawra, Joanna Mielewczyk, Michał Rams. The building is also nominated for this year' s Architectural Award of the Wielkopolska Region.
Jan Baptista Quadro Award of the President of the City of Poznań - multi-family building at 23 Kościelna Street, designed by Litoborski + Marciniak.
© Illustrations courtesy of the competition organizers
