This is what the best architecture of the Silesian Province 2020 looks like!

Dobrawa Bies

11 of December '20

Grand Prix. New Veron

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We know the results of the 26th edition of the Architecture of the Year competition of the Silesian Voivodeship! This year, instead of a ceremonial gala, the results were announced online. The competition received almost 40 entries in 5 categories. The jury awarded and honored objects that highlight the local character of Silesia. The main prize in the Object category, and at the same time the Grand Prix Architecture of the Year 2020, went to New Verdon by MAŁECCY design office.

The purpose of the AR 2020competition was to select the best architectural work in the categories: Object, Single-family house, Interior, Small form realized on the territory of the Silesian Voivodeship, and in the category Export work of Silesian architects for the work realized outside the administrative borders of the Silesian Voivodeship. An important element of the competition was the identification of outstanding young architects and honoring them with the award of Young Creator of Silesian Architecture.

announcement of results

The submissions were evaluated by a jury consisting of: Danuta Fredowicz (representative of the Chamber of Architects), Anna Dudzińska (journalist), Andrzej Bulanda (SARP Warsaw) and the winners of previous editions of the Architecture of the Year of the Silesian Voivodeship competition: Mikołaj Machulik, Diter Paleta, Błażej Janik, Tomasz Studniarek.

category: single-family house

The main award in the Single-Family House category went to the House under the Forest , located in Rybnik, by two design offices MWArchitekci & jojko+nawrocki architekci, composed of Tomasz Berezowski, Agnieszka Borkowska, Anna Dach, Marcin Jojko, Bartłomiej Nawrocki, BarbaraRokicka, Agnieszka Weber, Marlena Wolnik.

The main award in the single-family house category. House under the forest in Rybnik

As we read in the jury's justification:

The house under the forest in Rybnik is an example of a very successful interpretation of the three elements that construct the architecture of context, function and space. The lump of the building in its form and texture here seems to be an object taken from nature. The dominance of wood in the organization of the exterior and interior of the building results in an impression of warmth, closeness to nature and, consequently, will bring a sense of harmony and security to the existence of users.

Honorable mention of the Single-Family House category. Atypical House

An honorable mention was given to the Atypical House in Wyry by TTAT ARCHITECTURE architects Magdalena Tokarska and Piotr Tokarski for their proposal of a building with a very definite form, constructed on the idea of separating functional blocks.

category: export work

In the Export Work category, the jury did not award the main prize. An honorable mention went to the London Empire House project in London by medusa group Przemo Łukasik and Łukasz Zagała. The object was created in cooperation with a team consisting of: Michał Bienek, Bartłomiej Karaś, Maciej Hetmańczyk, Sandra Przepiórkowska, Michał Sokołowski, Konrad Basan, Mateusz Rymar, Michał Laskowski.

Honorable mention in the Export Work category. London Empire House

photo: Louis Berk © medusa group

London Empire House was recognized for its subtle intrusion into another dimension of reality that is London's inner city.

category: young artist

The main prize in the Young Artist category was awarded by the jury to the Be3 Pracownia Projektowa office belonging to Agnieszka Wyrwas and Krzysztof Stępień for an intriguing in perception, attractive and fresh in execution effect discourse of tradition and modernity, architect's imagination and investor's needs.

Barn in Czeladz

An honorable mention went to Karol Warzyniak of the Toprojekt studio in Rybnik, co-author of the Żory kindergarten and the Ore House, among others. The young architect was recognized for his mature, multithreaded designs, always put in the context of the search for creative realizations that bring new value to the surroundings.

Rudy house

Photo: Juliusz Sokolowski © Toprojekt

category: object

The main prize in the Object category, and at the same time the Grand Prix of the Architecture of the Year of the Silesian Voivodeship 2020 competition, was awarded to the residential building Nowy Werdon in Ruda Śląska by the Małeccy Biuro Projektowe studio (team composed of Joanna Małecka, Wojciech Małecki, Łukasz Krasuski).

Grand Prix and the main award in the category Object. New Veronium

The jury justifies the decision this way:

Nowy Verdon receives the Grand Prix for the author's apt and mature attempt to redefine traditional multi-family Silesian housing. The creation of contemporary architecture grown out of respect for the context and local tradition both typologically and in terms of materials is a response to today's social needs and can be an important voice in the discussion on the form of shaping the space of Silesian cities. The project consistently realizes visions of contemporary architecture adapted to today's needs of residents while maintaining its localness and material solutions. It is a successful attempt to combine tradition and modernity while maintaining a moderate budget.

Grand Prix and grand prize in the Object category. New Veron

This is what Wojciech Malecki says about Nowy Verona:

This project, a contemporary Silesian familok, is an attempt to fulfill an architect's dream that architecture, a bit like a doctor, can help a person. It seems to us that a new, contemporary building that uses traditional Silesian language, including the use of materials, a certain simplicity of shapes, the introduction of gardens and other elements, can help this neighborhood to flourish anew and become a beautiful place to live and give joy to the people who choose to stay here.

award in the Object category. Local Activity Center

The award also went to the Local Activity Center in Rybnik of the MWArchitekci project (team composed of: Agnieszka Borkowska, Marlena Wolnik, cooperation: Jan Fiałkowski, Barbara Rokicka, Aleksandra Rudnicka). The Local Activity Center is an architecture that builds community, a discreet intervention that changes the quality of public space. The awarded project recognizes the needs of residents, mobilizes them to meet and integrate.

category: interiors

In the Interiors category, the jury decided to award two honorable mentions instead of the grand prize . They were given to the new arrangement of toilets in Katowice's Spodek by the 2G Studio project (team composed of: Wojciech Gwizdak, Dorota Orłowska-Gwizdak, Konrad Wojtasik, Amelia Ślewa, cooperation: Kornelia Dybała, Weronika Król) for a consistent proposal referring in many layers to the architecture of the Katowice Spodek.

honorable mention in the interior category. Toilet in the Katowice Spodek.

The second honorable mention went to the Lodowato ice cream shop in Katowice by MUSK Kolektyw (team composed of: Jozef Madej, Katarzyna Sąsiadek, Weronika Kiersztejn, Aleksandra Skomorochow, Martyna Berger) for a functionally consistent, bold, artistic approach to a subject that is sometimes lacking in interior architecture.