Honorable mention in the category of Conservation of Monuments
author
Mikolaj Zamaryka
work
"Revitalization of the ruins of the "Joseph" Steel Mill in Samsonow - adaptation for the Plant Biotechnology Center and the Museum of the Old Polish Industrial District".
promoters
dr. Łukasz Stożek, prof. PK, Izabela Golicz
JURY OPINION
The author of the present work has made in-depth historical and conservation analyses of the object, going beyond typical studies. The commission's attention was drawn to the creative approach to the subject of restoring the function of this degraded, but important from the point of view of the history of Poland's development, object. The proposed discreet but thoroughly modern architecture fits in very well with the preserved ruins. Most of the volume is underground, and the new above-ground structures have been very skillfully inscribed into the historic building.