August 2023

Prof. Jan Sehn Institute of Forensic Expertise in Krakow, SARP branch in Krakow

Krakow

On August 3 this year, the results of a two-stage, limited and implementation competition for the architectural concept of the building of the Prof. Jan Sehn Institute of Forensic Expertise in Krakow were announced at the headquarters of SARP Krakow.

We would like to remind you that this was the second approach to the competition for the building of the Institute of Forensic Expertise. Only three projects were submitted for the competition announced in February 2022, and due to appeals against its decision, and the incompatibility of the submitted projects with the local development plan "Wesoła - region of Kopernika Street", the competition was cancelled in October 2022.

The main goal of the competition was to obtain the most advantageous concept for the development of the site and the building of the Prof. Dr. Jan Sehn Institute of Forensic Expertise in Krakow in terms of functionality, aesthetics, operation and economy.

Four studies passed to the second stage of the competition, then their authors were invited to submit competition works, which were evaluated by the Competition Jury consisting of:

• Magdalena Kozień-Woźniak, Ph.D., prof. PK - chairwoman of the Competition Jury, SARP Kraków Branch,
• Dr. Piotr Wróbel - referee, SARP Krakow Branch,
• Roman Dziedziejko - SARP Warsaw Branch,
• Witold Zieliński - Competition judge on behalf of MPOIA RP,
• mec. Jerzy Bacz - legal counsel,
• Dr. Tomasz Kupiec - head of the Forensic Genetics Laboratory,
• Edyta Rzeszuto - head of the Organization and Management Department,
• Dr.Karolina Sekuła - head of the Alcohol and Drug Testing Laboratory,
• Prof. Grzegorz Zadora - head of the Laboratory for the Examination of Micro Traces.

The assistant referee was Marek Bystroń (SARP Krakow Branch).

The competition works that made it to the second stage were awarded 15 thousand zlotys gross each.

First Prize in the amount of PLN 30 thousand gross and an invitation to negotiate on a sole-source basis was awarded to Atelier Tektura studio from Warsaw.

Second Prize in the amount of PLN 20 thousand gross was awarded to TEKTONIKA Architekci studio from Cracow, and Third Prize and PLN 10 thousand gross was awarded to the team: Artur Jasinski i wspólnicy studio and Ekspo Agencja Projektowa Architektury Krzysztof Kiendra from Cracow.

Honorable mention went to Pracownia Architektoniczna 1997 from Poznań.

The post-competition exhibition will be on view from September 1, and a discussion will be held on September 19 at 6 p.m. at the SARP Krakow Branch headquarters.