"10 Questions to..." is a series of short interviews with architects and female architects, to whom we address the same pool of questions. For today's mini-interview, we invited Karolina Slawecka and Pawel Krzeminski from the Swiss Architecture Club studio.
Karolina Slawecka was born in 1980 in Warsaw. She studied in Paris at ENSA Paris-LaVillette and at the Warsaw University of Technology. She gained professional experience working in the office of Herzog & de Meuron for five years, including the design of the expansion of the Tate Modern building in London. In 2011, she started working at Atelier Peter Zumthor, where she became a partner two years later. Since 2017, she has co-founded the Architecture Club studio.
1. architecture in three words...?
Art. Design. Buildings.
2. The three most important buildings for you...?
a. Signal Box, proj.: Herzog & de Meuron.
b. Canoas House, proj.: Oscar Niemeyer.
c. Eames House, proj.: Charles and Ray Eames.
3. the most important book on architecture...?
About Architecture sensu stricto - I avoid. About the creative process: "Marcel Duchamp: The Afternoon Interviews" by Calvin Tomkins.
4. most inspiring city and why...?
Los Angeles, because it is surprising.
5. architect you would like to design something with and why...?
Le Corbusier, because I've been enthralled by his every building I've been in.
6. hand drawing or computer drawing?
Drawing.
7. mockup or 3D model?
Mock-up.
8. modernism or postmodernism?
Modernism.
9. After-hours work or sports?
Interchangeable.
10. architecture or business?
Architecture.
Pawel Krzeminski was born in 1981 in Warsaw. He studied at the polytechnics in Milan and Warsaw. For 10 years he worked in Basel at the Herzog & de Meuron studio, dealing, among other things, with the design of the expansion of the Tate Modern building in London. Since 2017, he has co-founded the Architecture Club studio.
1. architecture in three words...?
a. Idea.
b. Model.
c. Construction.
2. The three most important buildings to you...?
a. Hebelstrasse, proj.: Herzog & de Meuron.
b. Stahl House Case Study no. 22, proj.: Pierre Koenig.
c. Maison de Verre, proj.: Pierre Chareau.
3. most important book on architecture...?
Rémy Zaugg "Das Kunstmuseum, das ich mir erträume oder Der Ort des Werkes und des Menschen".
4. most inspiring city and why...?
Basel and Venice. Basel because it's on a human scale, Venice because there are no cars.
5. architect with whom you would like to design something and why...?
Karolina Slawecka, because I only want to work with Architecture Club.
6. hand drawing or computer drawing?
Hand-drawn and computer drawing.
7. mockup or 3D model?
Mock-up: 1:500, 1:100, 1:50, 1:20, 1:1....
8. modernism or postmodernism?
Neither.
9. after-hours work or sports?
Both in moderation.
10. architecture or business?
Architecture & Business!
An extensive interview with architects from the Architecture Club studio, authors of the Monica Sosnowska atelier project in Warsaw, can be found in the April issue of A&B.
