In 2019, the Green House project by Przemek Olczyk of Mobius Architekci won the title of best single-family house in Poland in the European Property Awards poll. In the same year, thanks to the realization of the Edge House in Krakow, he was nominated for the prestigious Mies van der Rohe Award.
The founder of the Warsaw-based studio designs modern single-family houses (rarely less than 500 sq m) both in Poland and abroad.
My projects are very personal. When working on a concept, I close myself to external stimuli. I am inspired by the place, by nature. I am enthralled by the way houses adapt light, open up to their surroundings and nature," says Olczyk.
The masses of the houses designed by Przemek Olczyk's studio refer to the ideas of modernism, which in the mid-20th century revolutionized the way we live today. Their constant elements are the open plan, kitchen annexes and large glazed walls. Playing with light and blurring formal boundaries between the interior and exterior of the building are also important to Olczyk.
Green Line
© Mobius Architekci
The architect has designs of modern villas to his credit (among them are Cube, Green Line, Horizone, Circle Wood, Wind, Dune, Underpass), but he tries not to exceed the number of four or five projects per year.
I want to have control and total influence over what is created. My realizations are one hundred percent in accordance with the design sometimes even with the concept itself. If the client wishes, we design turnkey. Customized furniture, world utility design. Everything in our hands from start to finish," emphasizes the architect.
Edge House
© Mobius Architects
Olczyk focuses on refined detail, technology and noble materials in his projects.
Modernism reduced to the form of cuboidal boxes without detail has taken on a distorted form. This hurtful simplification perpetuated the image of buildings erected from simple materials: stone, concrete, glass did not impress with precision workmanship. Modernist detailing presupposes precisely the precision of combining these materials. This comes at a cost, as it excludes any masking. So we can say that modernism is de facto luxury architecture," adds the architect.
