NOTE: Voting extended until December 31!!!
In the 1st edition of the competition for the Architectural Award of the Wielkopolska Region for the best architectural works in Wielkopolska, each Reader can cast a vote for his favorite! The competition will award Audience Prizes in each of the five categories - Architectural Object, House, Common Space, Export Work and Interior. You can vote for one project in each category, so a total of five votes can be cast in the voting. The studios that win the highest number of votes in their category will receive a one-year subscription to the A&B monthly. A Grand Prix winner will also be selected!
The competition is organized by the Poznan branch of the Association of Polish Architects and the Wielkopolska Regional Chamber of Architects of the Republic of Poland. Votes can be cast from October 23 to November 25 to December 31, and the results will be announced on January 11, 2021.
category
ARCHITECTURAL OBJECT
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WITH OFFICE FACILITIES - NEW TOMYŚL
proj.: P3 Pracownia Architektury, Intech (installations).
[author's description]
Technology more complicated than the space shuttle "Columbia". Due to the "NDA" it is impossible to publish a larger scope of implementation.
number of votes: 202
COMMUNE CENTER OF CULTURE IN KOMORNIKES - Center of Tradition and Culture of Komorniki Commune.
design: AKPB Architekci (concept), APA ARCHES (construction design).
[author's description]
The Center for Traditionand Culture is a unique building if only for its architecture, modern solutions and the fact that the Komorniki Commune has built an object with nearly 2,000 sq. m. of usable space with its own funds. The building will house two institutions - the Komorniki Municipality Tradition and Culture Center and the Komorniki Municipality Public Library.
number of votes: 62
INANI - REINVENTING LIVING
design: BURSA Studio
[excerpt from author's description]
The project INANI - a mobile space for two people was developed in 2017 by a then third-year student of Architecture at Poznan University of Technology. The building was constructed on the basis of an old shipping container, and is fully powered by electricity, which can be obtained from photovoltaic panels mounted on the roof .INANI together with its functional and technical solutions aims to shed new light on sustainable temporary student housing, collective housing complexes for the elderly, mixed-use spaces and even housing in general.
number of votes: 337
NEW MARKET (A AND B)
proj.: Maćków Pracownia Projektowa, cooperation: J. Brzezowski, M. Fret, K. Gorczakowski, J. Popowski, M. Radaj, interior design: A. Herman, E. Matula, B. Witwicki, Z. Wojtasiak, Ultra Architects (development concept).
[excerpt from author's description]
Building A and B are two office buildings that mark the beginning of the Nowy Rynek investment at Matya and Przemysl Streets in Poznan. Both office buildings are structures with office spaces for rent and service zones on the first floors. Designed in a comprehensive manner, they offer the possibility of comfortable use of the buildings by tenants with the possibility of adapting individual floors for a specific user. Modular facade layouts and adequate depth of corridor-based open space allow for optimal use of space for lease.
number of votes: 27
MULTIFUNCTIONAL BUSINESS COMPLEX CALISIA ONE
proj.: MODO Architektura, Jeske Design Plus, Aleksandra Adamczyk
[author's description]
A boutique office building, a Hampton by Hilton Kalisz hotel and a courtyard open to the city with a variety of culinary concepts were built on the site of the more than 130-year-old revitalized Calisia piano and piano factory.
number of votes: 198
category
HOME
HOUSE FOR N+S
proj.: b o a a, cooperation: J. Ankiersztajn
[excerpt from author's description]
House for N+S is a design of a simple building for a family that wanted to live closer to nature. The main design goal was to create a building that would preserve the natural beauty of the existing plot and that would interfere as little as possible with the existing ecosystem. The external expression of the building is deliberately simplified and was reduced to a square form covered by an asymmetrical gabled roof. The façade materials were chosen to be low-maintenance and to patina naturally over time, turning an increasingly gray hue.
number of votes: 140
HOUSE ON THE RIVER
proj.: Wrzeszcz Architekci, Pulva (interiors)
[excerpt from author's description]
The main factor determining the layout of the house was the surrounding nature. The primary design consideration was to provide a view of the river bend from all rooms and to use natural building materials - wood. The house was shaped as a simple block, in which spaces were "cut" to let the environment closer to the residents. This resulted in a large terrace with a lounge area, a canopy for the entire southern glass facade, a kitchen patio, a small terrace for children, and an entrance area with a utility room and a canopy for a car.
number of votes: 69
DOM_POZ_7
proj.: PL.architekci, cooperation: Patrycja Dembowy, Bartosz Stanek
[Excerpt from author's description]
The house, according to the project's concept, was supposed to be a modern barn, but look as if it was part of the Wielkopolska landscape and had been standing there for a long time. The main body of the building is a gabled roofed open space with a visible roof truss. The roof extends beyond the gable walls - on the west side creating a terrace canopy. The gable walls are entirely glazed - providing all the time contact with the environment. The entire block is clad in Siberian larch without any impregnation - the wood patinates, allowing the building to grow into the surroundings.
number of votes: 268
HOUSE FROM AN OLD BARN - THE SECOND LIFE OF BRICK
proj: Wrzeszcz Architects, Zofia Wyganowska (interiors), Zuzanna Hybiak (greenery).
[excerpt from author's description]
During the design process, the investor and I came up with the idea not only to be inspired by the best local architecture, but also to use it directly. And so the plan was to buy back and dismantle an old, abandoned barn and build a new house from this material. Bricks from the old barn were used to create a new facade. The historic material gives the place a unique atmosphere and mood. The façade consists of four types of brick ties with different levels of carving and transparency. The openwork brick walls let views into the interiors and connect them to the surroundings.
number of votes: 64
BETWEEN THE TREES - STRZESZYN
proj.: Insomia
[excerpt from author's description]
We tried, drawing on our experience, to create a premise that is a search for something between a house and an apartment - a synergy/combination of the advantages of both. Human scale correlated with actual human needs resulted in the design of rational, functional, compact and energy-efficient houses-apartments. The average size of a dwelling unit is 68 m². Repetition of solids gave way to differentiation. The urban planning of the estate is the result of avoiding conflicts with existing greenery - development between trees. Respect for what is found.
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category
COMMON SPACE
COURTYARD OF POZNAN CITY OFFICE
proj.: Atelier Starzak Strebicki
[excerpt from author's description]
An oasis of greenery, a street café, a community center, an urban agora. These are the new incarnations of the courtyard of Poznań City Hall, which has been transformed from a parking lot for cars into a meeting place for residents. The square was developed with a family of wooden objects tailored to the needs of different user groups. The basic elements are: two round large benches around the existing flowerbeds, as well as fourteen mobile seats and twenty year-round pots with greenery. The mobile seats can be added to the pots or set up in an amphitheater-like arrangement - a circular shape with a podium in its central part.
number of votes: 48
KONTENERART'19
proj.: wiercinski-studio
[excerpt from author's description]
Kontenerart is a recreational and cultural public space in the center of Poznan located at the Old Warta Riverbed. The main idea was to use used shipping containers to ensure quick construction and demolition using mobile recycled materials. The space was defined by an arrangement of solids made of 23 containers and wooden boxes arranged on 1800 m² of sandy terrain. The containers house a meeting room and gallery, a music and workshop studio, food outlets, an office, warehouses and toilets. A stage is located between the warehouses.
number of votes: 69
BROWARNY TRAIL, MALTAŃ TRAIL - Cognitive recreational and tourist trails of Antoninek forestry in Poznań.
design: Design Office AN-Architekt (path among trees), Pracownia Architektoniczna Vowie Studio Plus (path among trees), Consultor
[author's description]
Spatial and urban planning assumption of cognitive recreational and hiking trails with infrastructure including information posts, deck chairs, footbridge over the swamp area, floating platform and path in the treetops. The establishment includes land use elements located on the cognitive trails of the Antoninek Forestry: which include the following land use elements: the Maltese trail, the trail towards the Mieloch mausoleum, the bicycle trail, the trail over the brewery pond, in the Szklarka valley and in the valley of the Cybina and Duck.
number of votes: 190
HERE YOU ARE FREE to play ball - Jordan Garden No. 1 in Poznań
proj.: UGO Architecture
[excerpt from author's description]
The premise of the project was to expose a flat island drowning in greenery with playing fields. The first stage of construction work included the construction of sports fields with a connecting plaza, called "the heart" in the design. The entire area was lined with blue tartan, the fields were delineated with white lines, and the common space was enhanced with additional graphics. The largest pitch is multifunctional. It was adapted to the requirements of four sports. The smaller pitch is designed for basketball and floorball. Both are surrounded by mesh picket fences, which prevent balls from escaping outside the playing area.
number of votes: 44
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE KONIN ROAD POLE
proj.: PROSTO Architekci
[excerpt from author's description]
A fragment of the green square next to St. Bartholomew's Church serves as an open space for visitors. The function of the new development of the surroundings of the Konin Road Pillar is to bring out the qualities of the monument and emphasize its historical importance. The exposition of the Pillar in a simplified to a minimum environment in the form of a steel path ("rusted" corten steel) sunk in the lawn is to emphasize this intention. In addition, an educational element is the translation of the ancient Latin inscription carved on the Post in the form of sheet metal cut-out openwork letters located on the path.
number of votes: 66
category
EXPORT WORK
HOUSE ON THE GREAT LAKE
proj.: TXMA Tomasz aleXander Mielczyński ARCHITECT
[excerpt from author's description]
The design task is to create a contemporary, comfortable holiday home in the cultural context of the Great Masurian Lakes. The investor is a sailor, a lover of nature, lakes, forest and good cuisine. "I need a place that gives solace," he says, "it's very important that I can see the lake from every room. That's why the house opens to the south like a big telescope. The main body of the house is clad in tan spruce wood, painted with varnish. Across to this long, black body lies a sort of transept of red brick - for contrast and to soothe tired eyes.
number of votes: 88
HOTEL PURO LODZ
design: ASW Architekci Ankiersztajn Stankiewicz Wroński
[excerpt from author's description]
The Puro Hotel building is located across the street from one of Lodz's most recognizable architectural landmarks, the Izrael Poznanski Palace. Large, rhythmic squares of windows build the glass plane of the front facade, which reflects the image of the palace. From inside the hotel rooms one can admire its rich form. The building's façade design was directly inspired by "Reliefs" by Henryk Stażewski, one of the most recognizable representatives of 20th century art in Lodz. The isolated windows represent the division into rooms.
number of votes: 56
HotHEL - BOUTIQUE HOTEL
proj.: Kluj Architekci
[excerpt from author's description]
The plot on which the building stands is a sand dune with a few trees characteristic of the region. The building is located along a street with several identical buildings. "HotHel", however, stands out among the other buildings. Its roof and side elevations are covered with graphite tiles, and each apartment has a distinctive white loggia. The building has three floors with five apartments of varying sizes. Each has the aforementioned loggia, which is a place to sit and dine.
number of votes: 135
RECONSTRUCTION OF GDANSK THEATER
design: Author's Architectural Studio Jacek Bułat
[excerpt from author's description]
Our architectural adventure with the Wybrzeze Theater in Gdansk began with winning a nationwide architectural competition. The design task consisted of a building with the Main Stage separated by a narrow Theater Street from the other three buildings, which were partly newly acquired by the Theater necessary for the creation of two new stages. The creation of these stages would further enable a major renovation and reconstruction of the Main Stage. Therefore, these three facilities were chosen for the first stage of the reconstruction.
number of votes: 39
category INTERIOR
BRONEK - a private apartment in the Poznan Brewery
proj.: UGO Architecture
[excerpt from author's description]
The interior design was realized in one of the apartments located in Poznan's Warzelnia. The apartment, with an area of 95 m², consists of a first floor with a living room, an open kitchen with a dining room and a toilet, and a mezzanine, which was designed as a private space for the owners with a bedroom, a dressing room and an open bathroom with a bathtub. The main consideration when designing the interior was to plan the functions in such a way as not to obscure the view of the forest, to accommodate the owners' extensive collection of vinyl records and wine, and to preserve the character of the open space. As a result, the only separate room in the apartment is the toilet on the first floor, the rest of the zones became a homogeneous space.
number of votes: 28
OPEN APARTMENT
proj.: b o a a
[excerpt from author's description]
The apartment has an area of 72 m² and is located in the center of Poznań in the attic of a tenement house. The main design condition was to create for two people a house with a possibly open plan, bright, from which it will be possible to admire the beautiful panorama of the Old Town. To this end, it was decided to reduce the number of closed rooms and partitions to a minimum. The centrally located "island" or "house in the house" was equipped with shutters, which can be closed and opened as desired - to cook together with guests sitting in the living room or even to hide from them. After closing the shutters in the kitchen, the side of the island can become a place for film projection in the living room. The interior block is 2.5 meters high, which allowed to create an additional mezzanine space on its roof.
number of votes: 47
DEPOT APARTMENT
proj.: Koper Studio, cooperation: Agnieszka Bogacka
[author's description]
An apartment for rent, where a line of interconnected curtains allows users to modify the space. Running from the entrance, the rail makes it possible to obscure the entrance closet, separate the kitchen from the living room and cover the windows in it. The whole style of the apartment is based on a combination of raw materials with a visible, clear structure, muted colors of furniture, black accessories against the background of slightly pink walls.
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PRIVACY CLUB
proj.: wiercinski-studio
[excerpt from author's description]
The Vanity Club is located in a historic 500 m² space in a historic building in the center of Poznań. Due to the nature of the place, during the design process we decided to leave and uncover all the original interior elements and unify the background colors. We designed a series of furnishings and furniture specifically for the place, which were made by local artisans. For the project we invited two local street artists: Someart and Dumin and we gave them part of the corridor wall. Artist Gregory Bibro is responsible for the neon installations.
number of votes: 63
CITY CRÈCHE NO. 1 IN WĄGROWIEC
proj.: Pracownia21
[excerpt from author's description]
This exceptionally beautiful nursery was built in Wągrowiec. The simple modernist form blends perfectly with the surrounding area and the designed green spaces. Designed around an outdoor courtyard with large facades, it ensures that the natural greenery permeates the interiors of the building. The interiors are dominated by the color white, while a large green area in front of the facility, an interior patio covered with pergolas, and climbing plants growing on the facility draw natural greenery into the rooms of the nursery through the facades. It has been equipped with mechanical ventilation with recuperation, an air heat pump supporting an ecological gas furnace, which optimizes energy consumption.
number of votes: 366
RESULTS
The results of voting in the category ARCHITECTURAL OBJECT.
Results of voting in the HOUSE category
Results of voting in the COMMON SPACE category
The results of the vote in the category EXPORTING WORK.
Results of voting in the category INTERIOR
Material developed in cooperation with the organizers of the competition for the Architectural Award of the Wielkopolska Region (NAWW). Illustrations and author's descriptions provided courtesy of the competition organizers.
Poznan/Cracow 2020
