Institutions in 2021 by Kacper Kępiński

Institutions in 2021 by Kacper Kępiński

Architecture of institutions

State institutions, like other public buildings in Poland, are beginning to change. Architects are increasingly combining functionality, modern solutions and high construction standards in their designs.

Institutional architecture

innovation in industry

Technological development is influencing the development of the economy. Newly constructed buildings are not only visually aesthetically pleasing, but most importantly use the latest technological advances in the design and production process. In their concepts, architects are tasked with meeting all the necessary requirements so that institutions can function in the most efficient, optimal and energy-efficient way possible while maintaining, above all, the principles of safety and care for the environment. Increasingly, at the design stage, architects are using modern BIM technology, which makes it possible to model and coordinate building information.

good design

In the future, Kielce will be able to boast a new headquarters for the Laboratory Campus of the Central Office of Weights and Measures, located on a sprawling 13-hectare plot near Noise Mountain. The two-stage competition was won by BDM Architects. The project envisages dividing the facility into public and enclosed parts. The authors of the concept decided to combine modernity with the local resources of the region. In addition to glass and steel, stone from the Tumlin quarry was used to finish the facility's walls.

Kierownik działu projektów zewnętrznych i wystaw w Narodowym Instytucie Architektury i Urbanistyki. Współzałożyciel krakowskiego stowarzyszenia Przestrzeń-Ludzie-Miasto i członek rady Fundacji Instytut Architektury. Brał udział w przygotowaniu wystaw (m.in. „Za-mieszkanie 2012. Miasto ogrodów, miasto ogrodzeń”, „Figury niemożliwe” - Pawilon Polski na 14. Biennale Architektury w Wenecji, „Transformacja. Przestrzenie wolności", „Tożsamość. 100 lat polskiej architektury”) i projektów edukacyjnych, koordynator projektów Krakowski Szlak Modernizmu i Pomoszlaku. Architekt, absolwent Wydziału Architektury Politechniki Krakowskiej, stypendysta rządu francuskiego na Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville. Studiował także w Amsterdamie i Kopenhadze.

[fot. Grzegorz Karkoszka / Exercising modernity]

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