"You don't need planning permission to build castles in the sky..." (You don't need planning permission to build castles in the sky) - these words inscribed on the wall of a library in Bristol by Banksy can be seen in the studio's social media description. What do the architects of the Franta Group studio dream about? We will find out during the 12th edition of the Open Architecture Studio Festival!
Broadcast of the meetings will be available on our channels
We will start this year's Festival of Open Architectural Studios in Wroclaw, at the headquarters of the Arch_it studio(May 19 at 13:00), then we will move to Chorzow, where we will take a look at the Franta Group office(May 21 at 13:00). We will conclude the event in Warsaw, at the headquarters of the Bujnowski Architekci studio (May 22 at 1 pm). Live broadcasts will be available on A&B's Facebook and YouTube!
Franta Group
May 21, 1 pm
On the second day of the festival we will move from Lower Silesia to Upper Silesia, more precisely to Chorzow, where the studio headed by Maciej Frantaoperates . The team, now consisting of sixteen people, became famous for the realization of Villa Reden in Chorzow, which won an incredible number of awards!
Żorro multifamily building in Żory
© Franta Group
The Franta Group team has already completed iconic buildings - such as the already famous Żorro, a multi-family building in Żory, or a project to expand a spa in Ustroń Zawodzie together with Robert Konieczny. Recently, the news that the office will design the eighth tower among the point towers forming the already iconic Osiedle Walenty Roździeńskiego was widely echoed, thus Maciej Franta will enter into an architectural dialogue with his grandfather, Aleksander Franta, the co-creator of the famous "Star Builders"!
Cosmo residential complex in Chorzow, visualization
© Franta Group
We will learn the secrets of the Silesian studio during the Festival of Open Architecture Studios on Thursday, May 21, at 1 p.m. In the meantime, we invite you to a short Q&A session with Maciej Franta:
Villa Reden in Chorzow
© Franta Group
Ola Kloc: Where did the name of the studio come from?
Maciej Franta: From the surname ;)
Ola Kloc: For us, the atelier is...
Maciej Franta: A space for implementing thoughts into matter.
Ola Kloc: What was your first joint project about?
Maciej Franta: It was the Villa Reden.
Villa Reden in Chorzow
© Franta Group
Ola Kloc: The dream project is....
Maciej Franta:...the one that surprises us the most.
Ola Kloc: Our favorite design tool is....
Maciej Franta: Brain ;)
Ola Kloc: Does the team have any regular habits / rituals?
Maciej Franta: Apart from having lunches together, it's an abstract sense of humor.
The house in Rycerka Górna
© Franta Group
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The Festival of Architectural Open Studios is a great opportunity to see from behind the scenes what happens every day in architectural offices and personally ask the architects and architects who work in them about issues of interest to the profession. See you there!
Partners of the event are:
Patronage:
SARP Branch Krakow
SARP Łódź Branch
