We have completed online voting for the Audience Award—the best residential project made as part of the „Grzegórzecka Market Square, Student Housing Project of the Year” competition organized by the Home Builders Association. The competition was attended by male and female students of the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts of the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Academy. The largest number of votes (558) and thus the first place was awarded to the project by Joanna Mikołajec. Congratulations!
In the summer semester of the 2022—2023 academic year, the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Academy of Kraków, in cooperation with the Association for Architectural Education, conducted the SBDiM competition „Project of the Year for the Award of the Association of Home Builders.” The competition entries were created as part of an exercise conducted during the second year of studies in the subject of architectural composition. The task leaders were Prof. Krzysztof Ingarden and Piotr Urbanowicz, Dr. Paweł Maryńczuk, Dr. Piotr Wróbel.
The Audience Award went to Joanna Mikołajec,
photo of the mock-up
© Joanna Mikołajec
competition requirements
The challenge faced by the male and female students was to design residential and office buildings in Kraków on the site of the current market square, located between the Market Hall (design: Juliusz Dumnicki,1937-1940) and the railroad overpass at Grzegórzecka Street, together with a stop and reconstruction of the historic viaduct (realization 2023). An important element of the concept was to maintain the commercial function of the square (market square, book and antique exchange) as the dominant one, existing now and determining the identity of the place, to provide transport services for the complex, including parking spaces and service rooms in the underground garage. In addition, it was necessary to take into account the new functions and specifics of the space related to public transportation, which result from the construction of the railroad flyover and the location of its new stops near the square.
The official results of the competition will be announced during the autumn Fair of Homes and Apartments 2023 in Kraków, which will be held on November 18 and 19 this year.
The project by Joanna Mikołajec received the highest number of votes
© Joanna Mikołajec
voting results
Architecture & Business gave a vote to its male and female readers in October this year, announcing a contest for the Audience Award. Male and female Internet users were able to vote for a month for their favorite residential project, out of 9 concepts admitted to the finals.
Thewinning entry was by Joanna Mikołajec, receiving 558 votes. The author will receive a diploma and a one-year subscription to the „A&B” monthly. The project was made under the direction of Dr. Piotr Wróbel.
The winning project was made under the direction of Dr. Piotr Wróbel
© Joanna Mikołajec
The aim of the project is to create a complex that combines various functions such as residential, office, service and retail. An office building is located parallel to the hall, while the residential building is perpendicular. The building is equipped with four types of apartments: 1,2,3 and 4-bedroom units. The apartments are equipped with a loggia on the south side. The top two floors on the tower have a loggia on the west with a view of the old city. The space on the slab and under the slab has a service function. The slab has been transformed into a pocket park, which will help with the reduction of urban heat islands and overheating problems in buildings, according to the author's description by Joanna Mikołajec.
The Audience Award went to Joanna Mikołajec
© Joanna Mikołajec
Second place went to the project by Aurelia Kulesza (mentor: Dr. Piotr Wróbel), receiving 386 votes, and the work of Adrian Mazurkiewicz with 361 votes won third place (mentors: Prof. Krzysztof Ingarden, Piotr Urbanowicz).
You can find the full results of the voting and all participating projects in the article Choose the Public Award in the Student Housing Project of the Year competition.
