"Playing in the metropolis" - education through play in the heart of the Upper Silesian-Gazerian metropolis

Project carried out at the Faculty of Architecture of the Silesian University of Technology

Aleksandra Skorupa, 06 of September '24
przód pudełka kart

front of card box

© Urbanmodel

Following the success of the "Settlement Game," which we wrote about on our portal, students and academics from the Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian University of Technology have prepared a second installment of this project - the "Metropolis Game." The new card game, created with the Upper Silesian-Zagłębów Metropolis (GZM) in mind, has been positively received by the region's authorities. There is a good chance that it will become not only an educational tool, but also an interesting [...]

Following the success of the "Settlement Game," which we wrote about on our portal, students and academics from the Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian University of [...]

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Magdalena Buczyńska-Zapała, SARP Oddział Kraków

Magdalena Buczyńska-Zapała, SARP Krakow Branch

Photo: Patryk Czornij

In recent months, local SARP branches held elections for the new authorities for the 2024-2028 term. We bring you the plans of the newly elected presidents of the Society of Polish Architects, and we also ask them about contemporary challenges facing architects and architects. Today Magdalena Buczyńska-Zapała, president of the SARP Krakow Branch, answered our questions. [...]

In recent months, local SARP branches held elections for the new authorities for the 2024-2028 term. We bring you the plans of the newly elected presidents of the [...]

Success of a Polish designer! Pawel Grobelny with the DNA Paris Design 2024 award

Development of the waterfront at Słupeckie Lake

Ola Kloc, 05 of September '24
promenada nad Jeziorem Słupeckim projektu Pawła Grobelnego

promenade on Słupeckie Lake designed by Paweł Grobelny

Photo: Janusz Nowak

Pawel Grobelny has won an award in the Landscape Design category of this year's DNA Paris Design Awards! The international jury appreciated the promenade created in harmony with nature on the Słupeckie Lake in Wielkopolska by the Polish designer. [...]

Pawel Grobelny has won an award in the Landscape Design category of this year's DNA Paris Design Awards! The international jury appreciated the promenade created in [...]

Aleksander Janicki

Alexander Janicki

Photo: Patryk Czornij

The 2nd Distributed Energy Congress is not only about lectures and panel discussions. The event, which will take place at the end of next month in Krakow, Poland, will include an interdisciplinary Architecture Hackathon. [...]

The 2nd Distributed Energy Congress is not only about lectures and panel discussions. The event, which will take place at the end of next month in Krakow, Poland, will [...]

Diploma project of the Polish Tourist Organization office in Stockholm with a pavilion for the promotion of Polish tourism

Hubert Bialka's idea from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk

Aleksandra Skorupa, 05 of September '24
Projekt dyplomowy biura Polskiej Organizacji Turystycznej w Sztokholmie wraz z pawilonem promocji polskiej turystyki

Diploma project of the Polish Tourist Organization office in Stockholm with a pavilion for the promotion of Polish tourism

© Hubert Białk

Hubert Białk - a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, as part of his diploma thesis, under the supervision of Prof. Maciej Świtała and Marta Koniczuk, proposed the interior design of the Polish Tourist Organization (PTO) office in Stockholm and a pavilion promoting Polish tourism. The project is an attempt to revitalize the visual setting of Polish tourism abroad, as well as to create a space that inspires people to get to know our country. [...]

Hubert Białk - a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, as part of his diploma thesis, under the supervision of Prof. Maciej Świtała and Marta Koniczuk, [...]

Nowa zabudowa w miejscu dworca PKS. Widok projektowanego założenia

New development at the site of the bus station. View of the designed establishment

© Jacek Droszcz | Studio Kwadrat

New buildings and a green amphitheater square, opening up a view of the Gdansk skyline. The vision for the development of the PKS station area, which was prepared on behalf of the investor by Jacek Droszcz of Studio Kwadrat, promises to be really promising. [...]

New buildings and a green amphitheater square, opening up a view of the Gdansk skyline. The vision for the development of the PKS station area, which was prepared on [...]

Poland's beloved invite to lemonade under thatched roof

On gentrification of Polish villages and suburban areas

Magdalena Milert, 05 of September '24
Polska ułanowiona zaprasza na lemoniadę pod strzechą

Poland's beloved invite to lemonade under thatched roof

© Magdalena Milert

Gentrification of the countryside in Poland is a phenomenon that is changing not only the landscape but also the social structure of these areas, transforming traditional villages into more affluent, urbanized suburban enclaves. [...]

Gentrification of the countryside in Poland is a phenomenon that is changing not only the landscape but also the social structure of these areas, transforming [...]

Alicja Zawadzka - "Interior design of the Youth Music Center in Milanowek".

Best Interior Diploma Competition 9/2024

Aleksandra Skorupa, 05 of September '24
sala koncertowa

concert hall

© Alicja Zawadzka

The Turczynek villa and park complex is located in the Mazovia province, in Milanówek, on Brwinowska Street. The complex includes two villas "Turczynki" and the park space surrounding the estates. These are historic buildings, which were built around 1905 according to the design of architect David Lande. [...]

The Turczynek villa and park complex is located in the Mazovia province, in Milanówek, on Brwinowska Street. The complex includes two villas "Turczynki" and the park [...]

Posadzki Flowcrete Mondeco

Mondeco Flowcrete Floors

© Tremco

Vacation travel is an opportunity for many people to visit hotels located in the farthest corners of the world. Solutions that are gaining popularity in such facilities are seamless resin floors. In addition to parking lots, where resin-based materials have long been commonplace, they can increasingly be found in hotel lobbies or restaurants, as well as in the back office - in kitchens, staff rooms and technical corridors. [...]

Vacation travel is an opportunity for many people to visit hotels located in the farthest corners of the world. Solutions that are gaining popularity in such facilities [...]

Bazar Różyckiego w Warszawie

Bazar Różycki in Warsaw

Photo: Adrian Grycuk © CC BY SA 3.0pl | Wikimedia Commons

The city market is often referred to today as a relic. Although most of us prefer locally sourced products, we tend to shop at discount stores. Daily choices are reflected in the condition of marketplaces, which are slowly disappearing from Polish cities. What is causing the death of bazaars, what is their value, and what can be done to make them vibrant places again? Answers to these and many other questions are sought by those responsible for the report "Hybrid marketplaces as centers of [...]

The city market is often referred to today as a relic. Although most of us prefer locally sourced products, we tend to shop at discount stores. Daily choices are [...]

An experiment in architecture? Carefully and bit by bit

Architecture Weekend in Gdynia 2024

Ola Kloc, 04 of September '24
Weekend Architektury w Gdyni 2024

Architecture Weekend in Gdynia 2024

Photo: Przemyslaw Kozlowski | Illustrations courtesy of the organizers

Do we need experiments in architecture and urban planning today? Or should we go back to the patterns of the past and draw from them? And actually, where is a human being in all this? The 14th edition of the Architecture Weekend in Gdynia under the slogan "Experiment" is behind us. [...]

Do we need experiments in architecture and urban planning today? Or should we go back to the patterns of the past and draw from them? And actually, where is a human [...]

Julia Ash - "The space of contemplation. Problems of contemporary spirituality"

Best Interior Diploma Competition 9/2024

Aleksandra Skorupa, 04 of September '24
„Przestrzeń kontemplacji. Problematyka współczesnej duchowości”

"Contemplative Space. Problems of Contemporary Spirituality"

© Julia Ash

The project is a response to the problem of contemporary spirituality, a multidimensional phenomenon, much broader than religion itself. Although traditional religions are losing ground in the European world, the need for spirituality has not disappeared, as it is an element naturally present in every human being. Developing the spiritual realm brings many benefits for mental and physical health - this is the idea behind the contemplation space project. It is a place that will help to stop in [...]

The project is a response to the problem of contemporary spirituality, a multidimensional phenomenon, much broader than religion itself. Although traditional religions [...]

International competition to renovate and expand port on Scottish island of Easdale

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Aleksandra Skorupa, 04 of September '24
Międzynarodowy konkursu na renowację i rozbudowę portu na szkockiej wyspie Easdale

International competition to renovate and expand port on Scottish island of Easdale

© TerraViva

Competition platform TerraViva has announced an international architectural competition EASDALE FERRY OFFICE, focused on the renovation and expansion of a small ferry port on the Scottish island of Easdale. The competition provides participants with a unique opportunity to create a design that will not only delight visitors, but also improve the functionality and aesthetics of the existing infrastructure. [...]

Competition platform TerraViva has announced an international architectural competition EASDALE FERRY OFFICE, focused on the renovation and expansion of a small ferry [...]

Sustainable green neighborhood. A student idea for developing an area designated for residential development in Dąbrowa Górnicza.

Project by Daniel Bobrowskiegp, Paulina Gierat, Martyna Radzik, Kamila Szpil and Zuzanna Ścibury from Silesian University of Technology

Aleksandra Skorupa, 03 of September '24
Zrównoważona Zielona Dzielnica. Studencki pomysł na zagospodarowania terenu przeznaczonego pod zabudowę mieszkaniową w Dąbrowie Górniczej.

Sustainable Green District. A student idea for developing an area designated for residential development in Dąbrowa Górnicza.

© Daniel Bobrowski, Paulina Gierat, Martyna Radzik, Kamila Szpil, Zuzanna Ścibura

Student Daniel Bobrowski and students Paulina Gierat, Martyna Radzik, Kamila Szpil and Zuzanna Ścibura from the Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian University of Technology, as part of the class "Urban Design of Residential Complexes" under the supervision of Professor Alina Pancewicz, developed a design for a modern neighborhood in Dąbrowa Górnicza. The design team faced the challenges of a difficult site on the border with Będzin, taking into account specific technical and environmental [...]

Student Daniel Bobrowski and students Paulina Gierat, Martyna Radzik, Kamila Szpil and Zuzanna Ścibura from the Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian University of [...]

Nagroda Prezydenta Miasta Poznania im. Jana Baptysty Quadro

Jan Baptista Quadro Award of the President of the City of Poznań.

Photo: adamchemist © public domain | Wikimedia Commons

The 26th edition of the competition for the Jan Baptista Quadro Prize of the President of the City of Poznań for the best building completed in 2023 in Poznań has been launched. The competition is initiated by UWI Inwestycje, and co-organizers include the City of Poznań, SARP Poznań Branch and the Wielkopolska Regional Chamber of Architects of the Republic of Poland. [...]

The 26th edition of the competition for the Jan Baptista Quadro Prize of the President of the City of Poznań for the best building completed in 2023 in Poznań has been [...]

Marta Kalucka - "SAME SKY. An object for immanent experiences"

Best Interior Diploma Competition 9/2024

Aleksandra Skorupa, 03 of September '24
„SAME SKY. Obiekt do przeżyć immanentnych”

"SAME SKY. An object for immanent experience"

© Marta Kalucka

SAME SKY is an idea project that simulates space flight and primarily recreates the experience of it for everyone on Earth. The overview effect, or the overview effect, is a phenomenon observed in astronauts who, when traveling into space, change their perspective, gain distance, physically moving away from Earth, and mentally moving closer to it than ever. There is a striking feeling that the astronauts talk about, which changes a person and makes him reflect. The visitor can feel a whole [...]

SAME SKY is an idea project that simulates space flight and primarily recreates the experience of it for everyone on Earth. The overview effect, or the overview effect, [...]

"Architecture should not mix with politics". Interview with Zbigniew Maćkow

Winners of the SARP Honorary Award

Wojciech Fudala, 03 of September '24
Zbigniew Maćków

Zbigniew Maćków

Photo: Maria Maćków

One of the greatest honors in Polish architecture is the Honorary Award of the Society of Architects (SARP), which has been awarded since 1966. In a new series in the pages of A&B about the professional path, the activities of SARP and current events from the world of architecture, Wojciech Fudala talks to the laureates of this award. This time his interlocutor is Zbigniew Maćków, the 2020 SARP Honorary Award winner. [...]

One of the greatest honors in Polish architecture is the Honorary Award of the Society of Architects (SARP), which has been awarded since 1966. In a new series in the [...]

Artemide Buntweberei Gople

Artemide Buntweberei Gople

© Artemide

On a former industrial wasteland in the Swabian city of Eislingen, the Buntweberei district has been created, combining recreational facilities and restaurants with a state-of-the-art office campus. Together with designer Filippo Salvia, Artemide created a holistic lighting concept that skillfully combines aesthetics with functionality. [...]

On a former industrial wasteland in the Swabian city of Eislingen, the Buntweberei district has been created, combining recreational facilities and restaurants with a [...]

Robbery repairs

A column by Jakub Glaz

Jakub Głaz, 02 of September '24
Jakub Głaz

Jakub Głaz

Photo: Lubomir Nikolov

About architecture and architects as if it were heaven. Either good, or not at all. Otherwise - lawsuits, lawsuits, brawls, sulks. The other way it doesn't work. When something changes for the better thanks to criticism, and the criticized reaps the benefits, no one sends marauders diplomas and chocolates. [...]

About architecture and architects as if it were heaven. Either good, or not at all. Otherwise - lawsuits, lawsuits, brawls, sulks. The other way it doesn't work. When [...]

POPS - how private spaces can become a public asset

Privately Owned Public Spaces

Mateusz Cyganek, 02 of September '24
Nowy Jork — Domino Park, proj.: James Corner Fields Operations

New York - Domino Park, proj.: James Corner Fields Operations

Photo: Mateusz Cyganek

Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS, or Privately Owned Public Spaces) have changed the face of many cities around the world. They have been created as a result of formal incentives addressed by local authorities to investors. They have resulted in vibrant places, open to everyone, where residents want to spend their time. And although the path of development of the idea of POPS began more than a century ago, this type of solution is still lacking in Poland. [...]

Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS, or Privately Owned Public Spaces) have changed the face of many cities around the world. They have been created as a result of [...]

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