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Check out this new Museum for Contemporary Art designed by Swiss architect, Christian Kerez.  Part of a larger master plan to revitalize Warsaw, the $91 million museum will house the country’s largest collection of contemporary art, attracting an estimated 800,000 visitors per year to this fast growing metropolis.  The museum is situated in the center of Warsaw which demonstrates what Kerez sees as “a powerful statement” by making a cultural institution, rather than a commercial or residential one, rest at the heart of the city.

More images, another video, and more about the project after the break.

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NeoStudio Architekci shared their completed design for a residence in Garby near Poznan, Poland.  Located on a sunken site, the building rests on a steep southern slope.  With the client’s desire for a double height, two-level living room, the home takes its form around that central room.    The back of the home has been fitted to the existing slope and makes the form read as ”soaking into the surroundings” as an attempt to make the form dissolve into nature.   The house also includes the standard amenities for a family of four, such as a kitchen, dining area and bedrooms.

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This Competition concerns the development of the architectural conceptual design of the building to house the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk, intended to become a new identity landmark of the City of Gdansk, and the conceptual site landscape design commensurate with the nature, status, and location of the site.

The purpose of this Competition is to arrive at the architectural concept of the building to house the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk, appended with the site landscape design, that will be best in terms of its city-planning, architectural, functional, aesthetic, and operational aspects, and recognise the site’s nature, status, and location, and to obtain recommendations from the Competition Jury with respect to awarding the public contract to the winner of the Competition.

Registration deadline is March 26, submission deadline is August 13. For information on the requirements, go to the competition’s official website. Seen at Death by Architecture.

Architect: Peter Kuczia
Location: Upper Silesia, Poland
Contractor: HB Unibud s.a. | Czechowice-Dziedzice
Site Area: 14,800 sqm
Project Area: 670 sqm
Construction year: 2009
Photographs: Tomasz Sinek, Peter Kuczia

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Poland-based Jednacz Architekci shared with us their proposal for the Museum of Polish History competition, for which they received 2nd Prize.

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We continue with more proposals for the  Museum of Polish History  Competition, this time with the proposal by kOnyk architecture (more projects by the firm previously featured at AD). One of the key feature’s of their proposal is to construct a parking structure over the Trasa Lazienkowska Highway that will serve as a “land bridge” that will unify the park as well as be a platform for observation of the Wilsa River below.

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Colombian architects Paisajes Emergentes (one of our AD Futures) shared with us their proposal for the Museum of Polish History competition. The project consists in five historical galleries articulated by an open air courtyard.

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LRA‘s competition entry for a new 321,000sf, $140m Museum of Polish History campus, Sixpoints, includes extensive permanent & temporary galleries, academic & lecture mini-tower, bookstore & gift shop, indoor/outdoor cafes, and administrative/observation tower overlooking the dramatic Warszawska Scarp greenbelt.

The site is situated adjacent to the historic Ujazdow Castle in central Warsaw, and LRA articulated the six major program elements in discrete architectural elements that reduce the visible massing of the project and that each have a specific character and access. These pavilions radiate out from and define an indoor/outdoor public Forum, creating a vibrant, active museum center – a new hub of cultural and educational activity and a common point that connects all parts of the MHP. More images and full architect’s description after the break. read more »

Toya Design was awarded first prize for their design of an Archaeological Reserve in Poland.  The form and function of the building were determined by parameters of founded archaeological substance and historical, architectural and natural context in Ostrow Tumski in Poznan, Poland. In this way, the building aims to accurately complete the existing backdrop of the area.

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Architect: Beton / Marta Rowińska & Lech Rowiński
Location: Tarnów, Poland
Building Team: Local Semi-Professional Builders
Investor: Well-known Polish Writer
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Beton

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Poland based Tamizo Architects have sent us their latest project, the Kamyk Heritage Park. The idea of the park’s concept was to create a kind of small village with a few different buildings/functions which mix village with contemporary style at the same time.

The plot is located in a small village in Poland called Kamyk. It’s quite big and it’s located in a village landscape plot with two small ponds in the center of it. The main building of the whole concept and a first part of the competition was a restaurant/wedding house building.

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Architects: Consultor + APA Bulat + Neostudio Architects
Location: Poznañ, Poland
Project team: Jacek Bulat, Bartosz Jarosz, Joanna Kapturczak, Michal Kapturczak, Pawel Œwierkowski
Structural Engineer: Piotr Fait
Client: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
Project area: 2,062 sqm
Competition: 2005
Design year: 2005-2006
Construction year: 2007-2009
Photographs: Pawel Swierkowski

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Architects: medusagroup
Location: Ornontowice, Poland
Architects in Charge: Przemo łukasik, Lukasz zagała
Associate Architect: Jakub Magon
Project area: 300 sqm
Design year: 2007
Construction year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Milosz Jaksik

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Architects: medusagroup
Location: Gliwice, Poland
Architects in Charge: Przemo łukasik, Lukasz zagała
Associate Architects: Rafal Dziedzic, Kuba Pudo, Tomasz Majewski, Dominik Jaksik, Dawid Beil, Krzysztof Drozda, Justyna Siwińska, Agnieszka Szewera, Jakub Magoń
Structural Engineer: Statyk
Client: Wektor Inwestycje sp. z o.o.
Project area: 5,000 sqm
Design year: 2007-2008
Construction year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Milosz Jaksik

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Architects: moomoo Architects (Jakub Majewski, Lukasz Pastuszka) + Tomasz Bierzanowski
Location: Lodz, Poland
Project year: 2008
Project area: 200 sqm
Photographs: moomoo architects

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Architects: Marek Rytych Architekt
Location: Poland
Project team: Marek Rytych, Krzysztof Kryska, Joanna Kiepas
Project Area: 436 sqm
Project year: 2005
Photographs: MRA

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Polish office Toya Design shared with us their latest project, which won the First Prize in the competition for Architectural Concept of Modernisation of Grand Hall complex at “Zamek” Culture Centre in Poznan, Poland. The project will be realized in the years 2009-2011 with the 70% European Union fund.

The concept is based on the idea of extending the first floor hallway in front of the Grand Hall to form the central ATRIUM, where all functions of the Castle concentrate, and where paths of its visitors meet.

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Architect: Schleifer & Milczanowski Architekci s.c.
Location: Gdynia, ul. Krasickiego 30, Poland
Design Team: Tomasz Milczanowski, Stefan Schleifer, Agnieszka Schleifer, Agnieszka Majkowska, Anna Niedzielska, Hanna Zamorska, Roksana Czartopolska, Michal Treder
Structure Engineer: Studio R Roman Radowski
Client: Polskie Pierze i Puch Sp. z o.o.
Area: 2092 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2007
Construction Year: 2009
Photographs: Schleifer & Milczanowski Architekci

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Architect: Schleifer & Milczanowski Architekci s.c.
Location: Gdansk, ul. Moniuszki, Poland
Design Team: Tomasz Milczanowski, Stefan Schleifer, Agnieszka Schleifer, Agnieszka Majkowska, Anna Niedzielska, Hanna Zamorska, Roksana Czartopolska, Agata Burian
Structure Engineer: Kompago s.c.
Client: Pomerania S.A.
Area: 3,922 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2007
Construction Year: 2008
Photographs: Schleifer & Milczanowski Architekci

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Architects: KWK PROMES
Location: Poland
Project Architect: Robert Konieczny
Structural Engineer: Marian Goczoł
Design Year: 2001
Construction Year: 2002-2004
Site Area: 972 sqm
Constructed Area: 102 sqm
Photographs: KWK PROMES

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