![Broken House / KWK PROMES - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5010/2ff1/28ba/0d42/2200/1065/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414074457)
Text description provided by the architects. The building is located on the outskirts of Katowice, near a forest, on land deteriorated by 4th category mining damage, where tectonic faults are a possibility. Hence the connotation of uplifted layers of soil, interwoven with one another, which was the inspiration for the form of the house.
![Broken House / KWK PROMES - Brick, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5010/2fb1/28ba/0d42/2200/105b/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414074473)
Its structural design comprises rectangular solids contrasting with the ribbon - like structure which winds around them after it emerges from the ground. It is the leitmotif of the building, combining a variety of functions: starting with the swimming pool to the living room with a fireplace and then to the bedroom upstairs.
A noteworthy feature of the ramp is elimination of stoops. Such a solution was achieved by bending the surface of the course, which made it possible to keep its outer edges straight, without bends typical for such structures.