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Retroversions. Szczecin’s New, Very Old Podzamcze

Rene Submissions — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Retroversions. Szczecin’s New, Very Old Podzamcze

Podzamcze is both the oldest and the youngest district of Szczecin. It was here, in the early Middle Ages, that the city was born – a city whose modern history began only after World War II, along with visions and plans for its reconstruction. In fact, the actual rebuilding of the area was initiated only in the 1980s, when the Craftsmen’s Association and the Merchants’ Association began efforts to develop the district for service and retail establishments. On the ruins of historic buildings, within the city’s original layout, new tenement houses were erected. Their

House in Dobra / ANNA THUROW

Valentina Villa — Sat, 06 May 2017 02:00:00 +0000

House in Dobra near Szczecin, designed by architect’s couple Anna and Krzysztof Paszkowski-Thurow resembles a modern barn. Architects combined dark minimalistic core of the house with carport and big terraces, plastered all in white. Hudge panoramic windows allow for undistorted views over surrounding, beautiful pine forest.

National Museum in Szczecin Dialogue Centre Przelomy / KWK Promes

Valentina Villa — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 03:00:00 +0000

Szczecin is one of the largest victims of historical violence in Poland. Until 1945, the city lay within the borders of Germany, after which it was suddenly incorporated into Poland. Instant exchange of its population deconstructed the social fabric and distorted the city’s identity. Before the war, the current Solidarności Square was the showcase of the city, featuring a quarter of representative tenements, enclosed by the Konzerthaus in the North. During bombing raids of the Allied forces the quarter and its vicinity ceased to exist, creating a gap in the urban tissue. Furthermore, this fragment of the city was cut through by a transportation route. This quasi-square became the arena for worker protest in 1970, which was brutally pacified, and 16 protesters were killed. From that moment on, this place became a symbol of fight for freedom.

Architecture Is The Music of Space Five Exceptional Concert Halls in Europe

Rene Submissions — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 18:25:00 +0000

On June 22, 2016 the Philharmonic Hall in Szczecin will house the vernissage of the Architecture Is The Music of Space exhibition. It will present an architectural analysis of five outstanding concert halls, constructed in Europe in recent years (in Szczecin, Oslo, Blaibach, Reykjavik and Porto), and an exceptional work of art created as an homage to the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic.

Loft in a Marmalade Factory / Loft Szczecin

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:00:00 +0000

Our project was done in a former warehouse of a marmalade factory, which operated before World War II in Szczecin (Poland). The project involved reconstruction of one of the open spaces for an apartment divided into 4 rooms (living room with a kitchenette, bedroom, office, bathroom). In the most part of the loft we preserved historic, wooden floors that have been restored. All the kitchen furniture were designed and built by Loft Szczecin. Countertops were made of white marble and kitchen furniture of plywood. The rest of the furnishing is vintage furniture and lamps from the 50s and 60s from Denmark, the Czech Republic, Poland and the Netherlands. The furniture have been renovated by Loft Szczecin. For decoration we used a polish rug from the 30s.

House in Gumieńce / Loft Szczecin

Daniel Sánchez — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 05:00:00 +0000

The project included interior design of a 100 year old house after its expansion and modernization. In addition, it required designing a fireplace and a staircase connecting the three levels. Most of the furniture (dining table, bureau, coffee table, sideboard, kitchen cabinets, bathroom cabinets) were designed and built by Loft Szczecin. Furniture were made of oak and were later oiled. Kitchen furniture were created from laminated plywood and the countertop is made of black granite. Vintage items were bought in auctions and have been restored by Loft Szczecin. These include the chairs designed by Niels Moller of danish production, the armchair of czech production from the 60s designed by Magda Sepova and small medical furniture from the early 20th century.

Flanagan Lawrence's New Summer Theatre in Szczecin Reimagines an Outdoor Performance Space from 1976

Eric Oh — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 12:00:00 +0000

Flanagan Lawrence has won a competition to design a new Summer Theatre in Kasprowicza Park, Szczecin, Poland. The outdoor performance space will update an original structure, including the arch—made from a membrane of plastic fibres—designed by Zbigniew Abrahamowicz and opened to the public in 1976. Read more about this project after the break.

Philharmonic Hall Szczecin / BAROZZI VEIGA

Daniel Sánchez — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The building emerges from its urban context, influenced by the steeply pitched roofs and the verticality of the city’s residential buildings, by the monumentality of the upright ornaments of its neo-Gothic churches and the heavy volumes of its Classicist buildings, by the towers that dot its entire skyline and the cranes of its port.