A very clean and sleek project done by JEMS Architekci
A modern apartment complex will be built in Warsaw starting this summer, there is already controversy about the color choices. If I were the one to choose the color I defiantly wouldn’t choose white…..after 6 months that nice crisp white will turn into a dirty gray. Hopefully they choose their materials wisely so that maybe that white will stay clean for a long time!
Scattered around any Polish city- big or small, are “bloki mieszkalne” a.k.a. “Bloki”. These tall, ugly, concrete, towers are a sort of symbol of Polish cities and families. Most middle class Polish families are habitants of these bloks, even as the economy in Poland improves some families don’t wish to leave their small crowded apartments. I know my aunt has lived in the same small apartment on the 8th floor since the 60s, yet she has the money to build a house but doesn’t want to leave her blok lifestyle.
Tower blocks were an idea of french socialist, artist and architect Le Corbusier. He dreamed of were working class families could live in cities full of tower blocks. He called them “living machines” and thought that cities should be based on only tall rectangular towers. He wanted to rebuild Paris with tower blocks and parks.
Try imagining Paris with only buildings looking like that!
Now local governments and urban planners are trying to take care of tower blocks in order for them not to turn into slums and still have an appeal to society. More stores and businesses are opening up in and around the neighborhoods with blokis and colorful coats of paint are used to renew the tattered facades.
Frank Gehry is to build a very large cultural center in Lodz, Poland. A very interesting addition to the rest of the renovations that Lodz is going through. This is the first time that Gehry will design a building in Poland.
The interior is going to be made up of a large projected screen and it’s roof will complement the gothic cathedral in Lodz.
There will be 4 movie theaters, 1 large concert auditorium, 1 small auditorium and a large courtyard.
Mackow is a architectural design firm based in Wroclaw, Poland. They have won numerous of awards and have had clients from all over Poland and central Europe.
Formodesign: a design firm located close to Lodz, Poland. Specializing in interior and exterior architectural design.
