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Cultural Centre 'Twórcza Twarda' in Warsaw

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Team:  Irgen Salianji, Karolina Szóstkiewicz, Katarzyna Duliba, Adrianna Drohomirecka Status:  Competition project Location:  Warszawa, Poland The site of ‘’Creative Twarda’’ Cultural Centre is located in the heart of Warsaw’s city centre and is deeply affected by its eventful historical heritage and radical transformation following the destruction during the WWII and the subsequent reconstruction during the socialist period. Inscribed inside the former Warsaw Ghetto and within a short walking distance from the Palace of Culture and the Old City quarter, the site is part of the collective memory of the residents and it is surrounded by numerous monuments and significant institutions of the local Jewish culture and the broader artistic plateau of the city. The site is positioned right next to the historic Grzybowski Square and forms part of the wider cultural network of the area, including the Capitol Theatre, the Ethnographic Museum, the National Theatre, the National Art...

New Urban Centre of Veliko Tarnovo

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Team: Irgen Salianji, Karolina Szóstkiewicz, Karolina Duda, Kyriakos Messios Status: Competition project Location: Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria Program: Masterplan and Expositions Centre The master plan of the new urban centre (NUC) of Veliko Tarnovo is divided into four functional zones that are interconnected and each serves a different range of program, while together they form a unified urban tissue with a characteristic identity. The northern part of the scheme contains the zone of public buildings and landmarks, including the new Exposition Centre and the existing buildings of the University (VTU) and the District Administration. This area is green and contains generous public spaces for leisure and open-air activities, while large existing and new trees create shaded pockets and create framed views of the monumental buildings. In the middle of the plot there is the NUC, a rectangular tissue of urban fabric that has well-defined edges, high density and mix-use program. In the cen...

Elefsina Administration & Services Building, Greece

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Architects   f or   Urbanity   propose a new typology of office space for public institutions, one that brings public servants and citizens in interaction and introduces the notion of efficiency and human character into the realm of bureaucracy. Team : Marina Kounavi , Karolina Szóstkiewicz, Irgen Salianji , Tatiana Zoumpoulaki, Karolina Duda, Konstantina Lola Location: Elefsina, Greece Program: Administration and Services Building The proposal for the new office building of P.E.D.A. is based on a radial volumetric configuration that creates a large central space in the heart of the building, which expresses the notion of the common, condenses all public services and facilitates the orientation of the visitors. The central space becomes a catalyst and the reference point of six linear building extensions that shelter an independent service on each floor. Therefore the building functions as a unified organism that however allows autonomy to each of its departments....