Author: gabe@crewint.org

CENTRUM NAUKI KOPERNIK

Park of Explo­rers, Coper­ni­cus Sci­ence Cen­ter

METROPOL PARASOL

Rede­sign of the Pla­za de la Encar­na­ci­on in Seville

GERMAN EMBASSY CAIRO

Out­side the embas­sy

MOMA WARSAW

Town squa­re and park to the Muse­um of Modern Art in War­saw

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT SPRINGBACHHÖFE

Win­dow to the city and land­scape

WRA IV

The fourth ses­si­on of the War­saw Archi­tec­tu­re Talks focu­sed on the Polish ren­tal housing mar­ket and the intro­duc­tion of a ren­tal housing fund by the Polish govern­ment. It was dis­cus­sed how afforda­ble and high qua­li­ty archi­tec­tu­re can be rea­li­zed in ren­tal housing and which social and archi­tec­tu­ral aspects are important. The importance of soci­al­ly mixed neigh­bor­hoods and the role of urban gar­dens in urban deve­lo­p­ment were also addres­sed. SARP Oddział Wars­zaw­ski was a part­ner of the event, sup­port­ed by Fund­ac­ja Współpra­cy Pol­s­ko-Nie­­mieckiej, PUC­ZYŃ­SKI — mała archi­tek­tu­ra and RINN. ARCHI­­TEK­­TU­RA-MURA­­TOR acted as a media part­ner. The spea­k­ers at this con­fe­rence were Andrzej Klimc­zuk (socio­lo­gist, War­saw), Tomasz Fuda­la (Muze­um Sztu­ki Nowo­c­zes­nej, War­saw), Rai­ner Hof­mann (bogevischs bue­ro, Munich), Susan­ne Schnor­busch (archi­tect, Ber­lin), Dr. Micha­el Lud­wig (City Coun­cil­lor for Housing, Housing Con­s­truc­tion and Urban Rene­wal, Vien­na) and Chris­toph Roe­dig (roe­dig. schop archi­tek­ten, Ber­lin). Venue: Pavi­li­on SARP (Asso­cia­ti­on of Polish Archi­tects), ul. Fok­sal 2, War­sawNum­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts: 110Date: 28.11.2014

THEATRUM GHEDANENSE

Archi­tec­tu­ral con­cept for a thea­ter remi­nis­cence

WRA III

The third con­fe­rence of the War­saw Archi­tec­tu­re Talks deals with demo­gra­phic chan­ge and its impact on urban deve­lo­p­ment. The focus is on new housing models for older peo­p­le and archi­tec­tu­ral adapt­a­ti­on to their needs. Euro­pean examp­les ser­ve as inspi­ra­ti­on. A field trip to seni­or living at the Alz­hei­mer’s Cen­ter in War­saw will be sup­port­ed by Direc­tor Jarosław Gni­o­s­ka and archi­tect Miłosz Roman­c­zuk (Kul­c­zyń­ski Archi­tects). Renow­ned spea­k­ers, inclu­ding archi­tect Jörg Pöt­ting, land­scape archi­tect Joerg Th. Coqui, mana­ging direc­tor Krzy­sz­tof Lasoń, mana­ging direc­torJad­wi­ga Dąbrows­ka and archi­tect Dan Schürch will shed light on the topic. The con­fe­rence is sup­port­ed by SARP Oddział Wars­zaw­ski and accom­pa­nied by PUC­ZYŃ­SKI — mała archi­tek­tu­ra, POZ­BRUK, CER­MAG and ARCHI­­TEK­­TU­RA-MURA­­TOR. Venue: Ger­man Embas­sy in War­sawNum­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts: 110Date: 13.06.2014

WRA II

Con­cept, con­tent pre­pa­ra­ti­on, orga­niza­ti­on and mode­ra­ti­on of the inter­na­tio­nal con­fe­rence within the War­saw Archi­tec­tu­re Talks and orga­niza­ti­on of the excur­si­on on the topic of NEW LIVING QUAR­TERS IN WAR­SAW — “19 Dziel­ni­ca” with kind sup­port Mar­cin Cit­ko from JEMS Archi­tek­ci. Lec­tu­r­ers:Rafal Schur­ma (Pre­si­dent, Polish Green Buil­ding Coun­cil)Mar­kus Penell (Mana­ging Part­ner, O&O Bau­kunst)Guest Prof. Nico­le Pfo­ser (Archi­tect, Mas­ter of Land­scape Archi­tec­tu­re, HfWU Nür­tin­gen) Tho­mas Fabi­an (Depu­ty Direc­tor, City Plan­ning Office, City of Frei­burg im Breis­gau) Zbi­gniew Macków (Macków Pra­cow­nia Pro­jek­to­wa, coor­di­na­tor of the pro­ject) Orga­ni­zer: COQUI MALACHOWS­KA COQUI Urban Plan­ning Land­scape Archi­tec­tu­re, Foun­da­ti­on of Archi­tects (Fund­ac­ja Twórców Archi­tek­tu­ry)Sup­port: Ger­man Embas­sy, Foun­da­ti­on of Ger­­man-Polish Coope­ra­ti­on Venue: Ger­man Embas­sy in War­sawNum­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts: 110Date: 29.11.2013

EDGE HOUSE – GARDEN ON A ROCK

A colourful bou­quet of gar­den rooms in the old quar­ry