Architect Wojciech Poplawski will talk about his design experience in the post-industrial space of Lodz and Warsaw, the peculiarities of working with customers, city authorities, as well as the cost of architecture on the example of the Andel's hotel, which received many prestigious awards - including the title of European Hotel Design Award 2009 - ARCHITECTURE OF THE YEAR.
“Post-industrial quarters are often a difficult topic for urban planning of architecture: their unfavorable position in relation to the city center and public transport stops, the deplorable state of infrastructure, the high cost of preserving ancient monuments, and, like a hanging ax, the threat of their demolition as the optimal solution to all problems. Most investors treat these large areas as building plots with demolition buildings, but few see the enormous potential and unique value-added architecture that would later distinguish this project amid thousands of anonymous investments. Modern intervention in the historical fabrics of the city is necessary Only the introduction of new life into a monument of antiquity can allow it to survive. Projects such as the Hotel Andels in ód have triggered an avalanche of change, showing an opportunity to revitalize the entire quarter, providing inspiration to subsequent investors, architects and city officials. In this way and working in this direction, we will be able to preserve ancient monuments and save our heritage, without it we become completely deprived of the foundation, trying to start all over again and thinking that we will do it better”. - Wojciech Poplavsky, OP ARCHITEKTEN
Venue address:
• October 17 at 17.00
• Architectural Festival Zodchestvo`16
• Trekhgornaya Manufactura. Moscow, st. Rochdelskaya, 15
Author
Wojciech Poplawski, graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology. The practice took place in Vienna, in the workshop of prof. Herbert Müller-Hartburg, participated in the design and revitalization of the Deutsche Bank headquarters in Leipzig. Collaborated with the architect Tadeusz Spychala in Vienna on the design of the PZU Tower and the InterContinental Hotel in Warsaw. Member of the Union of Architects of Poland. Together with Andrzej Orlinski, he founded the architecture studio OP Architekten in Vienna (2004) and then in Warsaw (2008).
Some awards
Revitalization project for two Le Palais mansions:
• PZiTB Award "Construction of the Year 2013" in the category of revitalization
• CEE Quality Award 2013 for "Project of the Year 2013 in Warsaw"
The project of the Andel's Hotel in Lodz has received several dozen awards, including:
• European Hotel Design Awards 2009 in London for the best adaptation of a building to a hotel, • Contract Interior Awards 2010 in New York
• Special award MIPIM Awards 2010 in Cannes;
• Nominations: title of the year 2010 SARP and Mies van der Rohe Prize 2011.
