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European Solidarity Center Gdansk, Polish Architecture, Architect, Picture, Design
Polish Competition : Winning Design
European Solidarity Center Building in Gdansk, Poland
As announced on our Polish Architecture page in December FORT Architects won First
prize in the International Architectural Competition for the European
Solidarity Center Building: we now feature a full set of competition
panels.

Polish Solidarity Centre Competition, Gdansk
Winner: FORT Architects, Poland
Entries: 62
Announced Dec 2007
Prize: £70,000
2nd: Gray International and Stelmach i Partnerzy, Poland
3rd: Arkitema, Denmark
THE CONCEPT
Prior to starting design work, it was necessary to list all features
the building should have. Namely, it should reflect the essence of
Solidarity and at the same time appeal to the young evoking interest,
not only in the history of Solidarity, but also in its currently valid
ideals.
In our opinion, extreme simplicity, which characterised the aims and
methods of the Solidarity movement, should be the governing design
principle. The architectural design is based upon evenly distributed
parallel walls. The walls are bare and uncomplex, disposed of unnecessary
details, having a crude, rusty corten steel finishing, which supports
the principal of simplicity.
Steel walls, as a dominant design element, seem to be in motion. The
first one cracks in half and leans forward. The others follow suit.
The sense of dynamism of the historical change is achieved through
slanting, rhythmically repetitive directions determined by the surfaces
of the walls. The record of this historical change is to be found
in the spaces of the building itself.
The main ideological principles of the design are conspicuous through
the absence of excessive, redundant elements. Simplicity, as the main
governing element of the design, is as obvious as once were the demands
of the shipyard workers. Accessibility of the symbolic message conveyed
by the building is one of the most important features of the design.
European Solidarity
Center : more details

FORT Architects, ul. Grunwaldzka 212, 80-266 Gdansk, Poland
Polish Solidarity Centre
Competition 3rd place : Arkitema

Polish Solidarity
Centre Competition entry : Town Planning Design & Architecture

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