Warszawa MoMA : Architektura + Architekci

Warsaw Museum of Modern Art – Competition, Poland 2007- Christian Kerez winner Warsaw MoMA Contest International competition, Honor mention 2007 architects: Luca Nicoletti and Manfredi Nicoletti - Studio Nicoletti Associati with: Fabrizio Tajani, S. Westrich, L. Bertoni project team: A. Della Morgia, D. Altana, P.Onorato, P. Leone, D. De Santis renderings: Res Fictae structural consultant: Mario Salabè The idea of freedom is the symbolic message of the new Warsaw Museum of Modern Art. The project is made up of two elements. The Crystalline Container is an austere transparent parallelepiped protecting and revealing a strong dynamic space holding the many activities of the museum. The transparency of the "container" absorbs and renews the urban surroundings: The Marszalkowska Street and the Square dominated by a Stalinist-stile skyscraper, the tallest building in Warsaw and symbol of the Soviet oppression. The large transparent cage seems hardly able to hold in two massive thunderbolts of free and overflowing forms, a metaphor for Polish untameable vitality. The two Thunderbolts structures, which contain the specific museum activities shatter the immobility of the container; they break out towards the space outside; they both characterise and dispute the urban skyline. The "Thunderbolts" create a spatial labyrinth of ever changing perspectives and colours. Info 170308 Warsaw Architecture - Competition Gareth Hoskins Architects are one of only four British practices shortlisted for the new £38m National Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Final submission Feb 2007 British Embassy Warsaw Image © Hayes Davidson Warsaw Building Ice Arena, Health Club & Urban Park 2008 Invited competition – 3 winners out of 11 entries Motlawa Apartments International Open Competition, Gdansk Old Town area near Motlawa river in Gdansk, Poland competition open for architects / students Apr - Jul 2007 Polish Solidarity Centre Competition, Gdansk Winner: Fort, Poland Entries: 62 Announced Dec 2007 Polish Architecture Competition Lilium Tower Polish Building : Expo 2012 Wroclaw Park Swiatla Warsaw Building Spectra Building Warsaw Office building Topaz Building Warsaw Office development Warsaw Airport building