20+10+X World Architecture Community Awards for Polish Studios
The international community of architecture aficionados of worldarchitecture.org has awarded outstanding pieces of architecture from around the world for the 19th time. This year, two Polish projects were among the winners.
20+10+X World Architecture Community Awards are given in two categories. The first, selected by honorary members of worldarchitecture.org and winners of earlier awards, is awarded to 20 projects. The members of this jury are historians, critics, researchers, and architects, often world-renowned. The second category is selected by the portal's readers and architecture fans. They choose the best ten out of hundreds of projects.
It is the second category that the projects from Poland were presented in, along with projects from Iraq, Croatia, France, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Portugal and two from Hong Kong. The projects that gained the readers’ attention were Seaside Periscope (a concept for a public lavatory in Gdynia) and the Brda12 house.
Brda’12 House is a project by Katowice-based Doomo studio. It is inspired by the Brda type of summer house, familiar to anyone who spent their holidays in Poland in the 70s. The Doomo architects have covered the house and the garage with gable roofs which reach to the ground. The roofs are covered with grass, transforming them into recreational area and merging the project with the surrounding nature. “Using standard technology and with cost-efficiency in mind we managed to create a unique and eco-friendly building”, say the Doomo designers.
Adam Wierciński’s project has also been chosen for the best 10 by the visitors of the worldarchitecture.org. This architect from Poznań presented a design for a public lavatory that could be built along the seaside pedestrian road in Gdynia; however, the terrain necessitated an atypically long building. Therefore, Wierciński designed a concrete periscope. This building, even though separated from the city by its concrete walls, gives the people inside the opportunity to watch the seaside. The Seaside Periscope incorporates a system of mirrors, an idea resembling actual submarine periscopes.
According to Doomo co-founder Jarosław Krysiak, worldarchitecture.org's users appreciate projects that are not necessarily spectacular and well-known but are by no means less original and interesting. The main value of 20+10+X World Architecture Community Awards is that it gives lesser-known designers and smaller studios an opportunity to be noticed by the greater audience.
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