The authors of the project – Tomasz Konior, Krzysztof Barysz, Andrzej Witkowski and Aleksander Nowacki – sought to create a modern facility, which would be formal and functional, but also a creative continuation of the environment. A short distance away, along the rear elevation of the main historic building, a slightly lower rectangular structure was added (housing a library and an administrative section), and the remaining space between them was turned into a glass atrium. Thanks to this, the very decorative neo-Gothic façade of the old building is now indoors.
The new building was designed with two separate, distinctly emphasised entrances – one for students from a small courtyard, and one for concert audiences from the side of Damrota street. Along this street stands the concert hall at right angles to the atrium, its width resulting directly from the architectural layout of the academy’s headquarters.
In order to preserve the atmosphere of the place and also unify the complex, the elevations of the new parts are made of carefully selected brick, echoing the neighbouring buildings. The windows are placed in long narrow niches, typically associated with Gothic architecture. The large surfaces of walls with no openings are enlivened by small irregular brick ornaments extending outwards.
