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Project • By ELEMENT VISUALIZATIONS • Commercial Landscape
Five Corners Square
Project name: Five Corners Square in Warsaw
Typology: Landscape
Localization: Warsaw, Poland
Year: 2016 Team: Jakub Figel, Filip Kurasz
IDEA
The main project idea is to emphasize the integrity of the square with the surrounding buildings. On the groundfloor level, the strips outlined from the buildings corners symbolize the acoustic waves that are creating the “melody of the place”. We can interpret buildings as a "musical instrument" which interacts with its vibrations and sounds on the surrounding urban space. The use of the aforementioned offset also emphasizes historical communication routes. The proposed solution aims to create a cohesive, clear, complex and mysterious place, which is a communication node for the Warsaw Downtown... More
Project • By ELEMENT VISUALIZATIONS • Bridges
Anti-smog Bridge over Vistula River
Project name: Anti-smog bridge in Warsaw
Typology: Bridge
Localization: Warsaw, Poland
Year: 2017 Team: Jakub Figel, Filip Kurasz, Karolina Jankowska
The concept for the pedestrian-cyclist bridge over Vistula River was created for the international architecture competition. It is based on the anti-smog solution that aims to provide better air conditions in the city.
GUIDELINES
The main guideline for the design of the Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge across the Vistula River in Warsaw became the relationship between the existing bridges and the new form. The proposed bridge due to its lower rank can not dominate or compete with the exisitng Świętokrzyski Bridge. For this reason, architects decided to design a horizontal structure blending... More