Żory
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Project • By Franta Group • Apartments
Żorro
Żorro was inspired by the basic principle of creating architecture, which is to improve the existing functional, aesthetic, and spatial standards found in a given place and context for future residents. Situated in the vicinity of the housing estate of prefabricated buildings, it is shaped by applying the principle of modifying the cubature of a typical building from that time and giving it uniqueness and architectural features of a "superhero" in its location that differs in quality and standard from the surroundings, creating a new model for further transformation of the district and this part of the city.
Adam Then
Adam Then
The key element of the design is to enhance the quality of life for the residents by opening up to natu... More
Project • By Laboratorium Architektury • Bus stations
Interchange station in Żory
The interchange station in Żory is a public space that combines the functions of a station, a square and a meeting place. The priority while designing the bus station was safety and the convenience for travellers. It was attempted to consolidate the pedestrian communication area within an island - a waiting-room square around which particular platforms were located. Thanks to this, the pedestrian streams were separated from traffic. The use of clinker in the floor and walls around the square is a bow to the historic buildings of the nearby old town. The authors' intention was to create a structure that would not be a traditional building but more an element that would formally limit the public space. Thus, the station has a form... More