Broken House

Katowice, Poland

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Broken House

Katowice, Poland

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Type

Residential › Private House

YEAR

2002

SIZE

25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft

The building is located on the outskirts of Katowice, near a forest, on land deteriorated by 4th category mining damage, where tectonic faults are a possibility. Hence the connotation of uplifted layers of soil, interwoven with one another, which was the inspiration for the form of the house. Its structural design comprises rectangular solids contrasting with the ribbon – like structure which winds around them after it emerges from the ground. It is the leitmotif of the building, combining a variety of functions: starting with the swimming pool to the living room with a fireplace and then to the bedroom upstairs. A noteworthy feature of the ramp is elemination of stoops. Such a solution was achieved by bending the surface of the course, which made it possible to keep its outer edges straight, without bends typical for such structures.

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Robert Konieczny KWK Promes

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Broken House

Katowice, Poland

Broken House

Katowice, Poland

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