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REBEL ONE
REBEL ONE
Warsaw, Poland
Project Featured on Jun 24, 2015
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REBEL ONE
Warsaw, Poland
Project Featured on Jun 24, 2015
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2013
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
Rebel One is the first building completed as a part of the Soho Factory housing project, located in the Kamionek district in Warsaw, Poland. The building plays an important role in the further development of the whole quarter. As one of the two architectural dominants planned for the site, it emphasizes an ambitious plan of transforming the industrial area of Kamionek into an open, vibrant and multifunctional space, perfect for everyday life.
A character of Rebel One is defined by its expressive elevation. The design works were preceded by the extended studies on architectural details of the industrial relicts of Kamionek. Effectively, the elevation was elaborated as a collection of several thousands hand-laid concrete bricks structured into open-air gallery of decorative brickwork inspired by those used in Warsaw modernist buildings of the interwar period.
Concrete brick – popular in past due to its accessibility and structural characteristic – has been appropriated primary due its aesthetic values. Traditional material was treated with new technologies and approach. Bricks were mixed with basalt stone and subjected to various degrees of polishing – from raw to glossy – resulting in various visual effects depending on the point of view and sun exposure. 15 different graphic patterns result in 26 versions of brick bonds (solid and openwork) – each of the motives has its designated area strengthening the impression of the building being built from specific “blocks”. To increase plastic effects large openwork surfaces were contrasted with the intense colour of the inner walls and ceilings of spacious loggias.
The interior of the building was also carefully designed - including relationship between the interior and the exterior of the building. Large French windows allow a lot of natural light and provide a panoramic view across an impressive surrounding as far as the left bank of the Vistula – the last large wild river in Europe. To maintain the proportions and allow the maximum view, the balustrades of the loggias were made of transparent glass. Openwork elements regulating the amount of daylight inside the building, perceived from the inside form a specific connection with the outside world, partly determine the character of each flat and evoke the uniqueness of the neighbourhood.
Kamionek is a relatively unrecognised place, yet at the same time it constitutes a very interesting part of Warsaw. The neighbourhood is located in the geographical centre of the city. Skaryszewski Park, National Stadium and the adjacent meadows take up almost half of the territory. The other half of the area is almost entirely a post-industrial wasteland. Rebel One marks a kind of a borderline. To the north the area is almost entirely uninhabited, bounded by the railway track. Nowadays, the area known as Soho Factory is one of the best examples of a large-scale urban transformation of a post-industrial area in Warsaw. In early 2015 the architectural office of WWAA presented a master plan for further development of the whole Soho Factory area.
Konkret Architekci: Piotr Puścikowski, Małgorzata Majzel, Dominika Tomaszewska, Małgorzata Lewandowska, Wojciech Kluk, Piotr Zmarzłowski, Michał Dezór
WWAA: Marcin Mostafa, Natalia Paszkowska, Iwona Borkowska, Andrzej Hunzvi, Michał Kielian
Photos: Jakub Certowicz
A character of Rebel One is defined by its expressive elevation. The design works were preceded by the extended studies on architectural details of the industrial relicts of Kamionek. Effectively, the elevation was elaborated as a collection of several thousands hand-laid concrete bricks structured into open-air gallery of decorative brickwork inspired by those used in Warsaw modernist buildings of the interwar period.
Concrete brick – popular in past due to its accessibility and structural characteristic – has been appropriated primary due its aesthetic values. Traditional material was treated with new technologies and approach. Bricks were mixed with basalt stone and subjected to various degrees of polishing – from raw to glossy – resulting in various visual effects depending on the point of view and sun exposure. 15 different graphic patterns result in 26 versions of brick bonds (solid and openwork) – each of the motives has its designated area strengthening the impression of the building being built from specific “blocks”. To increase plastic effects large openwork surfaces were contrasted with the intense colour of the inner walls and ceilings of spacious loggias.
The interior of the building was also carefully designed - including relationship between the interior and the exterior of the building. Large French windows allow a lot of natural light and provide a panoramic view across an impressive surrounding as far as the left bank of the Vistula – the last large wild river in Europe. To maintain the proportions and allow the maximum view, the balustrades of the loggias were made of transparent glass. Openwork elements regulating the amount of daylight inside the building, perceived from the inside form a specific connection with the outside world, partly determine the character of each flat and evoke the uniqueness of the neighbourhood.
Kamionek is a relatively unrecognised place, yet at the same time it constitutes a very interesting part of Warsaw. The neighbourhood is located in the geographical centre of the city. Skaryszewski Park, National Stadium and the adjacent meadows take up almost half of the territory. The other half of the area is almost entirely a post-industrial wasteland. Rebel One marks a kind of a borderline. To the north the area is almost entirely uninhabited, bounded by the railway track. Nowadays, the area known as Soho Factory is one of the best examples of a large-scale urban transformation of a post-industrial area in Warsaw. In early 2015 the architectural office of WWAA presented a master plan for further development of the whole Soho Factory area.
Konkret Architekci: Piotr Puścikowski, Małgorzata Majzel, Dominika Tomaszewska, Małgorzata Lewandowska, Wojciech Kluk, Piotr Zmarzłowski, Michał Dezór
WWAA: Marcin Mostafa, Natalia Paszkowska, Iwona Borkowska, Andrzej Hunzvi, Michał Kielian
Photos: Jakub Certowicz
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