Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci
14/02/2017.
[Warszawa] Poland
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
Katyn Museum is there to commemorate a painful episode of Polish history which took place during the World War II when over a twenty thousands of Polish military officers and state officials were brutally murdered by the Soviet Secret Police.
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci.
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci. Photograph © Juliusz Sokolowski
Site plan. Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci.
Access floor plan. Museum building. Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci.
Section. Museum building. Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci.
Ground floor plan and first floor plan. Museum building. Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci.
Details. Museum building. Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci.
Museum building. Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci.
Section. Museum building. Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci.
Staircase, section. Museum building. Katyń Museum by BBGK Architekci.
In a hidden place of Warsaw, inside the park Katyn we can find this expressive project of BBGK Architekci. A project in which the architects has been able to perfectly reflect the hard history of Poland through the tension produced by stained concrete walls.
Description of project by BBGK Architekci
Katyn Museum lies the southern part of the fort - the Warsaw Citadel consisting of three historical buildings. The whole foundation is a park with symbolic Katyn Forest in the centre of it. The entrance is located at Nowomiejska Gate, the extension of the Old Town route. The museum exhibition has been designed on two levels of Kaponiere - old artillery. The third building is the arcade gunrest building, which consists of five glassed arcades which locate plaques with the names of the murdered officers.
15 plaques commemorating the 21.768 victims located in the historic gunrest raises questions about the meaning of the concepts of evil, good, forgiveness. At this point, we have consciously given the architecture powerful expression. The gap between high 12 meters walls slitting the Citadel shaft leads us in two directions - down to the gunrest arcades where the plaques with the names of the victims are; and up, opening the perspective of the sky. On the axis of the stairs among the trees stands an oak cross - the epilogue of our narrative about Katyn.
Stained concrete also becomes a mean of architectural expression, wherever exhibition narrative demands it; personal belongings, such as letters, elements of ammunition of the victims were used to leave prints on the concrete. The history of Katyn in its cruelty and evil immensity is much too difficult to comprehend.
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Architects / Arquitectos
BBGK Architekci, J.Kalina, K.Lang
Authors / Autores
Jan Belina-Brzozowski - architect (1978 Poland); Konrad Grabowiecki - architect (1978 Poland); Jerzy Kalina - artist (1944 Poland); Krzysztof Lang - curator (1969 Poland)
Collaborators / Colaboradores
Consulting: Michał Krasucki Architect: Joanna Orłowska, Marek Sobol, Łukasz Węcławski, Emilia Sobańska, Agnieszka Grzywacz, Ewelina Gawell-Wysokińska, Jacek Kretkiewicz, Tomasz Pluciński, Maciej Rąbek, Marcin Szulc
Consultores: Michał Krasucki; Arquitectos: Joanna Orłowska, Marek Sobol, Łukasz Węcławski, Emilia Sobańska, Agnieszka Grzywacz, Ewelina Gawell-Wysokińska, Jacek Kretkiewicz, Tomasz Pluciński, Maciej Rąbek, Marcin Szulc
Areas /Superficies
Total area / Área total 27000 sqm; Usable floor area / Área útil 3966 sqm
Client / Cliente
Muzeum Wojska Polskiego
Dates /Fechas
Year completed: 2015; Year began: 2013
Año de finalización: 2015; Año de inicio: 2013
Location / Localización
Warszawa, Poland
Varsovia, Polonia
Jan Brzozowski, Konrad Grabowiecki, Wojciech Kotecki.- BBGK Architekci
BBGK Architekci studio was founded by architects Jan Brzozowski, Konrad Grabowiecki and Wojciech Kotecki.
Jan Brzozowski is architect and urban planner, graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. Co-founder and partner of BBGK Architekci. Competition Judge OW SARP. Co-author of many prestigious projects and laureate of architectural competitions.
Konrad Grabowieck is architect and urban planner, graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. Co-founder and partner of BBGK Architekci. Judge OW SARP, member of the Society for the Protection of Monuments.
Wojciech Kotecki architect and urbanist, graduate of the Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, Judge of competition SARP. Since 2014 co-owner of BBGK Architekci.
Jan Brzozowski is architect and urban planner, graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. Co-founder and partner of BBGK Architekci. Competition Judge OW SARP. Co-author of many prestigious projects and laureate of architectural competitions.
Konrad Grabowieck is architect and urban planner, graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. Co-founder and partner of BBGK Architekci. Judge OW SARP, member of the Society for the Protection of Monuments.
Wojciech Kotecki architect and urbanist, graduate of the Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, Judge of competition SARP. Since 2014 co-owner of BBGK Architekci.
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