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The Krakow Tenement Ka Hōkele by Boguslaw Barnas

The Krakow Tenement Ka Hōkele by Boguslaw Barnas is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu Competition Category.


KeleaweHoʻolālā Hale· 2023

The Krakow Tenement Ka Hōkele

by Boguslaw Barnas

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Hoʻolālā Hale Category

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The Design

About The Krakow Tenement Ka Hōkele

ʻO ka hale ʻo Krakow Tenement ma kahi kokoke i ka Wawel Royal Castle e wehewehe i kahi ʻano hou loa o nā pā Vistula. He mea hou kēia hale a he like me Krakow i ka manawa like. He ʻano hoʻolalelale a hoʻololi ʻia ma muli o ka wahi o ka mea nānā, e pili pono ana i ka pōʻaiapili o ia wahi, ka hale kākela mōʻaukala a me kona puni. Hoʻohana ia i ka pono o ka ʻenehana o ka manawa, akā i ka manawa like, paʻa a mau ʻole ʻo ia no ka mea ua paʻa i ka kuʻuna.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā The Krakow Tenement Ka Hōkele i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā The Krakow Tenement Ka Hōkele he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā The Krakow Tenement Ka Hōkele i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The Krakow Tenement House near the Wawel Royal Castle defines a completely new quality of the Vistula embankments. This building is extremely innovative and very Krakow-like at the same time. It has a dynamic and variable style depending on the observer’s location, which directly refers to the context of the place – historical castle and surroundings. It takes advantage of the technological potential of our times, but at the same time it is durable and timeless since it is rooted in tradition.
Dimensions & Packaging
The structure of the building defines an innovative structure that grows out of the historical DNA of the place. We aim to find motives typical for Krakow. We use the most modern and enviromenmetally friendly technology – CLT glued timber construction, which will minimize the construction loads on the historical substance, as well as transfer a significant part of the work from the construction site to the factory where precise prefabricated elements will be produced
Tags
architecture, hotel, restaurant, poland, cracow, view_terrace, design, revitalization, historical_context, CLT_technology,
Design Challenge
The division of the structure originates from the lower floors and the lines of the windows flow smoothly into the coffered wooden ceiling. Moreover, the construction of our structure gains innovative, extraordinary dynamics. Observing this object from a perspective, the building has a distinctly Gothic character, while from close up it resembles Renaissance arcades, even closer it turns into soft forms of Baroque ornaments. Thus, we obtained a new, dynamic form defined by perception.
Research
The front elevation of the building creates an interior of Krakow’s contemporary chambers – probably the most attractive hotel rooms in the city, due to the location, view, character of the interior, as well as unique and pioneering elegance of the designed structure. This structure framework flows smoothly from the facade into a coffered wooden ceiling that decorates hotel rooms. These beautiful wooden ceilings continue the character of historical Krakow interiors.
Inspiration
e decided to restore the original splendor and beautiful proportions of the designed tenement house, using design measures appropriate to the current times, the context of the place, and the achievements of modern technology. The revitalization involves restoration of the original brick and historical decorations and removal of the top floor, which was carelessly built-up in later years. Thanks to this the tenement house will regain its original proportions and character from 1900.
Project Duration
Location: Cracow, Poland
Image Credits
Image #1 Unique Vision Studio Rafał Barnaś, 2022
Image #2 Unique Vision Studio Rafał Barnaś, 2022
Image #3 Unique Vision Studio Rafał Barnaś, 2022
Image #4 Unique Vision Studio Rafał Barnaś, 2022
Image #5 Unique Vision Studio Rafał Barnaś, 2022

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