Forge Loft Primary Function: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Apartmenti by Jan Sikora

Forge Loft Primary Function: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Apartmenti by Jan Sikora is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.

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Forge Loft Primary Function: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Apartmenti

by Jan Sikora

Client: ICC Real Estate

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Forge Loft Primary Function: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Apartmenti

Forge Loft bụ apartmenti loft e wuru n'ime otu ọ́mụ́mụ́ ígwè ochie dị na Leszno, Poland. Ọ́mụ́mụ́ ígwè ahụ bụ akụkụ nke ụlọ ọrụ pọmpụ nke narị afọ nke 19, nke a na-agbanwe ka ọ bụrụ ogige obibi. Nhazi ime ụlọ ahụ dabere na ọdịiche. A na-edobe mgbidi brik izizi, ala kọnkrit na osisi ọnụ ụzọ dịka onye akaebe nkịtị nke oge gara aga. Ihe ọhụrụ ndị dị na ya bụ ndị na-adịghị eleghara anya na ndị mara mma, na-etolite ọkpọ nye ihe owuwu akụkọ ihe mere eme. Elu ojii, ígwè sitere aka, ihe ígwè na-akwụsị mmadụ na usturu gbaa gburugburu na-eweta ndabere, ebe ngwaọrụ na-ekpo ọkụ na akwa dị nro na-eme ka àgwà ụlọ ọrụ dị nro. Apartmenti ahụ na-ekpuchi mita square 120.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Forge Loft Primary Function: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Apartmenti meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Forge Loft Primary Function: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Apartmenti ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Forge Loft Primary Function: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Apartmenti bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Adaptation of an old forge located in Leszno, Poland into an apartment. The Forge is part of a 19th-century factory of pumps, which ICC Real Estate is turning into a living space. Its vast courtyard is built up on all sides with ceramic brick buildings formed into a technological sequence. In this interior, contrast is the key: what is found is dirty and has broken colors (brick, concrete). What is new is neutral but elegant - it created an ideal compositional "frame" for the historical tissue.
Dimensions & Packaging: 120 square metres, size: 13x7m (ground floor), 7x4m (mezzanine - added)
Tags: interior, loft, factory, forge, revitalization, Poland, apartment, residential
Production Technology: The loft space has its original brick walls, a concrete floor, lintels and other raw elements. Black (in many variants and versions) creates the background with fenix matte in kitchen cabinets, perforated steel, the rhythm of a steel railing, and a soft line of spiral stairs. Accessories in warm shades and soft textures break the postindustrial character. A painting of New York made by the designer was the final touch.
Design Challenge: The key to the success of the project was full control of its implementation. The designer had to be very direct, sharp in opinions and determined - it was easy to destroy this place with a few weak decisions. An additional problem was the implementation of the project during the pandemic. A smaller budget, variable work schedule and disorganized process were some of the difficulties that had to be faced.
Research: Pragmatic aproach to research was implemented, along with case study research. Objectives of the research were to understand the space of the factory and keep the existing character of the forge. Case study methodology was used with focus groups data collection. The effect of the revitalisation is yet to be known, but it can bring the area to live again, while celebrating its history.
Inspiration: The space of the old forge was an amazing inspiration, just like the industrial feel of the pump factory surrounding it. It had the perfection of old dirty walls and a unique atmosphere and smell of a forge. The concept emarged in designer's head moments after experiencing the place for the first time. Raw elements, left as a witness of the history, contrasted with softness of fabrics and greenery.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2020 and finished in November 2020.
Operation Flow: The cities we live in are the museums of our ancestors. Walking the streets (in atmosphere, smell, scale or image of the city) we get to know its history. The pump factory has been unused for almost 30 years. Now it gets to live again with a new function, providing its residents with a space that appratiates its history, instead of hiding it.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Jan Sikora, 2020
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Tom Kurek, Forge Loft, 2020.
Image #2: Photographer Tom Kurek, Forge Loft, 2020.
Image #3: Photographer Tom Kurek, Forge Loft, 2020.
Image #4: Photographer Tom Kurek, Forge Loft, 2020.
Image #5: Photographer Tom Kurek, Forge Loft, 2020.