Forge Loft Primary Function: Hoahoa o Roto o te Whare Noho by Jan Sikora is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga Competition Category.
HiriwaRoto Whare· 2021
Forge Loft Primary Function: Hoahoa o Roto o te Whare Noho
by Jan Sikora
Client: ICC Real Estate
A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Roto Whare Category
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The Design
About Forge Loft Primary Function: Hoahoa o Roto o te Whare Noho
Book Text: Ko Forge Loft he whare noho loft i hangaia i roto i tētahi whare parakimete tawhito i Leszno, Poland. He wāhanga te whare parakimete o tētahi wheketere pāmu o te rautau 1800 e whakawhitihia ana hei whare noho tōpū. Ko te hoahoa o roto e ahu mai ana i te rerekētanga. Ka pupuritia ngā pakitara pereki taketake, ngā papa raima me ngā lintel hei kaiwhakaatu tuarā mō ngā rā o mua. Ko ngā tūāhua hou he māhorahora, he rerehua, e hanga ana i tētahi anga mō te hanganga o mua. Ko ngā papa mangu, te maitai kua puta, te taiapa maitai me te arawhata koru ka whakatakoto i te papamuri, engari ko ngā taonga mahana me ngā kākahu ngohengohe ka whakangāwari i te āhua ahumahi. E 120 mita tapawhā te rahi o te whare noho.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Hiriwa
Ko Forge Loft Primary Function: Hoahoa o Roto o te Whare Noho te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Forge Loft Primary Function: Hoahoa o Roto o te Whare Noho he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Forge Loft Primary Function: Hoahoa o Roto o te Whare Noho he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.
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.
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