Forge Loft Primary Function: Ìṣàpẹrẹ Inú Ilé Àpáàtì by Jan Sikora is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àyà Inú Ilé àti Ibi Àfihàn Competition Category.
FàdákàInú Ilé· 2021
Forge Loft Primary Function: Ìṣàpẹrẹ Inú Ilé Àpáàtì
by Jan Sikora
Client: ICC Real Estate
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category
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About Forge Loft Primary Function: Ìṣàpẹrẹ Inú Ilé Àpáàtì
Book Text: Forge Loft jẹ́ àpáàtì lóftì tí a ṣẹ̀dá nínú ilé alágbẹ̀dẹ àtijọ́ kan ní Leszno, orílẹ̀-èdè Poland. Ilé alágbẹ̀dẹ náà jẹ́ apá kan ilé-iṣẹ́ ẹ̀rọ fífa omi ti ọ̀rúndún kọkàndínlógún tí à ń yí padà di ibi ìtẹ̀dó gbígbé. Ìṣàpẹrẹ inú ilé náà dá lórí ìyàtọ̀. Àwọn ògiri bíríkì ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀, àwọn ilẹ̀ kọnkíríìtì àti àwọn lintel ni a fi sílẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹlẹ́rìí àìdásí ti ìgbà àtijọ́. Àwọn ohun tuntun kò dá sí ẹ̀gbẹ́ kankan, wọ́n sì lẹ́wà, tí wọ́n ń dá férémù kalẹ̀ fún ìtòlẹ́sẹẹsẹ ìtàn náà. Àwọn ojú dúdú, irin tí a lu ihò, ọ̀nà ìdígbé irin àti àtẹ̀gùn tí ó yí ká ni ó dá ẹ̀yìnkùlé kalẹ̀, nígbà tí àwọn ohun èlò olóoru àti aṣọ rírọ̀ ń mú kí ìwà ilé-iṣẹ́ náà rọ̀. Àpáàtì náà gba mítà onígunmẹ́rin 120.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
Forge Loft Primary Function: Ìṣàpẹrẹ Inú Ilé Àpáàtì jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Forge Loft Primary Function: Ìṣàpẹrẹ Inú Ilé Àpáàtì yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Forge Loft Primary Function: Ìṣàpẹrẹ Inú Ilé Àpáàtì jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.
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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