III AWARD in the Architectural Competition
"The redevelopment of the former "Cracovia" hotel to function as a cultural institution: Museum of Design and Architecture and Model Center for Supporting Creative Industries."
Architects: Heinle, Wischer und Partner Architekci
Visualizations: VA-ARTS
Poland, Cracow
2023
"The new branch of the National Museum in Krakow (MNK) in the former "Cracovia" hotel is intended to serve the presentation of design and architecture of the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as to be a model center for supporting creative industries related to these fields of creativity.
The overriding idea of the planned activity will be to combine and synergize typical museum functions with a modern infrastructure dedicated to supporting creative industries, with a particular focus on design and architecture. This idea will be implemented through cooperation with the scientific sector and entrepreneurs, with the aim of introducing innovative solutions to the economy, including digitization and promotion of SMEs from these industries. As a result, a space should be created for the development of research, development (R&D), and implementation cooperation of public sector cultural institutions with the creative industries sector (including SMEs and NGOs) and the scientific sector."
Hotel Cracovia pictured in the communist era (Witold Cęckiewicz/Kamil Antosiewicz Monika Powalisz, under CC BY 2.0)
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Justification for the selection of the work:
The third prize was awarded to work for the apt and highly sensitive solution to the problems posed to the Competition Participants.
The third prize was awarded to work for the apt and highly sensitive solution to the problems posed to the Competition Participants.
The disposition of the manner of development inspired by the proximity of the Błonia is apt. The solutions to the program structure and sensitivity in shaping the exhibition spaces are apt.
RECALL
All visuals should have been displayed in black and white due to contest rules.
