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Artists’ Home And Studio

Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz

ARTISTS’ HOME AND STUDIO

Piotr Brzoza Architekten

CLIENTS
Private

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Piotr Brzoza

DESIGN TEAM
Piotr Brzoza, Lukasz Wolenski

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jakub Certowicz

AREA
875.0 m2

ENGINEERING
Vindol, Michal Kucharski, Krakow

INSTALLATIONS ENGINEER
Pawel Kasperski, Krakow

ELECTRO ENGINEER
Inel, Antoni Slabon, Krakow

LANDSCAPE
RS Architektura Krajobrazu, Warszawa

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Nowbud, Krakow

MANUFACTURERS
Dziadek, Miwa, MarArt, Superdrew

LOCATION
Cracovia, Poland

CATEGORY
Houses

PROJECT YEAR
2017

Text description provided by architect.

Two buildings for an artist-couple and their children - a residence and a studio - were built in a residential district on the outskirts of Krakow.

Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz
Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz
Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz

One of them is a transformed house started by somebody else and left unfinished; the other was built from scratch.

Views open onto the fields behind the back fence. Each building is autonomous in its geometry and elevation materials, but they create one spatial composition enclosing a small square at the end of a quiet street, but not separated from it by any fence.

Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz
Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz

The views onto the surrounding landscape are the main advantage of this location, so both the elevations and interiors were designed to make the most of them.

Main rooms, located on the upper floor, are furnished with large terraces. Interiors on several lev- els are connected by an open flight of stairs.

Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz
Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz

The studio building houses an atelier on the upper floor, and a film studio in the basement, with a small projection room and an intimate work area giving onto a sunken patio.

The levels are connected by an elevator for transporting canvasses.

Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz


Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz
Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz


Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz
Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz
Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz
Artists’ Home And Studio
© Jakub Certowicz


Artists’ Home And Studio
Section A-A
Artists’ Home And Studio
Section B-B


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Facades Atelier
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Facades House


Artists’ Home And Studio
Ground floor plan
Artists’ Home And Studio
First floor plan
Artists’ Home And Studio
Second floor plan

Artists’ Home And Studio
Site Plan

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