KWK Promes

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BROKEN HOUSE

KWK Promes

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ARCHITECTS
KWK Promes

LOCATION
Katowice, Poland

CATEGORY
 Houses

AREA
3500.0 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2002

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Text description provided by architect.

The building is located on the outskirts of Katowice, near a forest, on land deteriorated by 4th category mining damage, where tectonic faults are a possibility.

Hence the connotation of uplifted layers of soil, interwoven with one another, which was the inspiration for the form of the house.

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Its structural design comprises rectangular solids contrasting with the ribbon - like structure which winds around them after it emerges from the ground.

It is the leitmotif of the building, combining a variety of functions: starting with the swimming pool to the living room with a fireplace and then to the bedroom upstairs.

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A noteworthy feature of the ramp is elimination of stoops. Such a solution was achieved by bending the surface of the course.

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Which made it possible to keep its outer edges straight, without bends typical for such structures.


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KWK Promes
T +48 32 2069126
KWK Promes
Koszarowa 1/22, 40-068 Katowice, Poland