środa, 15 czerwca 2016

Syreni Śpiew and Rozbrat park to demolish / Koniec Syreniego Śpiewu i parku na Rozbrat


Another Modernist building in Warsaw gonna vanish. Syreni Śpiew (restaurant) and a near by hotel was build and owned by Polish Communist party in 70 ties, all green area was a park after the war. New owner of the buildings and surrounded area, Developer Grupa Radius will change all urban plan and build big estate on place of Syreni Śpiew and the park. 
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Warszawski oddział Towarzystwa Opieki nad Zabytkami stara się, by pawilon parkowy wpisać do wojewódzkiej ewidencji zabytków. Właściciel terenu postawił jednak krzyżyk na budynku. Zastąpi go apartamentowiec z 30 mieszkaniami. Inwestycja zacznie się w 2017 roku. "Nieruchomość przy ul. Rozbrat 44A to biurowiec od frontu, a z tyłu wysoki budynek hotelowy przy ul. Szarej 10A oraz drugi, niski [z Syrenim Śpiewem]. Nasza spółka z Grupy Radius wszystko kupiła w czerwcu 2011 roku od Sojuszu Lewicy Demokratycznej. W dniu zawarcia umowy żadna z części tej nieruchomości nie była zabytkiem" - mówi Robert Niczewski, rzecznik Grupy Radius. 







niedziela, 17 stycznia 2016

Modernist legacy in Sweden

International Union of Tenants was establish in 1924 in Vienna. IUT created Tenants Charter describing rights of tenants globally. IUT definition of Social Housing, adopted in 2005:
“Social housing is sustainable housing with non-profit rents, or/and rents according to the self cost principle and/or where the access is controlled by the existence of allocation rules favouring households that have difficulties in finding accommodation in the market. “
Hyresgästföreningen is a Swedish association of residents founded in 1907 and strong till
today. 
On these strong foundation functionalist settlement Hammarbyhöjden was established in hilly terrains  of Stockholm in 1938. It was described "ideal city" because apartments there were technologically innovative and cheap. It's architecture style was influenced Stockholm Expo modern approach to design. Today district remained its social and puristic image. Film below:

poniedziałek, 4 sierpnia 2014

Organic Modernizm by Hans Scharoun

From our first experience of Hans Scharoun hotel in Breslau we are moving toward more complex achievement of organic functionalism. Hans Scharoun designed Berliner Ansamble in the center of Cultureforum. On behalf of Werkbund legacy, whith this building Germany wanted to come back to democratic world.  
Prof Wang speaks about political meaning of Berliner Concert Hall. Film project production touchFILMS/ Aleksandra Wojtaszek  
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Professor Wang erzählt von Berliner Philharmonie die im 1962 erichtet wurde. Nach das Ledigen Heim im Breslau Das ist zweite Gebäude von Scharoun mit dem wir uns befassen wollten. Es ist ein weiteren Schirtt im Richtung Organischen Moderne. Diese Gebäude wurde zum Symbol des Neuen Demokratischen Deutschlands  und  Rϋckkehr zum Werkbundu Geist.  Dekonstruktive Wölbung der Philharmonie wurde zum Wiederschpruch gegen Nazi Architektur.Produktion:touchFILMS/ Aleksandra Wojtaszek  


poniedziałek, 13 stycznia 2014

Jerzy Gelbard / Marszałkowska 8 intro to project Jewish architects of Warsaw

Video Instaliation "Window View" was established for group Exhibition in FOOTNOTE 7. BARBURKA in Teatr Rozmaitości from 04 till 23 of December 2013.


report from exhibition:
Project is devoted to tracking and highlight Jewish Architects achivments in Warsaw in prewar period (1918-1939) focusing on modern and functionalist architecture design by archictects such as Jerzy Gelbard, Maksymiliand Goldberg, Ryszard Sigalin who did not survievied Holocaust.
Project developed with a platform WarsawModernizm 1905-1939.


niedziela, 3 listopada 2013

Teaser of the film "Social Settlement"

Teaser of the film about workers estates in Warsaw which was built in 20ties and 30thies by Workers Housing Cooperative, hommage to this kind of attitude toward city planning and realisation of "right to the city" idee by building cheap small amartments for pure people, alternative for developers approuch on architecture

środa, 21 sierpnia 2013

Teaser : Hans Scharoun House in Poland

Teaser of documentary on Hans Scharoun building for single people designed in 1929  for  Wohnung und Werkraumausstellung (WUWA) in Wrocław Poland. Production: touchFILMS/ Aleksandra Wojtaszek