Cricoteka, the Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor
Architect: nsMoonStudio: Agnieszka Sztulk, Piotr Nawara and Wizja Biuro Architektoniczne: Stanisław Deńko; Design prinicipal: Sławomir Zieliński – nsMoon Studio; Design team: Marcin Kowalewski, Artur Mizgała, Łukasz Jakubowski, Michał Marcinkowski, Daniela Skrzypulec, Aleksandra Danielak
2-4 Nadwiślańska St.
2014
3 567 m2
Tadeusz Kantor Museum and the seat of the Centre for the Documentation of his art are housed in a building whose from is a reinterpretation of the concept of emballage, formulated by the artist himself. It serves exhibitions, documentation and research purposes. The mass, floating above the listed building of the former power plant of the town of Podgórze, finished with perforated Cor-ten steel, ties in with the famed drawing by Kantor. It shows a man carrying a table on his back. The building’s giant and abstract form, decidedly a reminiscence of Kantor’s oeuvre, is striking and inspiring.