Alchemists’ House (‘HEAN’ Cosmetic Factory)
Dariusz Kozłowski
20–22 Maurycego Mochnackiego St.
1992
- m2
‘Hean’ Cosmetic Factory is an example of Post-modern architecture in a small scale. It is one of the best examples of that style, contained both in an illusion and a certain directness. There were two ‘Alchemists’ of the firm Hean and this is how the building was treated. One structure represents a well-behaved simplicity whereby the other is lascivious like large-scale lips — or a dynamic artistic provocation. The architect achieved the masterly command of both poster-like expression and convention transposed into the real world. Care for detail and the used artefacts allow for counting that seemingly invisible realisation into monuments of the Postmodern style.