‘Piast’ University Hall of Residence
The building was completed as one of the realisations on the occasion of the 600 th anniversary of the Jagiellonian University. Originally it was meant to be a hotel for foreign students. It consists of two masses: the main building which is residential, with service functions, whereby the other one is a canteen. Sculptural use of loggias provides chiaroscuro for the elevations. The shape is stressed by horizontal bands under the windows which continue as balustrades and the whole is crowned by a former common room with an arched roof. Originally the building had a subdued colour scheme in shades of white, grey and blue. The pavilion of the canteen is marked by a partly glazed and partly perforated (by regular squares) elevation which is ‘pierced’ by an abstract sculpture. The sculpture is both a garden installation and an internal one — suspended above a lawn which passes from the exterior to the interior. The building was awarded with the 2 nd degree Prize of the Committee of Urbanism, Building and Architecture in 1964.