MOS The Małopolska Garden of Arts
Architects: Ingarden & Ewý Architekci: Krzysztof Ingarden, Jacek Ewý; IEA Team: architecture: Piotr Urbanowicz, Sebastian Machaj, Agata Staniucha, Jakub Wagner, Piotr Hojda, Bartosz Haduch, Bogdan Blady, Maciej Szromik, Anna Kula, Sylwia Gowin, Marta Brańska, Piotr Kita, Krzysztof Stępniak; Collaboration: biuro K3 – architekci: Piotr Chuchacz, Benedykt Bury, Rafał Chowaniec; Interior design: Ingarden & Ewý Architekci, Pracownia S.C., Agnieszka Cwynar- Łaska, Marta Spodar; Acoustics: Inter-Eko Sp. z o.o., Jan Adamczyk, Lesław Stryczniewicz, Dorota Szałyga
12 Rajska St.
2012
4 363,5 m2
The Małopolska Garden of Arts was built for the needs of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre and the Voivodeship Public Library. It houses a multipurpose hall, a cinema hall and a media library. The building is precisely inscribed into the context of its surroundings by means of tying in both with the roof slopes and divisions of its elevations with the neighbouring structures. The composition in connection with the used materials (glass, vertically oriented ceramic elements) creates a dynamic effect of the play of light and shadow, void and fullness. Thus, it renders the space (once desolate) attractive and friendly for the users.