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Technique: casting (aluminium)
Object:
A historicist façade covering a block of flats built as part of the post-war reconstruction of Gdańsk. In 2018, its façade underwent a major refurbishment under the ‘Gdańskie Fasady OdNowa’ project, which aimed to improve the quality of public spaces in Główne Miasto by adding architectural decoration to the existing buildings that were omitted during Gdańsk’s reconstruction.
The triaxial façade gained a metalwork decoration in the space of the fourth and fifth storeys. It is a multiplied sequence forming an ornament of abstract forms, whose structure evokes the impression of undulations.
Place:
The buildings are in an area designated as a heritage site. They form part of the historic urban layout of the city of Gdańsk. Ogarna Street was destroyed in 1945 during the war. It was rebuilt on the basis of the so-called Zachwatowicz plan that envisaged the reconstruction of historical forms, which was only feasible in the form of a workers’ housing estate. The erected block of flats was covered by a historicist façade screen. The buildings thus created were the result of combining two houses into a complex with a common staircase, an entrance from the courtyard and an even top line of windows emphasising the block-like nature of the premise. The elevations were not completed with architectural decoration.
Information about the authors:
Alicja Buławka-Fankidejska graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. She presented her graduation work in 2010 in Professor Sławoj Ostrowski’s studio. She currently works an assistant in the Artistic Ceramics Studio at the Department of Sculpture and Intermedia. She has taken part in group exhibitions, national and international competitions.
Dmitry Buławka-Fankidejski graduated from the Department of Sculpture and Intermedia of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. He presented his graduation work in 2016 in Professor Mariusz Białecki’s studio, for which he received the Academy of Fine Arts Rectors’ Award. He has taken part in group exhibitions in Poland.
Condition of the object: good
Owner/guardian: Residential Community of Gdańsk, Ogarna 111–113
Author of the entry: Noemi Etush
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