Chopin International Music Centre Competition, Polish Architecture, Building Contest, Architect
Chopin International Music Centre Competition
Contemporary Museum Development, Poland – design by ELEMENT
27 Jul 2018
Fryderyk Chopin’s International Music Centre in ?elazowa Wola
Design: ELEMENT
Location: ?elazowa Wola, Gmina Sochaczew, Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland
Chopin International Music Centre Competition
?elazowa Wola is a small village in Poland, well-known as a birthplace of a famous polish compositor and pianist – Fryderyk Chopin. The picturesque scenery of endless forest favors leisure activities and relaxation. Tourists from all over the world gather here to honor Fryderyk Chopin.
Landscape of ?elazowa Wola connotes with peaceful country site with wide fields and all-embracing nature. It inspired architects to design a building which will correspond with this unique scenery.

Architects proposed the concept of new International Music Centre, which was designed to blend into the nature. The whole Centre integrates with the park by set of composition openings and view connections with the Fryderyk Chopin’s birth house. While walking through the park the only transparency is provided through the lower part of the trees ? trunks. Treetops are covering the view with its broad sizes. This dependence was an inspiration to design a half-divided façade of the building. Light plinth and solid top. The lower part was c...