National Museum Szczecin Building, Polish Building Design Images
National Museum in Szczecin
Architectural Development in Poland – design by Robert Konieczny Architect
12 Apr 2019
National Museum in Szczecin
Design: Robert Konieczny Architects
Location: Szczecin, Poland

National Museum in Szczecin ? Dialogue Centre Prze?omy
HISTORY AND SPATIAL CONTEXT
Before the war, the space of Solidarity Square was the city’s salon – there was a quarter of representative tenement houses. During the war this fragment of the city center ceased to exist – a gap was created in the urban tissue. This quasi-square in December 1970 became the arena of the workers’ strike, resulting in deaths of 16 protesters.
Since then, the place has become a symbol of struggle for freedom. In 2014, inplace of former Konzerthaus, a new philharmonic hall was created, designed by Estudio Barozzi Veiga, which became the new symbol of the city.
Another initiative changing the thinking about this space was construction of the Centre of Dialogue “Prze?omy”, museum dedicated to the history of Szczecin. While designing CDP, we adopted a humble attitude towards the history of the place and neighboring new icon of the city. Hence the idea to place the museum underground to create a background architecture.

IDEA ? URBAN HYBRID
The building reconciles two conflicting traditions: the quarter and the square. This is how the urban hybrid was created – it encloses the space l...