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Z?ota 19 Apartments in Katowice, Poland
Contemporary Housing in Poland: New Real Estate Development – design by Zalewski Architecture Group
20 Oct 2019
Z?ota 19 Apartments
Architecture: Zalewski Architecture Group
Location: Katowice, Poland

The project of apartment buildings assumed maximum use of a small plot area. Along with practical function characterizing the project, designers of the Zalewski Architecture Group have not forgotten to implement the project into the context of Katowice architecture. The use of monochrome colors, minimalist shapes and composition based on abstract play of holes were a creative nod to Silesian modernism.
The complex of apartment buildings at 19 Z?ota Street in Katowice includes two 5-storey residential buildings with apartments of 50-70 sqm. On the top floors there are apartments ranging from 100 to 150 sqm (with a mezzanine) with direct access to the terraces. There is a semi-public recreational area available for residents among the buildings.

Two longitudinal buildings separate the internal “courtyard” – it is a solution that takes into account the optimal parameters of the apartments – sunlight, access to a semi-private garden zone, space for parking cars – while making maximum use of the available plot area.

Easy and geometically

The modular layout of the apartments is reflected in geometrical composition o...