WXCA wins the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music competition

Polish architecture practice WXCA has won the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Music Academy competition in Poznań, a city on the banks of the Warta River in western Poland.

The new building will be built on the site (Grunwaldzka 22, Poznań) where the former Olympia cinema once stood. Due to its technical condition, it was decided to demolish the existing building and build a new one, adapted to the needs of the university.

The city is known for its rich past, its universities and its old town, with Renaissance-style buildings on the Old Market Square. The clock on Poznań's Town Hall is a peculiar monument with mechanical goats that butt their heads at midday. The Historical Museum of the city is located inside it. The Gothic and Baroque Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul was built on the island of Ostrów Tumski.

Rendering. Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music proposal by WXCA.

The building shape designed by WXCA serves as a link between the city's past and its contemporary spirit

The architectural competition for the new Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan envisaged a facility for cultural, scientific and educational purposes.

The architects' design introduces a modern sculptural silhouette, respecting traditional architectural expressions, proportionally echoing the 19th-century urban context.

WXCA gana el concurso de la Academia de Música Ignacy Jan Paderewski — Rendering. Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music proposal by WXCA.

The competition organised by the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan in collaboration with the Association of Polish Architects, aimed to create a new cultural and educational centre, aimed at both students and residents of Poznan.

The programme includes academic spaces and a regional music centre with an opera and theatre hall. In addition, the facility will house a theatre hall and a stage for performances, a chamber hall, an ambisonic hall, recording studios, and ballet and theatre studios, among many others.

The award-winning proposal by WXCA studio embodies a timeless structure that harmoniously integrates the traditional architecture and urban fabric of Poznan, while addressing the contemporary needs of the city.

Rendering. Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music proposal by WXCA.ademia de Música Ignacy Jan Paderewski por WXCA.

Model. Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music proposal by WXCA.

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WXCA.

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan.

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Competition.- August 2024.

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Grunwaldzka Street 22 in the Lazarus district of Poznan. Poznan, Poland.

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WXCA.

Szczepan Wroński, Marta Sękulska-Wrońska, Paweł Grodzicki. WXCA

WXCA is an architecture practice founded in Warsaw in 2007 by Szczepan Wroński, Marta Sękulska-Wrońska and Paweł Grodzicki. It is one of the most prestigious and well-known Polish architecture studios, they were the authors of the Polish Pavilion project at the 2020 World Expo in Dubai. The office continuously participates in urban and architectural projects with a unique, innovative, and sustainable approach, within the framework of private commissions and international competitions.

The studio has won numerous competitions, including the museum complex at the Warsaw Citadel housing the Museum of Polish History and the Museum of the Polish Army (Warsaw, Poland), the European Center for Geological Education (Chęciny, Poland), the boulevards of the Vistula river (Warsaw, Poland), the streets of the New Praga district (Warsaw, Poland). ), the Jozef Pilsudski Museum Exhibition (Sulejowek, Poland), and the “Arsenal” Art Gallery (Bialystok, Poland), WXCA's main focus is complex and multifunctional buildings such as museums, performance halls, and other public functions.

The office is currently working on several public and private projects, including the Museum of Polish History (Warsaw, Poland), Stefan Zeromski Theater (Kielce, Poland), the main city square and the city museum (Radom, Poland ), the Museum of the Lubomirski Prines (Wroclaw, Poland). The studio was nominated twice for the prestigious EU Mies van der Rohe Award.