European Centre for Geological Education in Chęciny
Rectangular, compact, economical in the form of solid buildings are designed in the shape of stone blocks growing from a rocky hill. The European Geological Education Centre is a modern scientific and research centre and conference centre of the University of Warsaw. Picturesque inscribed in the landscape of the closed Korzecko quarry in Chęciny. Located in the heart of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, a region recognized as one of the most unique geologically in Europe and an excellent research area in the context of the development of geological education. The ECEG complex consists of five buildings: a representative main building, a teaching building — a laboratory and three modular hotel buildings: two for students and one for guests of the center and staff.
Type:
education
transformation and heritage
Feature:
public building
Investor:
European Centre for Geological Education, University of Warsaw
Datum:
2012
2017
Location:
Chęciny
Surface:
7647
m2
Stato:
completed
Prizes:
Second prize in an international competition organized by the University of Warsaw and the Association of Polish Architects SARP Nomination in the competition Mies van der Rohe Award 2017. European Property Awards: Best Public Service Architecture in Europe 2015-2016 and nomination for the world award. Main prize in the category “Pro-ecological Facility Promoting Comfort of Use” in the Eurobuilds Awards Competition in Architecture 2016
Authors:
Szczepan Wroński, Zbigniew Wroński, Paweł Grodzicki, Krzysztof Budzisz, Michał Czerwiński, Katarzyna Faszczewska, Ewa Gajda, Maciej Rudnicki, Marcin Jurusik, Agnieszka Nowicka, Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Jacek Hawrylak, Marta Sękulska-Wrońska, Patrycja Michalak — Dom Ebiebec
