Meeting: “Occupation: architect. Robert Konieczny”

November 30 (Thursday), 6 pm

Architecture is not only planning and implementing the projects of another building. It is something more. Piotr Kozanecki and Bartosz Paturej, authors of the book “Konieczny. Na styk,” a publication about Robert Konieczny, a prominent modern architect, know this well. What drove the most recognizable Polish designer to pick architecture? Why, while winning the most notable prizes in the world, was he still working in the non-heated office?

We can see Konieczny from a dozen different perspectives, which form a picture of a visionary. To create it, Kozanecki and Paturej met not only Konieczny’s clients but also spoke to people living in houses and using workspaces designed by him.

We invited you to the meeting with Robert Konieczny, who was interviewed by the authors of the book “Konieczny. Na Styk. Prawdziwe historie o ludziach i architekturze,” released by Wysoki Zamek publishing house.

Guests:

Robert Konieczny

Piotr Kozanecki

Bartosz Paturej

Venue:

International Cultural Centre in Krakow, Rynek Główny 25, “The Ravens” Hall

The meeting was transmitted and interpreted into Polish Sign Language.

Biographical notes:

Robert Konieczny – Architect, a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. Founder of the KWK Promes Studio. First and only Polish member of the French Académie d'Architecture and the Czech Architect Association. Laureate of many prestigious international prizes. His project for the National Museum in Szczecin, “Centrum Dialogu Przełomy,” was announced as the World's Best Building at the International World Architecture Festival.

Piotr Kozanecki – Onet portal journalist (2007-2022), working for tvn24.pl portal since 2023. Describes Polish architecture and public space. Two-time laureate of the Dziennikarze Małopolski Prize. Tour guide in Beskidy Mountains, hiker, book passionate.

Bartosz Paturej – Political scientist, journalist, media expert. Editor, journalist, and manager in the Onet portal from 2013 to 2023. Currently collaborating with “Deutsche Welle”. Laureate of the Dziennikarze Małopolski Prize (2017).

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