Warsaw. This is what Nowa Skra is supposed to look like. visualizations

The first prize in the amount of PLN 130,000 and an invitation to negotiate in the single-source procurement procedure were won by the Bujnowski Architekci and ATJ ARCHITEKCI studios from Warsaw. What did the competition jury appreciate in their work?

– Attention to the creation of buildings and spaces of a timeless character, not subject to temporary fashion, respect for the existing context and architectural solutions that fit into the park surroundings, respect and memory for the unrealized concept from the 1950s – read out the justification for the result of the competition, Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski .

During Monday’s conference, new visualizations of objects were also shown. Nowa Skra will consist of an athletics stadium with a roofed auditorium for almost 25,000 people, which will enable the organization of championship competitions. There will also be a sports hall for six thousand fans for Warsaw’s basketball and volleyball teams from the highest leagues (in the next season it will be the teams of Legia, Dzików and Projekt). A large part of the recreational and sports area is to be given to the residents.

According to the city hall’s predictions, the beginning of works on the hall is scheduled for 2025, and completion can be expected in 2027. There is no money for the athletics stadium yet, the town hall counts on the involvement of the Ministry of Sport.

The Bujnowski Architekci studio is responsible for such concepts of Warsaw buildings as: the Chamber of Remembrance at the Warsaw Insurgents Cemetery, the elementary school at Świderska Street, the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Warsaw (in cooperation with Projekt Praga) or Widok Towers (in cooperation with Martin Troethane). ATJ Architekci, on the other hand, specializes in sports architecture. Their designers include: facilities such as the OSiR Ochota swimming pool in Warsaw, the GOSiR swimming pool in Ożarów Mazowiecki, or the Korona Kielce stadium.