designers' task forceCentrala does not have a constant number of members, neither any order of operation to be routinely followed - it is not a company. More appropriately it should be called a platform where individual quests converge around common goals. It is rather a collective of as many people as a task ahead of them requires.
Architects: Małgorzata Kuciewicz, Krzysztof Banaszewski and Jakub Szczęsny constitute Centrala's core. They co-operated as students of Warsaw Technical University on school Project and have been working together since 2002 with focus on projects for architectural contests, of which majority they won or were awarded prizes. Centrala undertakes actions in many scales ranging from graphics, every-day use objects to furniture, urban objects, interiors, houses, office buildings as well as districts or aglomerations. Most of their designs never leave the studio, however occasionaly, something gets built on their ideas: the shop, apartament, the house, hall of sports
Apart from participating in contests and workshops Centrala also takes liberty of commenting upon the current state of affairs in Warsaw by means of a series of "decoy projects" published in press.
II prize in Competition for the concept of the surrounding of the National Stadium in Warsaw (2008)
II prize in Competition for the concept of the Main Railway Station of Wrocław (2008)
Wininng the competition for the sporting hall in Bierun end realizatin of the building (2002&2006)
Other accomplishments:
II prize in competition for Warsaw's Konstytucji square architectural and spatial development concept
II prize in competition for the Park of Sciences and Technology in Lublin
Prize won in the competition for the concept of Warsaw's Foksal quarter developement
I prize in the competition for the Akademia Podlaska Humanities Department's building in Siedlce.
Conceptual development of Warsaw's Teatralny square - an outcome of participation in the workshop organised by the Mayor of Warsaw for a selected group of architects
Distinction in the concept of architectural and spatial development of the paleonthological excavations area in Krasiejów
Distinction in the competition for the Cultural Centre in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
is a student of Architectural Department at Warsaw Technical University (WAPW)), studied in Montpellier and Tampere on scholarships, completed the course in the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam and practiced at H-J Henket architecten bna. Since 2000 she has been writing on architecture for "Fluid" magazine and developing her unique ideas of interior design.
graduated at WAPW in 2000, was on a scholarship at the architectural department of Technische Universitaet in Darmstadt. His professional experience includes working for international design companies. Currently, he co-operates with KJJ archtectural studio.
studied architecture in Warsaw (WAPW), Paris (Paris-la-Defense) and Barcelona (ETSAB), since 2001 member of Centrala, since 2008 involved in extra-architectural projects in Poland, Israel and Palestinian Autonomy with leading Polish and foreign curators and art institutions.
Last artistic projects:
-Cowards On Your Knees installation (with Guy Maddin), BWA Design, Wroclaw
-Pchechong installation (with Eifo Dana group), Blue Festival Jaffo, Art TLV 2009
-Corelation installation, All Over exhibition (Na Okrągło), Hala Ludowa, Wroclaw
-temporary art pavilion Red Bull Room, done for the Night of Museums in Warsaw
-Polish Spring installation, Birzeit's old town, Palestine
