Maciek Grelewicz

Portfolio 2005-2014

ContactMaciek GrelewiczPiotrkowska 103/105 m.990-425 d, Poland

T +48 667 040 815maciek.grelewicz@gmail.comwww.maciekgrelewicz.pl

ProfileI was born in 1982 in d (Poland), where I graduated from d University of Technology in 2008. I have spent 1 year on students exchange in Hochschule Anhalt in Dessau, Germany.

From 2007 to 2009 I worked mainly on single-family houses in architectural practice in my hometown. In March 2010 I moved to Rotterdam to join MVRDV, where I worked until the end of 2012. I was involved in projects of different contexts and scales, ranging from exhibition design to very complex, mixed-use, high-rise buildings. My main design was commission for office tower in Pozna (Poland), on which I worked from the very start until the delivery of definitive design. Currently I work as a freelancer, mainIy on architectural visualisations. I collaborated with offices from UK (Sam Jacob Studio), Norway, the Netherlands, Australia, Germany and Poland. My personal projects were awarded and published in Poland and abroad.

My ambition is to create precise, pragmatic architecture, embedded in its spatial, climatic and cul-tural contexts. I try to avoid using rhetoric or following recent trends, rather seeking for simplistic and straight-forward solutions.

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Recognition

Awards

2013 1st Prize in competition for architect Stanisaw Kondarewiczs gravestone 2008 1st Prize in international Graphisoft competition ArchitectsJURY 2006 Honourable mention in International VELUX Award Light of Tomorrow2005 3rd Prize in FTA competition for essay about architecture

Publications

2012 Modern Architecture into the Future 2, BySpace presentation of Public Library2011 Top Space & Art II, Artpower preface, presentations of Public Library and Toilet in Warsaw2010 Portfolio, DAMDI Publishing portfolio presentation2010 LArchitecture dAujourdhui 6-7/2010, Planetary Deadlines article (with Johannes Schele)2009 the Bund, Library wearing transparent cloth presentation of Public Library2009 dezeen.com, presentation of Public Library2009 Graphisoft 2009 Calendar, Picture of March - presentation of Public Library2008 Murator 7/2008, Contemporary house what does it mean today? - article2007 Archivolta 3/2007, Architect romantic or positivist? - essay2007 Archivolta 1/2007, Light of Tomorrow - presentation of Velux project2006 Architektura & Biznes 12/2006, Light of tomorrow - presentation of Velux project2006 Puls Biznesu 14.11/2006, Picture of the week - presentation of Velux project2006 International Velux Award Yearbook - presentation of Velux project

Exhibitions

2013 Housing Tomorrow 2013, Houston2007 The International VELUX Award 2006, Warsaw

CV

Experience

MVRDV l Rotterdam, the Netherlands03.2010-10.2012 l ArchitectResponsibilities: assisting in creating concepts, preparing conceptual and technical drawings, 3D models, architectural visualizations, physical models, communication with co-architects and engineers Projects: Baltyk Tower - commission for office building in Pozna, PolandCommission for high-rise housing complex in MumbaiShanghai Bund - competition for mixed-use high-rise in ShanghaiPeruri 88 - competition for mixed-use high-rise in JakartaChina Hills - exhibition in Chengdu, ChinaKingsbridge Armory - developers bid for hall refurbishment in New Yorksketch design for student housing in AmsterdamInstant Urbanism - competition for masterplan of new district of Moscow

Architekci osiak Siwiak l d, Poland11.2007-06.2009 l Architect Responsibilities: creating concepts, technical drawings, detailing, coordinating branch projects, 3D models, architectural visualizations, interior designProjects: several single-family houses and historic factory refurbishment in d, Poland

Freelancing

2008-presentArchitect, 3D VisualiserResponsibilities: making 3D models, visualisations and websites for architectural offices and private clients including:Sam Jacob Studio - London (House of Muses)Konishi Gaffney - Edinburgh (Bow House refurbishment)Atelier Chen Hung - Brisbane/Melbourne (Housing Calamvale near Brisbane)morePlatz Munich/Rotterdam (competition for Haus der Zukunft Museum in Berlin)STUDIO hp AS - Oslo (bridge renovation in Oslo; competition for plaza in Holmestrand) Bogdan Niepsuj - d (science park in d)

Education

2001-2008 Master of Architecture - d University of Technology, Poland2005-2006 Scholarship (Erasmus Programme) - Hochschule Anhalt in Dessau, Germany

Computer skills

CAD: AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, Revit3D/renderings: 3ds Max (VRay + mental ray), rendering in Vray for RhinoGraphic: Photoshop, InDesign, CorelDraw, web design in Flash and Muse

Languages

English fluent in writing and speakingPolish mother tongueGerman, Spanish, Russian beginner

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Personal projects2005-2014

Community Centre 8-11House in Angola 12-15Laval University School of Architecture 16-21Passive solar skyscraper 22-27Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art 28-31Public Library 32-37Toilet in d 38Stanisaw Kondarewiczs gravestone 39Toilet in Katowice 40-43

location Prague, Czech Republic status competition, 2014 program community centrearea 430 m2

Community CentrePlot for the proposed building is situated in the very heart of Hloubtn - historic district of Prague, close to the landmark-pro-tected Church of St. George, the gardens of the Hloubtn Cha-teau and the Crusaders Court manor farm. Both the church (placed on the south side of the plot) and the manor farm (op-posite side of Hloubtnsk Street) are beautiful buildings domi-nating the area both in terms of the volume and the architectural quality. Other buildings placed in the vicinity are relatively small, with maximum 2 levels above ground and pitched roof. Until 2010 the site was occupied by 2 peaked roof buildings (1 and 2 levels high) serving as hostel and a private residence.

Proposed building tries to fit into this surroundings - it has com-pact footprint and pitched roof covered with red ceramic roof tiles (similarly to majority of neighbouring buildings). From the street level buildings volume is divided into two very contrastive elements - fully transparent upper level with flexible program and the concrete wall hiding library placed on the lower floor. Bottom level is partly sunken in the ground (following the roads slope) to reduce the visual impact of the building - proposed community center, despite realitively big total floor plan, does not dominate the surroundings.

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The main entrance to the building is situated on the upper floor - glass curtain walls reveal what is happening inside to invite the visitors and engage them in the community life. Floor plan of this level is very flexible - it contains cafe and multipurpose hall, but both spaces can serve many different functions. 50-seats cafe works as foyer, info centre, reception and pram parking. If needed it can be transformed into exhibition space, co-working space or any other function desired by the community. Cafes terrace opens up to Hloubtn Chateau gardens and allows ad-ditional seasonal outdoor seating.

Multipurpose hall with 100 seats can serve for informal meetings of residents, social events (weddings, celebrations, balls), dis-cussions, exhibitions or courses. Both spaces are divided only by curtains, which allows to easily transform the whole floor into one open space, that can be used for big community gather-ings or other important events. The bottom level of the build-ing contains local branch of public library with 12.000 volumes, restrooms and technical spaces. Library opens up to the patio connected to the garden by wooden stairs - they can be used by readers as the outside seating in the warmer months.

Floor plan scale 1:200

1 cafe2 cafes terrace3 multipurpose hall4 librarys patio (level -1)5 seatings/stairs

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Proposal for single-family house in Angola aims at creating sim-ple, sustainable house, blended with the surroundings and root-ed in local building traditions.

In hot Angolan climate providing protection from the sun is cru-cial for inhabitants thermal comfort. To allow this all windows are placed under wide overhang - it minimizes sun penetration and allows views. Narrow plan and positioning of different openings (doors, openable windows, grids) on two opposite sides of each room allows natural ventilation, thus greatly reducing the use of active cooling systems.

Living and sleeping zones of the house are divided by big shaded terrace, which should become the heart of building during the evenings and in colder months. The whole structure is covered by flat concrete roof its white colour reflects sun rays again minimizing the need of cooling. All walls are made from rammed earth, technique of building similar to those used in traditional African huts, often build from mud or earth. This material is easily accessible, sustainable and blocks the heat from getting into the building. Use of local sand allows to blend the building with the surrounding landscape.

location Luanda, Angola status competition, 2014 program single-family housearea 180 m2

House in Angola

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1 living room2 kitchen3 dining room4 master bedroom5 master bathroom6 bathroom7 bedroom 18 bedroom 2 6

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Laval University School of Architecturelocation Quebec City, Canada status competition, 2011 program architecture school extensionarea 1.700 m2

Despite perfect location Laval Universitys School of Architecture is suffering from lack of clear entrance with spatial qualities ap-propriate for institution of this size and recognition. Existing en-trance, as a former gate to seminary building, is very humble and in current state cannot function as a vibrant, inviting place for young people.

My proposal tries to answer the question of creating distinctively modern building without ignoring complexity and the histori-cal value of immediate surroundings. Vicinity of most recogniz-able Quebecs architectural monuments makes area between the Notre-Dame de Qubec Cathedral and Museum of French America perfect place for distinctive entrance for architectural

Program (from left to right): entrance level, exhibition space, library, restaurant

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1 entrance2 cloakroom3 courtyard4 auditorium5 existing building

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school. Even though this location is challenging in many ways (limited penetration of daylight, thin and elongated plot) it pro-vides great exposure to the school. Added volume works as a kind of universities showcase. First two floors are dedicated to gatherings, studio critiques, which in such a prominent location makes students works almost exhibited to the public. The build-ing is topped by restaurant which, by providing view to nearby square and several architectural monuments of great value (No-tre-Dame Cathedral, difice Price, Parliament Building), should also attract many people from outside the school.

New building uses distinctively modern language. It tries to add a new layer to the rich history of a place, without overwhelming the surroundings, but also without being dominated by it. Archi-tectural appearance of building is intentionally raw and severe. Besides reference to the history of the place and the austere architecture of seminary it also provides kind of neutral box in-tended to be filled with life by students and their works.

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Rapid urbanization processes, strengthened by demographi-cal tendencies, are causing fast growth of cities both vertically and horizontally. Although skyscraper is not sustainable typology (according to Ken Yeang, expert of ecological skyscrapers, tall buildings are using third more energy and material resources per square meter basis to build, operate and demolish than other kinds of buildings), their further developments is inevitable. Envi-ronmental benefits of high-rise buildings (reducing urban sprawl, promoting alternative transportation and allowing efficient energy use on a district scale) are partly offsetting their high carbon foot-print, but still making tall buildings more sustainable seems to be one of the biggest challenges of architecture nowadays.

location continental climatestatus competition, 2014 program housing towerarea 6.500 m2

Passive solar skyscraperThe market of equipment actively using sun to improve build-ings energy performance (i.e. solar panels or photovoltaic cells) is constantly growing, but still most of those devices have quite long amortization time. Although we can expect further improve-ments in this industry, the optimization of architectural response to site parameters (climatic zone, sun orientation, prevailing winds, etc.) will not lose its importance and should be one of the most important factors in designing sustainable architecture. Yet it is very often completely neglected in designing tall buildings most of contemporary skyscrapers have uniform, completely glazed faade on all sides. This design approach results in huge energy consumption on cooling and/or warming of the building (depending on climate zone and function).

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Winter Summer

This project tries to take advantage of sun radiation to improve buildings energy performance minimize need of cooling in sum-mer and heating in winter. Skyscraper is designed for humid con-tinental climate, with cold winters and warm or hot summers, covering central and north-eastern parts of North America, Eu-rope, and Asia and several cities of highest economical, political and cultural importance, including: New York City, Beijing, Mos-cow, Seoul, Chicago, Toronto and Berlin. Although the solutions used here are tailored for specific area, the principle of taking the best use of sun and natural environment can be applied on every latitude.

Principles of using sun radiation in passive way are gaining im-portance in single-family houses design (passive house energy standard invented in Germany in the 90ties and getting more and more popular, especially in Germany and Scandinavia). This project can be seen as a stack of single family houses creating residential tower. Each apartment covers whole floor and has two parts differing in energy performance insulated core and winter garden, being a transition zone between the interior and the exterior of the building.

The percentage of glazing of core differs depending on the ori-entation south, east and west faades (for buildings located on northern hemisphere) have big floor-to-ceiling windows, while

north faade has very small openings, only to enable cross-ven-tilation. Communication core is located in the north part of the building and creating a thermal buffer for apartments. Building is long and narrow to maximize length of south faade and thus heat gains. Core is surrounded on 3 sides (except north faade) by winter garden with fully glazed openable faade. In the winter the space is thermal buffer and in the summer (when the fa-ade is open) it becomes spacious shaded terrace. The winter gardens slab is creating overhang for the apartment below it blocks the direct sun radiation in the summer and allow sun to penetrate the rooms in the winter. The trees are providing addi-tional shading in the summer, they also protect from wind, noise, capture dust particles, CO2 and produce oxygen.

Building uses mass timber (columns and slabs laminated from smaller pieces of wood) for main structural elements and sup-plementary reinforced concrete foundations and beams (allowing longer spans between columns and thus more flexibility in floor layouts). Wood is renewable material and has a capacity to ab-sorb CO2 from atmosphere. According to SOMs research pro-ject for mass timer structural system for 42-storey skyscraper, this solution can reduce buildings carbon footprint by 60 to 75%, compared to concrete equivalent.

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Museums building is located in New York, at Lower East Side of Manhattan (corner of Norfolk and Delancey Streets). Its simple and rigid geometry refers to surrounding blocks and New Yorks rectangular urban tissue. The front of the building is recessed from Norfolks Street line, thus creating small green plaza in front of the building. This inviting gesture is strengthened by buildings transparent skin, revealing complex and vivid interiors.

Main volume encloses several stacked boxes, each of them con-taining different function. Volumes differ in footprint, height and daylight penetration all in regard to the program included.

location New York, USAstatus competition, 2010 program galleries, auditoria, education, retailarea 5.800 m2

Museum of Comic and Cartoon Artroof terrace

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educational spaces

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reception, comic shop, cafe

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torium facing Willemsburg Bridge. Last two boxes are dedicated for educational spaces and rooms for museums staff. Building is crowned with roof terrace, suitable for lectures or open-air exhi-bitions in warmer seasons.

Irregular placing of boxes within an envelope creates several open spaces, connected by staircases meandering through the building. Those voids can be used for multiple purposes: as re-laxing zones, halls for adjacent rooms, extension of gallery spac-es, places for lectures, screenings or happenings.

Ground floor of a building is a big reception area with comic shop and caf situated in a high open space. Industrial staircase, placed near buildings entrance leads to the core of the build-ing - big red box containing flexible gallery spaces, which can be used either for separate exhibitions or as one continuous space. Above galleries there is a library connected with green open space, serving as reading room. Next level is occupied by audi-

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In the beginning of XXI-st century library is no longer a fortress of knowledge accessible only for handful of initiated. To attract readers it has to use weapons typical for commercial market. That is why many contemporary libraries are eye-catching build-ings offering their users much more than just a place to read.

My library is designed in the very centre of d third biggest city in Poland. Location near shops, restaurants, cultural and ed-ucational centres makes this building easily accessible for people of different age, backgrounds and interests.

location d, Polandstatus graduation project, 2008 program library with mediateque, auditoria, retail and educational spacesarea 7.500 m2

1st Prize in International Graphisoft ArchitectsJURY competition

Public Library

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Ground floor planscale 1:700

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To fulfil their needs program contains many functions supple-menting traditional library. Ground floor is a buildings living room with open cafe and magazines reading-room. Higher there are located: childrens library, mediatheque, educational and ex-position spaces. Third and forth floor are containing main library. Above it, on the top of the building there is a spacious reading-room with an opening to the roof terrace.

Very simple interiors with open plans are contrasted with orna-mental facade. Whole building is covered by gold-coloured pan-els with laser-cut typographical pattern. Art Nouveau font de-signed by Otto Eckmann is a reference to surrounding buildings, in majority erected at the turn of XIX-th and XX-th century.

Use of golden colour and big signs makes this facade light pas-tiche of eclectic environment. Golden facade is a kind of shiny, eye-catching dress of building, attracting passers-by to get in. It makes this library a legibly modern landmark, without arrogant domination over historical neighbourhood.

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S. Kondarewiczs gravestoneToilet in d location Szczecin, Polandstatus competition, 2013 program gravestone

1st prize, builtJurys opinion:The prize was awarded for the pathos of form, clarity of gesture and conciseness of used means of expression. Intentional colli-sion of vertical and horizontal form won familys heart as an echo of Stanisaw Kondarewiczs workshop.

Project of gravestone for Stanisaw Kondarewicz, architect from Szczecin, deceased in 2011, reduces polish standard of this commemorating symbol to absolute minimum. It consists of two rectangular slabs of equal size - 100 cm x 200 cm x 12 cm. Both elements are made of black, polished stone. The only elements standing out from those monolithic slabs are grey engravings of roman-catholic cross and text (name of the deceased, dates of his birth and death and the motto suggested by his family, all made in Helvetica font) placed on vertical slab. Simplicity and elegance of the gravestone are making it clear, distinctive sign.

location d, Polandstatus academic, 2005 program public toiletarea 4 m2

Toilet is located in the park in centre of d. It is constructed from precast concrete elements. Exterior facades and entrance doors are cladded with translucent glass panels, coloured in different green hues. Soft reflections of green surroundings are seamlessly blending the building with the green environment. The toilet is covered by transparent, polycarbonate roof beauti-ful view of surrounding trees is contrasted with coarse concrete, left unfinished inside the building.

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Competition plot is situated in the heart of Katowice near the main train station and in the closest vicinity of Mariacka Street pedestrian zone with pubs and restaurants. Buildings context is very diverse on one hand area of Mariacka Street, one of the most important parts of the city with many valuable architectural monuments, on the other very austere Tylna Mariacka Street location of proposed building. On both sides of this street there are parking places, on the south it boarders with concrete re-taining wall of the railway embankment and on the north it gives access to the raw, often neglected backyards of houses located on Mariacka Street.

The main concept of the project was to create building that re-sponds to raw, purely utilitarian context of Tylna Mariacka and at the same time brings forth beauty of decorative gate adjacent to the plot and other historical buildings located nearby. Proposed toilet is grey concrete cube devoid of any glazed openings in the faade. Austerity of this monolith allows it to blend seamlessly with the railway retaining wall. The only elements standing out from uniform facades are roof covering entrance to the building and neon sign (referring to signs visible in Katowice, also on one of the pubs on Mariacka Street) describing buildings function. Staircase, corridor and male and female toilets are lit from above the building opens up to greenery planted on the roof.

location Katowice, Polandstatus competition, 2013program public toiletarea 90 m2

Toilet in Katowice

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Trees and shrubs crowning the building are one of the few green accents in the area they humanize the severity of the building and immediate surroundings.

The building is made in is situ reinforced concrete technology. Floors are covered by polished concrete. All doors and partition walls between male and female toilets are made of steel painted white. Those durable, simple materials should ensure longevity of the building, which, due to location in entertainment district, will be particularly vulnerable to damage.

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MVRDV2010-2012

Batyk Tower 46-51Instant Urbanism 52-55Shanghai Bund 56-57

Collaborationco-architects - Ultra Architects, structure: Happold, renderings - Zwartlicht

Responsibilitiessite analysis, assisting in creating concept, 3D model, render-ings, conceptual drawings, diagrams, technical drawings (plans, sections, elevations, details), physical models, communication with the client, co-architect and engineers, finding applicable rules in polish building codes

MVRDV Description

The office tower with a total surface of 25.000 m2 will be lo-cated at Rondo Kaponiera at the eastern entrance to the his-toric city and will feature some public program including shops and a panorama restaurant with a one room hotel. Completion is scheduled for 2015.

The towers volume follows the maximal volume and height re-striction of the site. This leads to a shape resulting in a totally different contour when approached from different sides. Towards the south a slope of cascading patios will offer outside spaces to the users of the building.

location Pozna, Polandstatus commission, 2010-2013 (project), 2013-2015 (construction)program offices, retail, one-room hotel area 25.000 m2

MVRDV TeamWiny Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries, Fokke Moerel, An-ton Wubben, Maciek Grelewicz, Doris Goldstein, Linda Anders-son

Batyk Tower

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The Baltyk tower will be built at Rondo Kaponiera, a major inter-section next to the central train station and the road towards the airport. The building will benefit from the close vicinity of: Shera-ton hotel, conference centre, recently restored Concordia print-ing house adapted for new design centre and MTP international fair building.

The faade is envisioned floor-to-ceiling glass with vertical lou-vers of glass fiber concrete softening the impact of the sun with-out losing the vista over the city and zoo.

The 25.000m are divided into 12.000m office space, 750m panorama restaurant featuring one room hotel, 1350m retail in the plinth of the building and three levels of underground parking. The flexible office space is limited to a depth of seven metres al-lowing daylight to generously penetrate the work spaces.

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Instant Urbanism

A Block City is nothing new as we all know classic examples of successful Block Cities from the past. The nicest ones combine the strict order of the block or the grid, with the disorder and variety of individual infills, thus creating a strong base for a long lasting lively neighborhood. Sometimes new infills appear and an old one disappears. Sometimes a facade changes color or a building changes function.

MVRDV Description

Block City

The Mashtab Block City Development can be seen as an intel-ligent way to create a simple and efficient city in the Russian context. The urban mass of most cities consists out of housing. Building houses is however not synonymous with building cities. Can a series of independent blocks make a city? Can their sum be more than its individual parts? The Block City Concept can be interpreted as an exercise in making a city out of precooked standardized blocks.

CollaborationModels: Made by MistakeTranslation: Dimitrij ZadorinRenderings: Bart Milon and Chris Green

Responsibilitiesdesigning some of the housing blocks, in-house renderings, 3D model, diagrams, sections and elevations

location Moscow, Russiastatus invited competition, 2011program masterplan for new district of Moscow with 18.000 apartments area 1.650.000 m2

MVRDV TeamWiny Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries, Fokke Moerel, Ar-jen Ketting, Sara Bjelke, Mateusz Mastalski, Maciek Grelewicz, Gijs Rikken, Nacho Velasco, Oana Rades, Sebastian Haufe, John Tsang, Emilie Koch

Instant Urbanism

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as a necklace with standard beads only. Sometimes two pieces form one piece of 50m. Or 3 pieces form one of 75 m. Several of these 25 m pieces can be linked and form a block. The blocks can vary from a mono block, with one type repeated, towards multi differentiated blocks. Or anything in between. And then again these blocks can vary in density according to their location in the master plan but also according to the (housing) demand at the time of construction. Next to these composed blocks the city should have several special blocks. Special in design or special in function or both. These special blocks can act as orientation points in the city.

Instant Blocks

The desired block grid is based on variations of 25m. Instead of designing complete blocks it might be easier to develop good pieces. It is less complicated and more flexible to use smaller el-ements instead of only having a full block being the smallest ele-ment. These pieces can be optimized or upgraded in the course of time.

Each piece is 25 m wide and can have a specific depth, height, material, color, style, mood, or budget. Like a necklace of beads. A necklace with a few cheap beads, some standard ones and a super special one, might be nicer and can have the same price

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and additionally split vertically. Lifting the top part creates two villages: one on ground level, another in the sky. The most ex-truded parcels are forming the towers, which are housing the major office deployments. Required escape stairs of the village are leading to the office towers and access towers.

This cutting and lifting act creates new urban plaza, over-viewing the river and the city. It extends the promenade with a newer and bigger platform. Bridges connect the new plaza with the Bund. The sky village creates a roof over the plaza providing shade in hot summers and shelter in the rainy days. The floor and the ceil-ing of the plaza are clad with mirroring elements, thus creating a dazzling new urban space at the Bund.

MVRDV Description

The new development of the Bund International Financial Center is situated at a prime and crucial spot of Shanghai. It faces the downtown area of Pudong and extends the classical Bund on the south side.

One of the last urban villages in Shanghai is located next to the site - it is characterized by dense cluster of alleys and rich so-cial life. The new program of shops, housing and hotels can be used to re-create village feeling in new development. Buildings program requires high density to protect its small scale and intimate character the element are differentiated in height, sizes

CollaborationRenderings: Labtop (Paris)Model: Made by Mistake

Responsibilities assisting in creating concept, in-house renderings, 3D model, conceptual drawings, physical model

location Shanghai, Chinastatus invited competition, 2011 program commercial podium, high-rise offices, hotel, housing area 360.000 m2

MVRDV Team Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries, Wenchian Shi, Bart Milon, Wenhua Deng, Henryk Struski, Maciek Grelewicz, At-tilio Ranieri, Nacho Velasco, Francisco Trivino, Sara Bjelke, Nuray Karakurt, Chris Green

Shanghai Bund

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Visuals2008-2014

morePlatz - House der Zukunft, Munich 60A-CH - Calamvale Housing, Brisbane 61Konishi Gaffney - Bow House, Fife 62-63meinDesign - Guesthouse, Bydgoszcz 64-65Kamila Starzyska - Home for Elderly, Zakopane 66-67Sam Jacob Studio - House of Muses 68Bogdan Niepsuj - Science Park in d 69

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66 l l 67Kamila Starzyska - Home for Elderly, Zakopane Kamila Starzyska - Home for Elderly, Zakopane

68 l l 69Sam Jacob Studio - House of Muses Bogdan Niepsuj - Business Park in d

Maciek GrelewiczPiotrkowska 103/105 m.990-425 d, Poland

T +48 667 040 815maciek.grelewicz@gmail.comwww.maciekgrelewicz.pl