Michał Czerwiński
info@michalczerwinski.com
+48 512 017 662
architecture / urban planning / landscape / exhibition / art / education
WXCA / Associate Partner / m.czerwinski@wxca.pl
Fundacja MIASTONATURA / Vice Chairman
Architecture and urban planning professional. Since 2011 works within WXCA architectural Practice; involved in numerous projects related to art, education and recreation with strong emphasis on the preservation and transformation of the historic buildings and areas as well as high sensibility for natural context. Main field of interests are places for memory and remembrance, exploring history, identity and heritage in creation of multi-layered, contemporary experiences.
In recent years, dedicated to projects such as the Museum of the Eastern Lands in Lublin and Poland Pavilion at World EXPO in Dubai.
Selected projects:
XYLOPOLIS / Center For Art and Science of Wood in Wasilków near Białystok / concept design + tender design documentation / WXCA / 2023 - 2024
MUSEUM OF THE EASTERN LANDS IN LUBLIN / preservation, transformation and extension of the historic building of the Lubomirski Palace in Lublin with a permanent exhibition / competition / 1st prize / design and coordination of subsequent stages of the contract / project in progress / WXCA + RAA / 2019 – 2023
POLAND PAVILION AT WORLD EXPO 2020 IN DUBAI / competition / 1st prize / design & construction development coordination and supervision / project realized / WXCA + Bellprat / 2018 – 2021
CITY MUSEUM IN RADOM / reconstruction, restoration, transformation and extension of the preserved city quartier and its surroundings in the heart of medieval “Kazimierzowskie” town square / competition/ 1st prize / Museum buildings realized / city square transformation design completed - to be continued / WXCA / 2015 - 2017
EUROPEAN GEOLOGY EDUCATION CENTER / University of Warsaw / Chęciny / competition / 1st prize / WXCA / 2012
Design competitions:
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IN BERLIN / competition / 4th prize / WXCA + KOPPERROTH / 2023
INCHEON GEOMDAN ARCHEOLOGY MUSEUM & LIBRARY CULTURAL COMPLEX / New cultural cluster in a form of multilayered landscape integrating nature with emerging modern city /competition / 3rd prize / WXCA + MAPGROUP / Warszawa – Seoul / 2023
Exploration of knowledge and history through multisensory experience of the material heritage embodied in objects and buildings.
COLLECTION - CONSERVATION AND STORAGE CENTER FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN WARSAW / extension and transformation of the historic building and its surroundings for a new program of exhibition space, administration, conservation and storage of museum collections / competition / 3rd Prize / WXCA / 2022
THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN WROCŁAW / extension of the campus with three new buildings with educational, workshop, exhibition and student housing functions, in a historic, preserved environment in the center of Wrocław / competition / 3rd Prize / WXCA / 2022
MUSEUM OF THE LUBOMIRSKI PRINCES / extension of the historic Museum complex with a new building for exhibition, storage and administration in the heart of the historic, downtown of Wroclaw / competition / 1st prize / project realization in progress / WXCA / 2017
MODULAR KINDERGARTEN FOR BERLIN / competition / honorable mention / KOPPERROTH + Aldinger Architekten Berlin / 2017
VOLVO TRUCK OFFICE REDESIGN + INTERIOR / Vilnius / Zurich / Warsaw / Izabela Nowak / 2016 - 2017
NATIONAL MUSEUM IN KRAKÓW / competition / honorable mention / WXCA / 2015
NATIONAL ARCHIVES KRAKÓW / competition / 3rd prize / WXCA / 2014
ROYAL LAZIENKI GARDEN OF XXI CENTURY IN WARSAW / 2nd prize; competition / WXCA / 2013
RIPARIAN FOREST PARK + PAVILION / Warsaw / competition / 4th prize / with Izabela Nowak and Marcin Perka / 2010
VILLBASHOVA CASTLE IN ALBANIA / competition / Kopperroth / 2010
BASEL KUNSTMUSEUM EXTENSION / competition / 1st prize / Christ & Gantenbein / 2009
SWISS CHURCH IN LONDON / Renovation and transformation / concept phase / Christ & Gantenbein / 2008
DREISPITZ AREAL / Academy of Arts and Design / Basel / competition / 2nd prize / Christ & Gantenbein / 2007
Selected activities: presentations, lectures, conferences, writing articles:
VISTULA WATERFRONT IN WARSAW / Presentation and debate on the planning challenges and opportunities related to urban development of waterfront area in Warsaw / together with Małgorzata Dembowska on behalf of Fundacja MIASTONATURA / Warszawa / 2023 / Event within "Happiness Research Laboratory. Life after Comfortocene" / interdisciplinary project integrating art, science, design, technology and entrepreneurship / by Goethe-Institut, Fundacja Bęc Zmiana and Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanisik (Berlin).
BEST PRACTICES IN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION DESIGN / Second Annual Online Symposium / by Institute for the Study of International Expositions / together with Marta Sękulska-Wrońska (WXCA) / 2023 / Architecture Of Intercultural Dialog; Polish and European - tradition and present culture - in relation to contemporary Arabic World and the context of history and heritage of Persian Gulf Cities.
SYMPOSIUM - ARCHITECTURE OF NEW TIMES / East Design Days, Lecture based on selected projects and realizations of WXCA and participation in the debate / Together with: Marta Sękulska-Wrońska (WXCA), Przemo Łukasik (Medusa Group), Adam Jakimowicz (EDD, WAPB) / Faculty of Architecture, Bialystok University of Technology / 2022 / New phenomena shaping new times in: culture, space, design tools and technologies.
INSPIRATIONS AND REALIZATIONS BY WXCA - COMMON SPACE / Weekend Architektury w Gdyni / architecture festival / lecture / together with Małgorzata Dembowska (WXCA) / Gdynia / 2022 / Redevelopment of Poli Negri Square in Warsaw and the Polish EXPO Pavilion
WOOD IN ARCHITECTURE - IDEAS AND TECHNOLOGIES / e-conference by Sztuka Architektury / lecture / Warszawa / 2022 / What does the wood communicate in architecture – local and universal qualities of timber in the past and present - European and Arabic culture. / Poland Pavilion at EXPO Dubai by WXCA
ARCHITECTURE ON STAGE - Visions that change Polish cities / conference / 4 DESIGN DAYS / Katowice / 2022 / Presentation of new, city-forming projects planned and implemented in Polish cities / The value of the architectural heritage and the narrative of the historical exhibition for community-sense building – based on the Museum of Eastern Lands, by WXCA
THE TRADITION OF POLISH EXPO PAVILIONS IN RECENT YEARS: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, Milan and Shanghai. Discussion of representatives of the studios: WXCA, 2PM and WWAA / together with: Szczepan Wroński (WXCA) Piotr Musiałowski and Michał Adamczyk (2PM), Marcin Mostafa (WWAA) / Architecture Faculty of Technical University of Warsaw / Warszawa / 2021
WOOD APPLICATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY / article in ARCHITEKTURA & BIZNES / 2021
ARCHITECTURE INSPIRED BY NATURE / article in BUILDER POLSKA / Architecture and innovative technologies for environment in the EXPO Pavilion by WXCA / together with Krzysztof Bielazik (WSP Polska) / 10.2021
CREATIVITY AND METODS IN THE DESIGN PROCESS – Poland Expo Pavilion in Dubai / lecture / together with M. Sękulska-Wrońska, A. Dobek, A. Majewska, P. Łosek, P.Kucharska / Architecture Faculty / Manipal Academy of Higher Education – MAHE / Dubai / 2021
NEGLECTED OR BALANCED - PRO-ECOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL RIVERS IN CITIES / together with dr inż. Alicja Bieske – Matejak / conference / XXII Landscape Architecture Forum - Difficult landscapes / Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences / 2019
SWAMP PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEM IN PRO-ECOLOGICAL DESIGN OF CITY GREEN AREAS / Space management and natural resources - conference / Together with dr inż. Alicja Bieske - Matejak, landscape architect, dr hab. inż. Mariusz. Kulik prof. UP, University of Life Sciences in Lublin / 2019
Teaching / leading / organizing art & architecture workshops and exhibitions:
K’TOTEM / MEMORY AND HERRITAGE EXPLORATION - OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / design workshop for students + work-in-progress exhibition / program + tutoring / Faculty of Architecture, Bialystok University of Technology / Bialystok / 2022
STOLEN IDENTITIES / meet-up + multimedia exhibition / Resort Komedii / Warszawa / 2022 / Incl. display of works by H. Havsteen – Mikkelsen: I HAD MY IDENTITY STOLEN ONCE ‘and M. Moonen: INTERFERENCE.
TRIPLE-A AT HUNDARTS / art workshop / together with Marcel Moonen / Warsaw / 2020
Sharing and discussing works of graphics, collage, digital and physical modeling.
ART CONCRET - workshop related to M. Moonen's residency in DUISBURGHUIS / Paris - Meudon / 2018
CRAFTMANSHIP IN ARCHITECTURE / workshop / with M. Moonen and M. Sękulska-Wrońska / WXCA / Warszawa / 2015
Education:
TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE OF MEMORY AND CULTURE IN ARCHITECTURE
Transmemoriae in architecture of borderlands and new territories / Studies on individual and collective memory exploration within the architectural design - experience and creative process - sustaining and developing tangible and intangible knowledge, culture and heritage / research paper presentation + collective workshop exhibition at 16 PEP Symposium / TU Berlin / 2024
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES IN THE MUSEUM SECTOR / workshops on strategy-building based on Sustainability System for the Arts (SSA) – approach corresponding to the United Nations SDGs, reflecting the interlinkages between the environment, society, and the economy / workshops by AEA Consulting / BuroHappold Engineering / IMCC / 8th International Museum Construction Congress / Antwerp / 2023
EUROPAN 12 REGIONALE / urban design and city planning related to demographic changes in european countries - cities and former satelite-cities / workshops for the urban design competition's finalists / together with M. Kopper, M. Roth, M. Moonen, A. Boruń, M. Dembowska / Heidelberg / 2014
ACTIVE PRINCIPLES OF ART / European Grundtvig Workshop by Ateliers d'Art Contemporain / Liege / 2010
PLACES OF MEMORY AND REMEMBRANCE / art & design workshop by Sint-Lucas Architektuur / Brussel / Gent / Mechelen / 2007
KAJA INTERNATIONAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE / summer workshop / Kaja East + West / Belarus / 2005
Graduated at Architecture and Urban Planning Faculty / 5 years Master-program / Bialystok University of Technology / Bialystok / 2009.
International exchange program / Architecture Faculty / Eindhoven Technical University / Eindhoven / 2006/2007.