Dutch darkness in Silesian House

The company is working on a "Post-industrial Silesian House" in Ruda Śląska located near the newly built A4 motorway. The investor in the scheme, Marcin Wróbel, is a local entrepreneur in the automotive business. Apparently he lost his previous house in Ruda Śląska as a result of the construction of the A4 highway and, as part of the compensation, the town of Ruda offered him a plot developed with a historical brick house from the beginning of 20th century. "We will leave a small part of this building, but most of it will be demolished," explains Jan Kubec from the Rar-2 studio. The new structure, of some 700-800 sqm, will be a hybrid building combining residential and recreation areas with service and trade facilities. With perpendicular forms, green terraces and a winter garden, the project aspires to be a modern one, with elements of Dutch architecture - "Dutch darkness," as Kubec calls it.

The investor, who wants to move to the new house himself, also plans to provide dwellings for the local citizens who immigrated to Germany in the 1980s and are now coming back to their home town.

Agnieszka Barteczko