In Poland, a house is built, for the 600 tons of concrete. The special feature: It doesn’t look it. On the contrary, The appearance of the Facade was imitated in the structure of wood.
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Concrete as a style-forming Element
The Banker Piotr Mialkowski lives with his family in a house that is built mostly of concrete. The house “Concrete” is in the midst of the pine forests, the Kampinoski national Park to the West of the Polish capital, Warsaw. The architect had his private house with a lot of concrete to build. The Material adapts amazingly well to the nature of the environment, not least because of the structure of the Façade, which reflects the tree structure of the environment. The concrete also plays a role in the interior a role and is used as a style-forming Element.