Urszula
Gruszewska

The Art of the Body Foundation has created the show ‘Sprouts’ to make the recipients aware that the line between the cycle of life of plants and of people is very thin and to teach us that it is worth drawing from nature’s experience. When designing the typographic mark for this event, I wanted to refer to its idea. The fading remnants of letters are to be associated with fragility and elusiveness, and the irregularity of the arrangement of signs – with plant forms.

The pavilion was designed to serve as an ecological café. Its location – the centre of Skaryszewski Park in Warsaw – evokes associations with nature and healthy lifestyle. The building also contains a complex of health and sanitary facilities, which are publicly available regardless of the café’s opening hours. The form of the building results from its division into two zones: the consumer zone and the health and sanitary zone. The main, representative part is bigger, and has a glazed façade with added wooden ornaments that make it feel light. The smaller part is separated by the height of the roof and its oblique position towards the axis of the building. The body of the building and its interior were both designed with special attention to the surroundings. The materials used – bright plaster, shades of green, wood and glass – were meant to embed the building into the space of nature. Wooden beam elements repeating on the façade and the ceiling on a smaller scale are meant to refer to full-grown forest stands that are characteristic of Skaryszewski Park. Even though the character of the narrow and oblong interior is built by contrasts materials and colours, the style of the space is consistent and uniform.

The pavilion was designed to serve as an ecological café. Its location – the centre of Skaryszewski Park in Warsaw – evokes associations with nature and healthy lifestyle. The building also contains a complex of health and sanitary facilities, which are publicly available regardless of the café’s opening hours. The form of the building results from its division into two zones: the consumer zone and the health and sanitary zone. The main, representative part is bigger, and has a glazed façade with added wooden ornaments that make it feel light. The smaller part is separated by the height of the roof and its oblique position towards the axis of the building. The body of the building and its interior were both designed with special attention to the surroundings. The materials used – bright plaster, shades of green, wood and glass – were meant to embed the building into the space of nature. Wooden beam elements repeating on the façade and the ceiling on a smaller scale are meant to refer to full-grown forest stands that are characteristic of Skaryszewski Park. Even though the character of the narrow and oblong interior is built by contrasts materials and colours, the style of the space is consistent and uniform.

The pavilion was designed to serve as an ecological café. Its location – the centre of Skaryszewski Park in Warsaw – evokes associations with nature and healthy lifestyle. The building also contains a complex of health and sanitary facilities, which are publicly available regardless of the café’s opening hours. The form of the building results from its division into two zones: the consumer zone and the health and sanitary zone. The main, representative part is bigger, and has a glazed façade with added wooden ornaments that make it feel light. The smaller part is separated by the height of the roof and its oblique position towards the axis of the building. The body of the building and its interior were both designed with special attention to the surroundings. The materials used – bright plaster, shades of green, wood and glass – were meant to embed the building into the space of nature. Wooden beam elements repeating on the façade and the ceiling on a smaller scale are meant to refer to full-grown forest stands that are characteristic of Skaryszewski Park. Even though the character of the narrow and oblong interior is built by contrasts materials and colours, the style of the space is consistent and uniform.