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House no. 2, kindergarten, designed by Paul Heim and Albert Kempter, view from the playground (south). A postcard, the Wrocław Museum of Architecture, City of Wrocław Construction Archive
is concealed. It would be just for the sake of it. Nowadays, we don't need to remind ourselves what options a wooden framework offers. After eighty years we're many steps ahead in the development of construction technologies. We don't have to prove that using this technology is quick: it’s a known fact. We used the ZM: Exactly. When we decided the
the same place but the internal walls will
wooden framework though, in order to
course of the reconstruction, we reached
be arranged differently.
gain the same proportions, the same
exactly the same conclusion. It is
Going back to the construction technology
heights, the distances, the same elements
a building, like no other building, that
adopted. You asked if we're using the
that make the construction appear light,
can be given a second lease of life in the
same technology and I said, "Yes and
the thin walls, etc. only with the purpose
same shape; without any modifications.
no." This is because we aren't using the
to restore exactly the same space as it was
The new function we've assigned to
Doecker system by Christoph & Unmack
in 1929.
this building fits the space 98%, even
A.G. We managed to make contact
though it's totally different. The only
with them though. They don't produce
GHL: Were there any problems
things that have changed are the toilets
precisely the same system any more, but
concerning the project? Everybody
because the regulations have changed
if we had put our foot down, I’m sure it
tends to have trouble with the choice of
and the baths have been removed. But
would have been possible to reinstate
colours...
this is only a fraction of the kindergarten
that solution. However, we have decided
ZM: There was a problem with
site. The layout of the amenities is even
it's unnecessary to pursue because
the colours, since we had no prior
the same, the toilets will be located in
the internal structure of the building
information to go on. We arranged a few
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