Adam Ankiewicz - architect and artist - founder of the Warssawa Studio

Adam Ankiewicz studied architecture at the University of East London School of Architekture (1998–1999) and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology in 2008. He is the author of a design for an observatory in Antarctica, developed in close collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), and a co-author of projects recognised in the Brick Award 2014 as well as for Best Public Building of the Year 2014 in the SARP competition.

In 2015, he completed specialist courses in concrete technology organised by the Polish Cement Association in collaboration with the Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków.

He is a member of the International Association of Designers and the founder of Warssawa Studio, an independent practice focused on original concrete ceramics. He is the finalist of the “Young to Start” award, organised by the Polish edition of ELLE Decoration, a finalist of the “Let's exhibit 2016” competition supported by Culture.pl for 100% Design in London, and a laureate of the “Good Design 2016” award, organised by the Institute of Industrial Design in Warsaw for the best-designed products and services on the Polish market. He is also the winner of the ‘Silver A'Design Award’ at one of the world’s largest and most important competitions, the A'Design Award, held annually in Milan.

Warsaw by Adam Ankiewicz - rooted in local artistic heritage

“Warssawa by Adam Ankiewicz” is an original artistic project inspired by the work of Hanna and Gabriel Rechowicz, the creators of Warsaw’s iconic mosaics of the 1960s and 1970s. Their works adorned the most significant examples of post-war modernist architecture in Warsaw, including the Peasant’s House, Supersam and the Legia swimming pools. Now forgotten, lost or only partially preserved. The ‘Warssawa by Adam Ankiewicz’ project is an attempt to revive this beautiful tradition through a contemporary interpretation of the subject.

My practice has been developing for over a decade, focusing on relief as a sculptural form created from a modular element – the cement tile. In my works, concrete ceramics serve as a medium for the noble rawness of memories, emotions and identity. It is in this medium that I record the genotype of architecture, the traces of time and the weight of history. Concrete ceases to be a building material and becomes a canvas for history. Architecture passes, the medium remains.

A recognisable motif in my work is the award-winning MEWA tile – a form that has become an icon of the Warssawa studio and has received numerous awards in Poland and abroad. Warssawa’s compositions cannot be clearly defined. This has also been confirmed by art experts from the country’s leading auction houses, who have accepted Warssawa’s compositions for art auctions.

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