Major Architekci

Bar Barbara

Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko

Bar Barbara

Major Architekci

PHOTOS
Fotografia Maciej Lulko (18)

STATUS
Built

AREA
0 Sqft - 1000 Sqft

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Wrocław, Poland

TYPE
Cultural › Cultural Center Hospitality + Sport › Bar/nightclub

Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko
Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko

In the '60s between important wroclawian Szewska Street and the representative Świdnicka Street there was a building raised, that in the late '80s became a legendary bar of the city converting itself to a vibrant place of the cultural exchange and interpersonal relations.

Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko
Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko

Bar Barbara was designed by Anna Tarnawska and Jerzy Tarnawski and was a part of the bigger residential project being worked on between 1957 and 1962.

After the best prosperity time the building lost its importance because of much negligence and many reconstructions.

Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko
Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko

Before the newest architectural intervention there appeared, among others, a fur coat shop, lottery office or fast food and for a longer time the building was standing empty and forgotten.

The concept of the newest reconstruction is based on new purpose and functional solutions of the place.

Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko
Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko

The interior space is provided above all for the art, culture and for young artists, as well as for the headquarters of Festival Office for European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016.

The ground floor is foreseen as a multifunctional space, workshop room and a cafe.

Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko
Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko

On the first floor there are offices and conference rooms. In the basement there are warehouse and technical infrustucture located.

The interior is mainly white, it refers strongly to the old character of the bar, leaving however space for modern accents and up-to-date veneer materials.

Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko
Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko

We reconstructed the old black and white mosaic on the pillars and left the characteristic wall covered with stones.

The whole should play a background role for all of the artistic initiatives planned inside of the building and at the same time thanks to high-tech glass facade spacially affect the square in front of the building.

Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko


Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko
Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko
Bar Barbara
 ©Fotografia Maciej Lulko


Bar Barbara
©Fotografia Maciej Lulko

Major Architekci
T +48 71 7878200 M +48 693 509013
Major Architekci
Gajowa 52/5, 50-520 Wrocław, Poland