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This structuralist current in Modernism may also be supplemented by buildings on the borderline
between Modernism and Classicism, in which simple masses arc girdled by a vertical rhythm os
subdivisions. The Mint, built between 1925 and 1929 to a design by Antoni Dygat, is as example os
this. The structure os the National Museum, raised between 1926 and 1929 to a design by Tadeusz
Tohvihski, was a manisold os simple masses whose expression was dominated by the vertical rhythms
and the quality os the stone sacing.
The other current in Moderately Modern trend sought the justisication os sorm in the optimum
organization of utilitarian sunction, and pointed to the aesthetic qualities of the materials. The shape
os a building was developed srom the ’’inside”. Strongly articulated buildings, based on asymmetrical
plans, were made up os distinguishable parts in agreement with their sunction. In Warsaw, this
current was characterized by its use os grey cement brick in the elevations. It developed srom 1924 in
the architecture of community buildings, schools, hospitals, less representational administrative
buildings, production plants, as well as apartment buildings, and sometimes single family residence.
Designs encompassed by this current osten utilized the detail and ornamental possibilities inherent in
the brick, juxtaposed in such a way as to achieve expressive triangular and prismatic motifs.
Reminders os the principles os Classical composition and the Expressionist detail sound in the early
works os this current (around 1925) gave way in later years to the motiss os Modern architecture, such
as horizontal belts os windows and large expanses os glazing. The evolution os this trend aimed at the
elimination os ornament and a lighter sormation os the initially heavy masses.
The works os the Franciszck Lilpop and Karol Jankowski design team sit into this category. The
Nazarene Sisters' Educational Centre, erected between 1924 and 1930, was made up os a school,
dormitory, convent, and church — all os which were isolated in mass and plan. This was the sirst
asymmetrical plan in the architecture os Warsaw in the nineteen-twenties. Building plans generated in
the spirit os the National Historicism os the early nineteen-twenties were usually subjected to the rigor
os symmetry. The elevations os this complex were treated with rhythmic subdivisions reminiscent os
the early-Modcm simplisications os Classicism used prior to 1914. The decorative use of this
brickwork in the elevations (sig. 14) and the interior decorations had seatures os prismatic-triangular
stylization.5
An articulation sollowing sunction, expressive texture os the brick walls, restricted ornamentation,
and the compilation of comer windows in the composition os glazing arc seatures os Romuald Gutt’s
work: the Warsaw Nurses’ School, built between 1927 and 1928 (sig. 15). Closest to Modem
architecture — owing to sunctional persection and sormal aspects, such as horizontal layers os
windows — were to designs by this architect srom the nineteen-twenties: the School of Political
Sciences, and the Public Servants’ Insurance Company Building erected between 1927 and 1930/
Many Warsaw architects joined this trend during the nineteen-twenties. They included Romuald
Miller and Henryk Stiselman as well as Czeslaw Przybylski who built the sunctionally articulated, un
ornamented, and grey brick saced Electrical and Chemical Technology Buildings os the Warsaw
Technical University in 1929.
The arrangement os masses and the bricksaced elevations os this version os Warsaw’s Moderate
Modernism of the nineteen-twenties bring to mind the experiences os the Amsterdam School, op
perhaps German Expressionism. >
This trend was an essor to integrate such Classical seatures with Expressionism and Functionalism
by die architect-modernists os the older generation. These architects had behind them the experiences
os pre-1914 early-Modcmism and the National Traditional- phase os the beginning os the
nineteen-twenties.
between Modernism and Classicism, in which simple masses arc girdled by a vertical rhythm os
subdivisions. The Mint, built between 1925 and 1929 to a design by Antoni Dygat, is as example os
this. The structure os the National Museum, raised between 1926 and 1929 to a design by Tadeusz
Tohvihski, was a manisold os simple masses whose expression was dominated by the vertical rhythms
and the quality os the stone sacing.
The other current in Moderately Modern trend sought the justisication os sorm in the optimum
organization of utilitarian sunction, and pointed to the aesthetic qualities of the materials. The shape
os a building was developed srom the ’’inside”. Strongly articulated buildings, based on asymmetrical
plans, were made up os distinguishable parts in agreement with their sunction. In Warsaw, this
current was characterized by its use os grey cement brick in the elevations. It developed srom 1924 in
the architecture of community buildings, schools, hospitals, less representational administrative
buildings, production plants, as well as apartment buildings, and sometimes single family residence.
Designs encompassed by this current osten utilized the detail and ornamental possibilities inherent in
the brick, juxtaposed in such a way as to achieve expressive triangular and prismatic motifs.
Reminders os the principles os Classical composition and the Expressionist detail sound in the early
works os this current (around 1925) gave way in later years to the motiss os Modern architecture, such
as horizontal belts os windows and large expanses os glazing. The evolution os this trend aimed at the
elimination os ornament and a lighter sormation os the initially heavy masses.
The works os the Franciszck Lilpop and Karol Jankowski design team sit into this category. The
Nazarene Sisters' Educational Centre, erected between 1924 and 1930, was made up os a school,
dormitory, convent, and church — all os which were isolated in mass and plan. This was the sirst
asymmetrical plan in the architecture os Warsaw in the nineteen-twenties. Building plans generated in
the spirit os the National Historicism os the early nineteen-twenties were usually subjected to the rigor
os symmetry. The elevations os this complex were treated with rhythmic subdivisions reminiscent os
the early-Modcm simplisications os Classicism used prior to 1914. The decorative use of this
brickwork in the elevations (sig. 14) and the interior decorations had seatures os prismatic-triangular
stylization.5
An articulation sollowing sunction, expressive texture os the brick walls, restricted ornamentation,
and the compilation of comer windows in the composition os glazing arc seatures os Romuald Gutt’s
work: the Warsaw Nurses’ School, built between 1927 and 1928 (sig. 15). Closest to Modem
architecture — owing to sunctional persection and sormal aspects, such as horizontal layers os
windows — were to designs by this architect srom the nineteen-twenties: the School of Political
Sciences, and the Public Servants’ Insurance Company Building erected between 1927 and 1930/
Many Warsaw architects joined this trend during the nineteen-twenties. They included Romuald
Miller and Henryk Stiselman as well as Czeslaw Przybylski who built the sunctionally articulated, un
ornamented, and grey brick saced Electrical and Chemical Technology Buildings os the Warsaw
Technical University in 1929.
The arrangement os masses and the bricksaced elevations os this version os Warsaw’s Moderate
Modernism of the nineteen-twenties bring to mind the experiences os the Amsterdam School, op
perhaps German Expressionism. >
This trend was an essor to integrate such Classical seatures with Expressionism and Functionalism
by die architect-modernists os the older generation. These architects had behind them the experiences
os pre-1914 early-Modcmism and the National Traditional- phase os the beginning os the
nineteen-twenties.