Museum of Architecture
in Wrocław

  • Bernardyńska 5
  • 50-156 Wrocław
  • +48 71-344-82-79, +48 71-343-36-75
  • muzeum@ma.wroc.pl

Opening hours

  • Monday closed
  • Tuesday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Wednesday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Thursday 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Friday 12:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
  • Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Sunday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Ticket prices

KAMELEON

magnes

designed by Łukasz Paluch

2,00 €

Magnes KAMELEON

wym. 78x54 cm, matowe wykończenie, projekt: Łukasz Paluch

Motywem graficznym magnesu jest dom handlowy Kameleon (dawny dom handlowy Rudolf Petersdorff), zaprojektowany przez Ericha Mendelsohna w 1927 roku.

Kameleon, czyli dawny dom handlowy Rudolf Petersdorff, to jedyne dzieło Ericha Mendelsohna we Wrocławiu. Projekt musiał uwzględniać istniejący w tym miejscu dom handlowy z 1913 roku, który należało włączyć w nowo budowany obiekt w taki sposób, by stworzyć integralną całość. Erich Mendelsohn wykorzystał większość elementów konstrukcyjnych starszego budynku, zachował również szerokość i rozstaw okien elewacji bocznej. Nowo dobudowane skrzydło z charakterystycznym zaokrąglonym wykuszem (wzorowanym na metodach konstrukcji hal peronowych), to stalowa szkieletowa konstrukcja, otulona betonem. Zastosowanie nowoczesnej technologii i materiałów budowlanych pozwoliło na dowolne kształtowanie wnętrza oraz rezygnację z masywnych zewnętrznych ścian, które zastąpiono dużymi oknami.

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KAMELEON

urban bag

designed by Łukasz Paluch

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Urban bag KAMELEON

cotton bag, 44x42 cm, designed by Łukasz Paluch, made by PANATO

Department store Kameleon (former the Rudolf Petersdorff department store) was designed by Erich Mendelsohn in 1927.

Kameleon, the former Rudolf Petersdorff department store, is the only building in Wroclaw designed by Erich Mendelsohn. The architect was commissioned to erect a new building in place of the former residence and to unify it with the existing department store building. Mendelsohn used most of the structural elements of the older building, he also retained the width and the order of windows on the side facade. The newly built part, with the distinctive oriel built using a constructiom method borrowed from railway platform halls, is a steel skeleton structure covered with concrete. Using modern technology and building materials allowed for freeform interior design and for replacing the massive external walls to giant windows.

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Kameleon

graphics within the project Who saw…modernism?

Anna Sztrom

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Top examples of modernist architecture in Wroclaw, Poland. Chosen for an educational project ‘Who saw… modernism’. The project was directed to children, and after a day of lectures and visiting some of the buildings, they created a 3D plan of the city’s modernist architecture. Later on, basing on their work, I designed an interactive map: http://mapa.ktowidzialmodernizm.pl . Presented buildings were exhibited across the city, and can be bought (A3 digital print) in the museum’s bookshop or online.

Kameleon - auhor Erich Mendelsohn, 1928

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Kameleon

graphics within the project Who saw…modernism?

Anna Sztromwasser

Out of stock

Top examples of modernist architecture in Wroclaw, Poland. Chosen for an educational project ‘Who saw… modernism’. The project was directed to children, and after a day of lectures and visiting some of the buildings, they created a 3D plan of the city’s modernist architecture. Later on, basing on their work, I designed an interactive map: http://mapa.ktowidzialmodernizm.pl . Presented buildings were exhibited across the city, and can be bought (A3 digital print) in the museum’s bookshop or online.

Kameleon - architect Erich Mendelsohn, 1928

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