Rudolf Kern Building
| Rudolf Kern Tenement | |
|---|---|
| Kamienica Rudolfa Kerna w Bydgoszczy | |
 Tenement from Gdanska Street | |
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Location within Poland | |
| General information | |
| Type | Tenement |
| Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
| Classification | N°601377-Reg.A/1086, 20th November 1995[1] |
| Location | Mickiewicz Alley 1, at the intersection with Gdanska Street, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°7′55″N 18°0′36″E / 53.13194°N 18.01000°E |
| Groundbreaking | 1903 |
| Completed | 1904 |
| Client | Rudolf Kern |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Rudolf Kern |
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Rudolf Kern Tenement is a habitation building located at Mickiewicz Alley 1, in Bydgoszcz.
Location
The building stands on the eastern side of Gdanska Street at the intersection with Mickiewicz Alley. It stands close to remarkable tenements in the same street:
- Alfred Schleusener Tenement at N°62;
- Józef Święcicki tenement at N°63;
- Eduard Schulz Tenement at N°66-68;
- Tenement at Gdanska street 71;
- Tenement at Gdanska street 75;
- Ernst Bartsch tenement at N°79;
- Paul Storz Tenement at N°81.
History
The house was built in 1903–1904, designed by the architect Rudolf Kern, a student of Józef Święcicki who also erected or redesigned other buildings in Gdańska Street:[2]
- August Mentzel Tenement at N°5;
- Eduard Schulz Tenement at N°66-68;
- Tenement at Gdanska street 71.
Rudolf Kern has originally erected the tenement for his own use, private and business: he has lived there until 1922.
On the lot, before the building, was a pub or tavern (German: wirtschaft).[3] This made the area prone to leisure, as Rudolf Kern also designed the Eduard Schulz Tenement on the other side of the intersection (Gdanska st.68/66), where a theatre and a restaurant existed since the end of the 19th century.
Features
The building has a decorative Art Nouveau facade, with a large and impressive building consisting of four main floors and one hidden in the upper roof. In a way its size balances the symmetry with the opposite building.
It is characterized by an asymmetric arrangement of loggia and bays, typical decorative elements including leaf and tendril motifs, intertwined organic forms, mostly curvaceous in shape.[4]
Notable Elements:
- low-relief adorned gate;
- large threatening masks on the facade;
- many interior design original elements such as staircase, stained glass, woodwork.
The building has been put on the Pomeranian heritage list (N°601377-Reg.A/1086, 20 November 1995.[1]
Gallery
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Frontage onto Mickiewicz alley
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Art Nouveau "organic form" detail
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Masked faces on the facade
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Detail of the portal
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Detail of the carved door
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Detail of a bow window
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Detail of a motif
See also
- Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
- (Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz
- (Polish) Rudolf Kern
External links
Bibliography
- Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
References
- 1 2 zabytek|kujawsko-pomorskie|issued=1.03.2014
- ↑ Iwona Jastrzębska-Puzowska: Od miasteczka do metropolii. Rozwój architektoniczny i urbanistyczny Bydgoszczy w latach 1850–1920.
- ↑ The manager was 'Emil Manthei'/Einwohner-, Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bromberg, 1900, p126
- ↑ "Art Nouveau Design: Characteristics, History, Artists". visual-arts-cork.com. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
