Kazimierz Predecki Portfolio
ARROYO
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RIDGE RESCUE
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STUDIO TASSO
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SCRANTON WILDS
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FLIPBOARD FLATS
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ARROYO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER HIMMEL PARK, TUCSON, AZ STUDIO AWARD | 2026 Arroyo is inspired by the local arroyos that break up Tucson’s city grid. These dry creek beds come alive during the monsoon season, filling with water and carrying floodwaters to the area’s major rivers. Much like an Arroyo, the main path cuts through the building and acts as a space where people can flow freely throughout the site. This path serves as the primary connection between the building and the park, creating an open and inviting public space. The building’s facade features a mesh system that helps define the exterior while creating a curtain-like effect that suggests the activity within. This mesh system also significantly reduces solar heat gain and minimizes direct sunlight exposure within the building. The exposed structural steel features long-span steel construction and a turnbuckle and cable construction. These steel features show the buildings complex structure. The faux copper panels on the exterior connect to the local community, as copper is an important regional resource. The green wall running along the interior path features native Arizona plants commonly found in Arroyos. These plants help improve indoor air quality while also regulating the building’s interior temperature Structural Diagram
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RIDGE RESCUE FIRE STATION #9 PITTSTON AVE, SCRANTON, PA STUDIO AWARD | 2025 Ridge Rescue, Fire Station #9 is located in the heart of South Scranton on a major thoroughfare in between residential and business lots. The site asks us to consider a steep topography condition and create a defining structure that respects both the residents of the local community, and stands proud as a symbol of protection and safety. Ridge Rescue defines this with two strong axis elements that make up the backbone of the structure. The structural CMU walls support two apparatus bays that serve ambulance and fire trucks with their respective spaces for equipment and storage. Double and triple volume spaces within the main axis help to bring in natural light from the south while serving as community gathering spaces. Both axes serve as spaces for egress, MEP, and circulation on all levels of the fire station. On the top floor, the dispatch room gives views directly onto Pittston Ave, allowing for easy truck exit coordination within the flow of traffic. The facade uses a local Bluestone as a rainscreen to accent the main axis elements. Meanwhile, the secondary and tertiary masses are protected by fiber cement panels. On the back of the building, a terracotta rainscreen is engraved with a map of South Scranton, the neighborhood the firemen serve. The white terracotta tiles also accent the front facade.
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STUDIO TASSO ARTIST’S RESIDENCY PIAZZA TASSO, FLORENCE, IT STUDIO AWARD | 2024 Studio Tasso examines the balance between public and private in a live-work pottery studio. The two small piazze create showcasing and event spaces for the artists to display their work. The goal of Studio Tasso is to create spaces that are extremely accessible to the public, but also spaces that are extremely private. The building works to allow the public to view the artists at work, but also controls light in a way that restricts views, creates privacy and intimacy. A small indoor gallery and classroom space create an open space for the public. The upstairs areas are completely private intended for artist reflection. The stones on the walls and the piazze are sized to dimensions that represent important dates for the history of the city and the neighborhood, directly tying the building to the rich history of Florence, Italy. Stone Detail View
Concept Sketch 11
Piazza View 13
Perspective Section
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SCRANTON WILDS NATURE PRESERVE NAY AUG PARK, SCRANTON, PA STUDIO AWARD | 2024 Scranton Wilds explores the idea of space and experience, not from the human perspective, but from the perspective of animals. Originally conceived as a Zoo, Scranton Wilds explores what buildings and structures would start to look like after human abandonment. This site, Nay Aug Park had a Zoo on site, before it closed 1988. The Wilds proposes a larger expansion of the original zoo but imagines its state once the property has been left derelict. The evidence of human intervention still exists, however in an uninhabitable state. Nature starts to reclaim the spaces presented in this project through plants and animals inhabiting the space. Humans can still explore the space, but due to years of abandonment, the park’s main goal becomes a refuge for local animals.
Site Building Plan 15
Site Building Axonometric
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FLIPBOARD FLATS APARTMENTS ADAMS AVE, SCRANTON, PA 2024 Flipboard Flats explores a downtown revival with a mixed use apartment complex. This assigned site is a vacant building, in Downtown Scranton. Also near the site was a local skate shop, but there are no local skate parks nearby. The Flats solve both of these problems by creating a skatepark and housing for the community. The skate park, which the building wraps around, has angled planes that create spaces for people to sit, try jumps, and freely practice. The housing around the skate park is designed for artists and skaters. On street level are gallery spaces and craft spaces that allow community members to share art, play music, build skateboard ramps and more. The bare concrete of the building is intended to be grafitied and decorated, helping to create a sense of community for the tenants and people who use this space.
Site Plan
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