Chmura: polsko-japońskie warsztaty architektoniczne w cieniu pandemii Covid-19
The Cloud: Polish-Japanese Architectural Workshop during Covid-19 Pandemic

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyze the experiences gathered during the Polish-Japanese architectural workshop carried out at the Master of Architecture studies at the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts of the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University with the participation of Kengo Kuma’s office from Tokyo. The creative use of carpentry joints characteristic of the traditional construction of Podhale and Orawa was the topic of the workshop. Its result in the form of the spatial installation called Chmura – The Cloud and the presentation of student works were shown at the exhibition „Kengo Kuma. Experiment. Material. Architecture” at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, which was opened on December 15, 2021. The challenges related to limiting the mobility of the workshop participants and the need to conduct the main part of the workshop in the online form were analyzed from two perspectives: the experiences of the workshop leaders and the conclusions gathered from the analysis of the latest literature on teaching architectural design during a pandemic. These considerations lead to the conclusion that direct, personal contact is still the most effective and satisfying way of teaching architectural design.

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