Eiffage bets on art. A painting by a local painter will hang in the interiors of Marcelinska 18 in Poznan

As a developer originating from France, Eiffage Immobilier Polska promotes local art in its investments. The development currently under construction at the intersection of Marcelińska and Polna Streets in the centre of Poznań will feature a large-format painting by local artist Szymon Kaczmarek.

A housing estate with art – first a painting, then a mural

Marcelińska 18, which is being constructed at the junction of Jeżyce and Grunwald, in the immediate vicinity of the medical faculties of Poznan’s universities, consists of two buildings with 144 flats ranging in size from 25 to 140 sqm. The design of the buildings has been matched to the nearby buildings, not only in terms of scale and height, but also in terms of elevation – through borrowed details and classic divisions, as it refers to the neighbouring tenement houses from the first half of the 20th century.

In addition, in the well-thought-out common areas of this intimate development, we will create a unique residents’ club for future residents. In its main room, we have planned a relaxation area with comfortable seats and a projector with a large screen, thanks to which children and their carers will be able to watch a fairy tale or a film. It is here, in the relaxation area above the sofas, that a painting by Szymon Kaczmarek will hang.

The ‘Marcelina’ motif will also be found in the other common areas of the buildings, and in the summer, on the wall located at the boundary of the plot, the artist will create a mural measuring 645 x 250 cm, which is a scaling up of the painting.

Eiffage investments with works by local artists

Eiffage Immobilier Polska already has several interesting realisations to its credit, created in collaboration with local artists. In the Dom przy Źródle (House at the Spring) investment in Kraków’s Stare Podgórze, architecture students created the installation ‘The Spring of Podgórze’. In Warsaw, in turn, thanks to Tomasz Bernat’s free transfer of copyrights to the ‘I love Praga’ sign, a mural characteristic of this part of the capital was recreated on the façade of a building at 27 Stalowa Street. In Wrocław, an installation of mirrors by the artist and innovator Oskar Zięta, made using his proprietary FiDU (Freie Innendruck Umformungm, ‘forming with internal pressure’) technology, was hung in the lobby of the modern HB1820 building in Przedmieście Oławskie.