The MGA is a culture venue with a performing arts centre and a mediatheque, located in 19th-century urban block in Kraków. The form is a contextual game of mimesis and abstraction. It draws inspiration from the context by making references to the roofing geometry and tissue of the nearby buildings, the ceramic elevation refers to their brick façades. The building fits in the scale of its environment by maintaining the roof lines and divisions of the historical façades. Due to its abstract and free composition it has created a modern architectural sign in historical surroundings
Ingarden & Ewý Architects – architecture atelier established in 1998 by Kraków architects Krzysztof Ingarden and Jacek Ewý collaborating for over 20 years, first in JET Atelier, founded in 1991. The domain of Ingarden & Ewý are innovative public building and site designs, notably ICE Kraków Congress Centre (2014), Małopolska Garden of Arts (2012), Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology Center in Kraków conducted in collaboration with Japanese architect Arata Isozaki (1994), the Polish Embassy in Tokyo (2001), the Polish Pavilion at EXPO 2005 in Aichi (2005), and plenty of sites in Kraków, including Wyspiański 2000 exhibition and information pavilion (2007), Rondo Business Park office centre (2008), Garden of Experience in the Polish Aviators Park (2008), and Library of the Pontifical University (2010). Besides public architecture, Ingarden & Ewý Atelier developed plenty of unorthodox residential, office, commercial, and industrial designs applauded by architects, investors, and users.
Ingarden & Ewý Architects – architecture atelier established in 1998 by Kraków architects Krzysztof Ingarden and Jacek Ewý collaborating for over 20 years, first in JET Atelier, founded in 1991. The domain of Ingarden & Ewý are innovative public building and site designs, notably Małopolska Garden of Arts (2012), Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków conducted in collaboration with Japanese architect Arata Isozaki (1994), the Polish Embassy in Tokyo (2001), the Polish Pavilion at EXPO 2005 in Aichi (2005), and plenty of sites in Kraków, including Wyspiański 2000 exhibition and information pavilion (2007), Rondo Business Park office centre (2008), Garden of Experience in the Polish Aviators Park (2008), and Library of the Pontifical University (2010). Being constructed currently in Kraków is the ICE Congress Centre, a prestigious investment of the Municipal Office of Kraków designed by Ingarden & Ewý. Besides public architecture, Ingarden & Ewý Atelier developed plenty of unorthodox residential, office, commercial, and industrial designs applauded by architects, investors, and users.