House of Unpolished wood / 2017

Only once in the over thirty-year history of the office, we have worked in Poland with a real budget for a building. I do not know if this is our national trait, but investors, even if they seem to be well off, assume the cost of implementation to be lower than the real one. Citing price research on the market is useless. They just believe it. Interestingly, not only private investors believe the same but also for example the organizers of architectural competitions. A concert hall with the highest acoustic, lighting and installation standards, with top-class finishing materials and full stage automation for 3.5 to 4 thousand per m2. – Sure why not. 

The basic parameter for purchasing an apartment from a developer is the low price per square meter. And yet such a price must result from something.

I usually ask the investor if he drives a car with the lowest price per m2. Oh no. Then why is he buying an expensive car that will sell in three years at half its value, while the house will live a lifetime and the quality of the materials has a major impact on the maintenance and repair costs over the years? I never got an answer to that question, but faith remains. It’s just in our blood. We know Tatars, Cossacks, Russians, Germans – Polish plains easily accessible from every direction. It wasn’t worth building permanently because war will destroy everything.