PLENER

DESIGN: Paweł Paciorek

Poland

make me! 2025

“PLENER” is a place dedicated to young people, consisting of modules with various functions that can be freely selected and adapted to their individual needs and capabilities. The main objective was to create a dedicated, safe space near secondary schools, where young people could spend time with their peers, while also having the opportunity to use the space as an outdoor classroom, a venue for school events, or special occasions. Its varied structure creates multiple areas—both open and semi-open – that respond to the needs of youth. It provides opportunities for spending time and playing outdoors, relaxing in the shade of trees, and engaging in conversations with peer groups. I personally felt the need for such a place when I was a teenager. I built the prototype project at my high school in response to the lack of any space dedicated to teenagers. I constructed it myself with the help of my brothers, having planned it during my architectural studies.

PLENER, design: Paweł Paciorek / from designer’s archive

Paweł Paciorek

Poet, entrepreneur, set designer, and founder of the company FERWOR. He wants to create cool and beautiful things for people. He runs an artistic and social experiment called BUS. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. He has designed and built: restaurants, temporary exhibitions, furniture, art objects, small architectural forms, and stage designs for performances at the Wybrzeże Theatre in Gdańsk, Nowy Teatr in Warsaw, Stefan Jaracz Theatre in Łódź, and the Stanisław Wyspiański Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków. FERWOR works with and for theaters, galleries, museums, advertising agencies, businesses, and, above all, people. He has completed over 400 projects. Among others, they have built exhibitions at the Polish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021 and 2025, and at the Art Biennale in 2022 in Venice, as well as exhibitions as part of the Polish Presidency of the EU in 2025 in Strasbourg and Bologna.

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