01Cultural Architecture

Punctum House.

House of Culture · Public Use Building

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3D model of Punctum House, a white cultural building with asymmetrical small windows integrated between pink neighboring building masses

A NOTE ON THIS PROJECT

Space for
the story.

Punctum House is a proposed house of culture that uses light, carefully framed views and small moments of surprise to draw attention within an urban setting.

PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Architecture
YEAR: 2025/26
LOCATION: Urban site shown on the academic site plan
CONTEXT: Cracow University of Technology · Faculty of Architecture · Public Use Building Design · Year 3 / Semester 5
ROLE: Student author: Amridaa Otgonbaatar
STUDIO CREDITS: Course leader: Wojciech Korbel; group leader: Dorota Wantuch-Matla

02 / THE IDEA

From first thought
to form.

Inspired by the notion of the punctum, the project introduces a series of architectural moments within the urban fabric. A passage between two gardens becomes the central gesture: a public connection that also offers a quieter space for looking, meeting and experiencing culture.

02 / PUBLIC REALM

Two gardens, one passage.

The ground-floor foyer is imagined as a transparent public passage linking two landscaped spaces. Rather than separating movement and exhibition, the plan brings reception, a sunken seating area, circulation and informal display into one flexible ground-floor zone.

01 / DrawingUrban site plan situating the cultural building

02 / DrawingGround-floor plan with foyer, reception, exhibition and public gardens

03 / PROGRAMME

Culture across levels.

Upper levels accommodate exhibition rooms, administration and archives; a roof terrace is proposed as an open-air cinema. A mezzanine gallery adds another point from which to experience the building.

01 / DrawingUpper-floor, mezzanine and roof plans

03LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER

In detail.

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01 / DrawingStudy elevation illustrating the irregular window rhythm

02 / DrawingCross-section through the building and its public interior

03 / VisualVisualization of a small planted courtyard with curved seating

NOTHING IS FINISHED ALL AT ONCE

Every sketch is a place to begin.