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Barbara Brukalska (4 December 1899 - 6 March 1980) was a Polish architect, an architectural theorist, a prominent exponent of Functionalism, a member of the Praesens group, and a professor at Warsaw Polytechnic. She was also the wife of architect Stanisław Brukalski.
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Barbara Brukalska (4 December 1899 - 6 March 1980) was a Polish architect, an architectural theorist, a prominent exponent of Functionalism, a member of the Praesens group, and a professor at Warsaw Polytechnic. She was also the wife of architect Stanisław Brukalski.
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Life Brukalska was born in Brzeźce, Masovian Voivodeship. Her early work was with her husband, Stanisław Brukalski. Like other members of the avant-garde Praesens group (founded in 1926), influenced by Le Corbusier's idea of the "machine for living", they advocated for inexpensive, residential housing that emphasized pure, simple functionality. Brukalska's ideas for the interiors of affordable homes for workers included combining in one room the functions of kitchen and dining room, limiting furnishings to the simplest and most indispensable, and a system of built-in closets, tabletops, sinks and stoves designed to be practical and hygienic. For the kitchen-dining area, she also insisted on white-painted walls, white linoleum, and white surface coverings to bring it as close as possible to the conditions of a laboratory. She declared that "we present the kitchens already furnished, since no one would be capable of fitting their tables and sideboards - often so irrationally designed -- into this small space" From 1927 to 1938, the Brukalskis also worked together designing the interiors of passenger ships. Because of prevailing economic conditions, project financing for workers' residences was problematic, and workers themselves were not eager to live in such extremely functionalist homes. Despite these setbacks, the Brukalskis…
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Major works Housing complexes IV, VII, and IX in Żoliborz district Housing Cooperative (1927-1939)
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8 Niegolewski St. in Warsaw (1927-1928) Reconstruction of Dom pod Orłami (House under the Sign of the Eagles) in Warsaw (1948-1950)
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Church in Troszyn (1956-1975) Housing development in Okęcie district of Warsaw(1960)