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Katowice, Poland
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

+48 518 986 060
+31 20 369 23 27 info@othersidestudio.eu

Otherside Studio

OTHERSIDE is an architectural practice founded on the dialogue between international clarity and the layered identity of local sites. For us design is not an image, but a solid reality defined by its physical presence and consequences. Based in Poland with close ties to the Netherlands, we work on projects across all scales and geographies. By looking from afar while working from within, we create architecture that honors the history of its context yet looks sharply into the future.

Architecture between places

Our transborder studio thrives on the contrast between two different places. We don’t synthesize Polish and Dutch approaches into a universal method, nor simply import solutions from one context to another. Instead we look for the productive friction between them. By holding multiple perspectives at once, we transform this tension into architectural responses shaped by dialogue between distinct places. Our designs come from traveling ideas, built with local materials.

Clarity of intent

We see the project’s appearance as the result of a process rather than being a design driver. Design emerges through careful decisions, research and dialogue rather than individual expression alone. Good architecture depends on clarity of intent and the ability to navigate competing demands. This creates comfort with complexity in projects with many stakeholders and different voices.

Prior presence, future optimism

We pursue the continuity of a place over personal expression. Tradition is vital, not as formal repetition but by ongoing relationships with existing narratives, social habits, and materials. Our interventions are always contemporary, yet deeply rooted in their context, creating a sense of continuity. Facing environmental and social challenges requires optimism and innovation, and this ambition we ground in fearless realism. We focus on what is achievable, responsible, and enduring.

Partners

Julia Wilkosz

grew up in an architecture family, where design was part of daily conversation. She studied architecture at the Silesian University of Technology and in Denmark. Julia worked in the Netherlands, Poland and at Bjarke Ingels Group in Copenhagen on a wide range of typologies and geographies, before gaining extensive experience at David Chipperfield Architects.

She has been involved in "Masters of Architecture SARP", fostering dialogue between Polish and international architectural discourse.

Paula Chrószcz

explores the relationship between built environment and community from a wider perspective. She studied architecture at the Silesian University of Technology and philosophy at the University of Silesia. Paula worked at different practices in Poland on projects connecting architecture with the cultural realm.

As a co-founder of the interdisciplinary platform Antyrama, her curatorial work focuses on social engagement and educational programming. She is a passionate golfer, competing all over Poland.

Bram Waumans
has a keen interest in design process and methodologies because of his interdisciplinary background. He studied architecture at TU Delft and UC Berkeley, and industrial design engineering at Delft and MIT. He worked in Amsterdam for almost a decade, then joined David Chipperfield Architects where he became an Associate before co-founding the studio.

He tutors a design studio on timber architecture at TU Delft and is a registered architect in the Netherlands, Poland and Italy.