Elements
Building elements across time — from a gothic portal to a curtain wall — sketched, modelled, sometimes printed.
in developmentvilla3d · est. by an architect, run as a studio
A space for spatial experiments.
Building elements — historical and contemporary — and authentic objects: sketched, modelled, sometimes printed; documented in selected photographs by the author. Built to change.
Catalogue Publicationsobject 001 — cantilever, sketch
Open fields
subject to change — that's the pointObjects
Authentic buildings and structures, documented in the field: selected photographs by the author, notes, geometries.
in developmentStudio
3D technologies, spatial art and research — the workshop layer that binds elements and objects together.
in developmentFirst cards of the catalogue
full catalogue →Oriel
A bay projecting from the wall face, carried on corbels — daylight from three sides and a statement of status.
sketch · model in preparationPortal
The ornamented frame of an entrance; in Gothic — pointed, with stepped jambs and moulded archivolts.
sketch · model in preparationPier
The workhorse of masonry — a massive vertical stem gathering arches, ribs and walls; in Gothic, a bundle of shafts, each answering one rib above.
sketch · model in preparationColumn
The classical order distilled — base, fluted shaft and capital in strict proportion; its gentle swelling, the entasis, bends so the eye may see straight.
sketch · model in preparationCurtain wall
A non-loadbearing skin of mullions, transoms and glass — the façade as a hung, precise membrane.
sketch · model in preparationCantilever
A volume reaching beyond its support — structure made visible, gravity politely postponed.
sketch · model in preparation
Behind the studio
Aleksander Filip Furmanek
Architect and assistant professor (Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology). Twenty-plus years of design practice, a PhD in architecture, and a research profile spanning cultural heritage, fire safety and 3D technologies. villa3d is where the loose ends meet.
Latest publication
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2025
Impact of the Fire Protection Requirements on the Cultural Heritage of the Polish Old Towns — Selected Problems
Sustainability, 17(1), 176open access