ANNA OLEWSKA NESTER

NAME Anna OLEWSKA-NESTER
PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH Cracovia (Poland) ON 7TH September 1947
NATIONALITY Polish
PROFESSION Architect
PROFESSIONAL SENIORITY 37 years
DEGREE Graduated in Architecture and Engineering at Cracovia Polytechnic
LANGUAGES Polish, Italian, Russian, basic French

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
From 1971 she works in Cracovia at the Public Office of Planning Municipal Facilities. In 1973 she takes her doctor’s degree and she is put on the Polish architects’ register. From 1973 she cooperates with her husband Arch. Marek Nester Piotrowski. From 1983 they live both in Milan and in Cracovia, they found “KR STUDIO” where several Italian and Polish architects cooperate.

Experiences and researches made in the field of exhibition have been important to the proposal of a new architectonic solution for fairgrounds applied to the new exhibitions of Lisbona, Buenos Aires, Milano, Santiago of Chile, Tian Jin, Genoa. Her projects have been published on “L’Arca”, “Allestire”, ”Costruire”, “Exporre”, ”Modo” and so on.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1974 Competition for Sofia National Theatre, Bulgaria coop.
1977 Palace for a publishing house in the centre of Cracovia, coop.
1980 Pope Mass in Cracovia, altar camp
1983 – 1997 International exhibition Milanovendemoda. Image, exhibition project, layout, fitting, visual communication (28 editions)
1986 Restauration and requalification of the ex Caproni Factory as exhibition space and offices in Via Mecenate, Milan, named “Anthological Space” (with Dolmen Italia), coop.
1985 Dualistica Centre. Lab for quality analysis of the product, Fiat (with CDN)
1987 – 1996 Hotel and thermal complex in Forio, Ischia
1988 – 1996 International Exhibition Expo CTS
1989 Restauration and enlargement of Monte Frondoso Castle, Perugina (with Drewniak,Lisowski,Gajewski)
1990 Exhibition project of Baricentro with Dolmen Italy
1999 – 2000 Restauration of houses, flats and offices (studio light, Barbieri, Chionetti, Nonino,Krstudio)
1992 Palace for Financial Institute of Lugano. Renovation and new building part. Renovation of Moruzzo Castle, Udine (with Luca Cendali)
1992 – 1993 Chionetti house – one – family house in Origlio, Lugano
1993 Exhibition of the glass windows by Alina Kalczynska, Milan
1994 Project for St. Magdalena square in Cracovia
1996 – 2001 New Brescia Fairground (first prize competition and realisation) with Garbari, Donadio, Montesi
1998 “Hexadom” project development of an economic modular living unit
1999 Milan Fairground. Project for partial recovery of the Arese Alfa Romeo factory for the insertion of the new Milan fairground (400.000 sqm net for exhibitions)
2000 – 2001 Project for inside and outside system of signs for Brescia fairground, information graphic and totem
2001 Hotel and thermal complex in Forio, Ischia. Project of functional requalification
2001 – 2005 Art direction of the exhibitions: Exsa, Brescia Casa, Edilizia
2002 Preliminary project for hotel in Via Mecenate 84, Milan, with Mendini atelier
2003 – 2004 Project for second Brescia fairground (with Garbari, Montesi, Donadio)
2004 – 2005 Planning for finishing the new Rho/Pero Fairground
2004 – 2008: Art direction of Verona Fairground exhibitions: Marmo-Mac, Samoter, Bus and Bus