Two poles of one studio — from a Gdańsk landmark to a new district near Warsaw
The revitalisation of Granary Island and building a district from scratch are two opposite poles of the same profession. The ability to move between them is what sets a mature metropolitan studio apart from an office specialising in a single type of commission.
2025 and the first half of 2026 illustrate the range of Mąka Sojka Architekci's practice well. On one side, the SARP-awarded revitalisation of Granary Island in Gdańsk; on the other, the large-scale residential scheme Miasto Polskich Mistrzów Olimpijskich near Warsaw. These are two opposite poles of the same profession, and the ability to move between them is what sets a mature metropolitan studio apart from an office specialising in a single type of commission.
A studio with a track record
Mąka Sojka Architekci is a Warsaw-based studio founded in 1999 by Maciej Mąka and Radosław Sojka, graduates of the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology. Its market position was built primarily on Warsaw residential schemes with a modernist character: the WI4–WI7 estates within Marina Mokotów, the AT Center and Royal Axis quarters in Miasteczko Wilanów, and in later years, among others, SPlace, Żoliborz Artystyczny, the Na Dolnej development, Granaria and Miasto Polskich Mistrzów Olimpijskich. The architects themselves say they are drawn most to mixed-use schemes — a synergistic blending of functions that creates a 'living' city.
Pole one: fitting into heritage
Granaria is work within a dense, historic context, where architecture has to negotiate with heritage, the conservation authority and the existing urban fabric. The challenge here is fitting in — finding a contemporary form that neither imitates the past nor overwhelms it. Heritage protection requirements have to be reconciled with the economics of a mixed-use scheme: flats, offices and a hotel on one of the most exposed plots in Gdańsk. The SARP Award of the Year 2025 in the 'Heritage space architecture' category confirms that the studio can operate in this most demanding conservation-and-composition territory.
Pole two: building a city from scratch
Miasto Polskich Mistrzów Olimpijskich poses the opposite problem. Here there is no existing context to respect — it is close to a blank slate, with the task of building an identity from the ground up, across a large area, at developer pace. Over 2,200 flats and nearly 27,000 sq m of amenity space in the 'Paryż' district alone, spread across eight buildings and 9.5 hectares, is a scale at which architecture becomes urban planning: what matters is the coherence of the street frontage, the hierarchy of public spaces, and a language that repeats without becoming monotonous.
A voice in the debate
The ability to combine a small-scale intervention in a listed building with building a city district from raw ground is a rare combination of competences. That the studio has something to say in this conversation beyond the drawing board is shown by Maciej Mąka's presence as a panellist at the Polish Architecture Congress 2026, held on 14–15 May 2026 at the Museum of Polish History in Warsaw. For investors and local authorities seeking a partner for demanding tasks — from heritage revitalisation to building new districts — the portfolio of Mąka Sojka Architekci is a profile worth attention precisely because it does not confine itself to a single specialism.
Editorial material by Method Press based on the studio's own materials (maka-sojka.com), industry databases and the programme of the Polish Architecture Congress 2026.