Hunger Dev Dworcowa67
Architecture, Interiors
Dworcowa 67 is a heritage revitalisation of a 1912-1913 tenement building designed by Berlin architect Otto Walther, located on Ulica Dworcowa, one of the most historically significant streets in Bydgoszcz. The street's importance dates to 1851, when the construction of the city's main railway station transformed it from a provincial lane into a vital commercial artery. The five-storey building's monumental facade with its central projecting avant-corps, ornate cornices, and carved bas-reliefs including the horseman figure above the main entrance portal is one of Otto Walther's two most significant contributions to the city, the other being the Jedynak department store on Gdanska Street. The commission by Hunger Development, the development vehicle of brothers Filip and Oskar Hunger whose father was a Danish architect, converted the U-shaped building into 27-31 luxury apartments across 2,122 square metres of residential area with two ground-floor commercial units. Design work ran from 2021 through to construction completion in 2024. The building was branded "Jej Wysokosc Dworcowa 67", Her Majesty Dworcowa 67, with a horseman bas-relief logo drawn directly from the original 1913 facade ornament.
The exterior facade restoration specified brilliant white breathable lime paint on the plastered surfaces, immediately earning the building the nickname "Biala Dama", The White Lady. During conservation work, evidence suggested some original reliefs may have been gilded, and 24-carat gold leaf was applied to the bas-relief tondi depicting stylised heads of Greek, Roman, and medieval figures. The revitalisation was described as a fundamental renovation so structurally invasive that only the bricks and bas-reliefs would remain from its former shape: every floor slab was replaced with modern reinforced concrete, the entire roof was reconstructed using traditional clay karpowka tiles with titanium-zinc flashings, and custom triple-glazed wooden windows with 8 centimetre frames and RA2=42 dB acoustic insulation were fabricated to replicate the original style. Two new modern glazed elevators with direct-to-apartment private access were installed while the original historic lift mechanism was preserved as a heritage artifact.
The common area specification centres on Atlantic Grey natural stone wall panels, Nero Marquina marble flooring with medallion inlay patterns, and Kwarcyt Verde Black flamed and brushed stone at 60x40 centimetres for corridor field tiles. Gold LED strip lighting is embedded flush into floor joints and wall base details throughout, casting a continuous warm-amber accent line along every corridor. The concierge reception features a monolithic dark veined marble counter with an LED base halo and the backlit D67 horseman logo panel. A mature olive tree in a layered stone planter marks the lobby entry, with monstera and peace lily arrangements flanking the apartment wing entries beyond.
The heritage staircase landing, with its distinctive elongated oval-loop balustrade pattern in black steel, was retained and clad in Atlantic Grey stone walls, with column-style radiators positioned beneath the restored arched windows of each landing. A black-and-white heritage photography gallery occupies a prominent corridor wall, displaying framed archival photographs of the building's own 1913 sculptural details. The entry vestibule preserves the grand arched glass doors with semicircular transoms and introduces a custom branded floor mat with the gold horseman logo on a dark charcoal ground, flanked by dark metal resident mailboxes.
Apartments range from 59 square metres for a one-bedroom mansard unit to up to 250 square metres for the largest configurations. Ceiling heights reach 3.5 metres on standard floors, with reduced heights of 190-220 centimetres in the fifth-floor mansard areas beneath the pitched roof. The building is organised into two wings: Wing A serving apartments 1-11 and Wing B apartments 12-22, with the enclosed courtyard garden visible through the lobby's arched windows providing a private green space within the U-shaped plan.
