Before music became a permanent fixture at 272 Grochowska Street in Kamionek, this place was for decades associated primarily with animals, as well as with science and didactics. Sinfonia Varsovia received its headquarters here in 2010, in the complex of the former Institute of Veterinary Medicine, in what is now Praga-Południe district. The complex is located in the historic Kamionek neighborhood – an area with medieval roots, incorporated into the borders of Warsaw in 1889.

The genesis of the building complex at 272 Grochowska Street dates back to the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. It was erected in 1898–1900, according to a design by Włodzimierz Pokrowski, in a historicizing style. From the beginning it was an exceptionally intelligible spatial arrangement: the representative main building, pavilions on the side of Grochowska Street and outbuildings in the depth of the area formed a composition of clear axiality and quasi-palace character. In 2008, the key elements of the complex (the main building, two pavilions and two outbuildings) were entered in the register of monuments, which emphasizes their rank in the architectural landscape of this part of Warsaw.

The history of the site is at the same time the history of Polish and Warsaw higher education development. Initially, the facilities served as the headquarters of the Warsaw Institute of Veterinary Medicine in 1898–1918, and then – after regaining independence – the complex became an educational facility for the veterinary study at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Warsaw (1918–1927). In 1927, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Warsaw was already operating at the site, and the complex was expanded in 1930, in response to the growing needs of the university and its teaching infrastructure.

After World War II, the buildings continued to be an important scientific center. The year 1952 proved to be a pivotal moment, when the facilities began to be used by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS-SGGW). The complex served this function for decades to come – until 2005, when the university ended the use of the Grochowska Street site. During that time, the buildings – including the younger ones, added after 1925 – were used as educational, office and business facilities, among other things, and the entire complex retained its “campus” character.

A new chapter in the history of the complex at 272 Grochowska Street began when the City of Warsaw repurchased the property from WULS-SGGW in 2009, and then transferred it for the purpose of a cultural institution. In 2010, the site became the home of Sinfonia Varsovia, and an international architectural competition for the design of a new concert hall and site development was announced in parallel. The competition was resolved in November 2010 – the jury selected the concept prepared by the Atelier Thomas Pucher studio from Graz, and the design is being implemented.