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Public spaces in fast-developing Wola district of Warsaw - adaptive reuse in search for a local center
Ramirez Venegas, Ana Paula ; Wasilkowska, Alexandra (referee) ; Kepiński, Kacper Ignacy (advisor)
The Wola district, situated on the western fringe of downtown Warsaw, stands as an unmistakable testament to the city’s evolution. It embodies a vibrant blend of its industrial past and contemporary urbanism. Once a vibrant industrial hub spurred by railroad construction and postwar reconstruction, Wola has metamorphosed into a dynamic landscape marked by towering skyscrapers and high-end residential enclaves. Despite this, there are clear echoes of its industrial legacy in the repurposed facades of former factories, now buzzing hubs of commercial and cultural activity. The diploma project’s focus is on the rejuvenation of Kercelak, a once bustling marketplace and square that thrived from 1867 to 1947. Kercelak has a rich historical significance. However, it has succumbed to the tide of gentrification, and as a result, its communal spaces are neglected amidst the surge of modern investments. The project will breathe new life into these abandoned public realms through adaptive reuse and thoughtful design interventions. It will foster community engagement and connectivity. The project will create inclusive and accessible public spaces that transcend the dominance of vehicular traffic and gentrified enclaves. It will seamlessly integrate historical legacies, post-war housing, and contemporary developments to forge a cohesive, functional, and visually continuous spatial continuum. The project will not only revitalize Kercelak but also foster a sense of belonging and cohesion among its diverse inhabitants.
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Inclusive Housing: Coexistence of Vietnamese and Polish communities
Mičundová, Katarína ; Wasilkowska, Alexandra (referee) ; Kepiński, Kacper Ignacy (advisor)
The aim of the project is to interpret the elements of Vietnamese models of living in the Central European urban fabric and cultural context in order to provide housing for a mixed nationality community with a strong focus on Vietnamese traders from the Bakalarska market. Asia Town, located in the Włochy district, has become a major centre of employment and community activities for the Vietnamese community in Warsaw, introducing a new urbanisation model and architectural character. With this project, housing will become a coherent part of the new Polish-Vietnamese neighbourhood, focusing on the principle of living together in one community and sharing space. The diploma project will focus on the design proposal of the inclusive and affordable housing for two distinct communities of different national backgrounds. The challenge is to find common language and create a haven for the newly emerging community of people.
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New social housing in Sielce: Remodeling of an avant-garde Szpiegowo building in Warsaw
Miklušová, Tereza ; Sikorski, Michal (referee) ; Mielczarek, Zuzanna Irena (advisor)
The aim of my master thesis was a reconstruction of the so-called Szpiegowo in Warsaw, which was built in the 1970s by Janusz Nowak and Piotr Sembrat as a residential complex for Russian diplomats. For the last 20 years the place was uninhabited and slowly falling into disrepair, but after the Russian invasion of Ukraine the city finally managed to reclaim the building and they are planning renovate it. My intention for the remodelling was to design housing for students and creatives based on analyses of the neighbo hood and the current housing situation in Warsaw. The design also includes the revitalization of the outdoor spaces and the important connection of the complex with its surroundings, since nowadays the whole building is fenced off and completely cut off from the neighborhood. In addition, thanks to some additional functions that will be accessible for everyone, the place will become more vivid and will have the potential to become a new local centre for the residents of Sielce and new users.
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Gentrification in the post-socialist context of Central Europe. Comparative case study - Warsaw and Prague
Novotný, Ondřej ; Kunštát, Miroslav (advisor) ; Kochnowski, Roman (referee)
The thesis deals with the issue of gentrification in the post-socialist context of Central Europe. This phenomenon occurs mainly in the inner city districts, where the local social structure is disturbed through the physical upgrade of the neighborhood (e.g. flats, shops and restaurants) by pushing out the poorer layers of society by the more wealthy ones. In the cities marked by the communist urban planning, the inner city parts were neglected at the expense of peripheral prefab concrete buildings, thus creating great potential for local investment after the fall of the Iron Curtain. The process of gentrification is illustrated in this paper by the comparison of the two city districts Praga-Północ (Warsaw) and Prague 7 (Prague) in the time between 1989 and 2017. As a starting point for comparison, a special case of Prenzlauer Berg district in Berlin is used, where the process has shown significant impact already in the 1990s. In this respect the aim of the thesis is to investigate the links between Warsaw and Prague, also how these cases differ. At the same time, the role of the public sector is studied as a relevant factor influencing gentrification in the post-socialist region of Central Europe. The results of the study showed that analogous processes of gentrification appear in the Praga-Północ and...
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Theatre Studio Reduta as an example of modernistic utopia
Jiřík, Jan ; Hyvnar, Jan (advisor) ; Pilátová, Jana (referee) ; Oslzlý, Petr (referee)
1 ABSTRACT This thesis describes the theatre reform at the turn of 19th and 20th century in its wider sociocultural concept. It focuses on the reaction of theatre to the modernistic crisis of European culture and society. Modernism is understood here according to its wider thematic and chronological definition. Modernism is based on the conception of machine civilization as it was defined by a Polish sociologist Jerzy Jedlicki. Jedlicki places the rise of modernistic cultural formation into the second half of 18th century which is when a steam engine was invented and it was a time of social turbulence and changes in human spirituality. Another theoretical frame of the thesis is created by utopia phenomenon as it was defined by Jerzy Szacki. Second half of 20th century is considered to be the end of modernism, inasmuch the utopic visions which had been placed on theatre faded away. The main topic of the thesis is Juliusz Osterwa's and Mieczyslaw Limanowski's theatre studio Reduta. It was founded in Warsaw in 1919 and it was to a great extend inspired by Moscow theatre studios of Stanislavsky and by Polish theatre sources (Stanislaw Wyspianski). By studying selected examples, the thesis studies Reduta as a realisation of modernistic utopia when theatre was supposed to carry a special mission in renaissance of...
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