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The cityscape changes constantly, reflecting the socio-economic conditions of a given urbanised area—both globally and in any given country. Post-industrial buildings and complexes have been its important elements since the nineteenth century. At present, many of them are undergoing adaptive reuse. The oldest, which are parts of post-industrial heritage and define the local identity, are now located in city centres. Some are revitalised and often adapted into multi-family housing. This paper fills a gap in the research on revitalised areas in Polish city centres, especially the ones converted into housing. It notes the links between these projects with elements of urban green-blue infrastructure, as well as the methods of protection of the reused postindustrial heritage. Studies from 2000–2020 on Polish multi-family housing architecture prove that the quality of buildings and semi-public green spaces is becoming increasingly important to developers and buyers. Properly used and exposed post-industrial heritage can contribute to raising the attractiveness of such spaces. In combination with city greenery systems, they can form attractive townscape sequences, as proven by Cracow cases. The paper’s conclusions indicate that the preservation and exposition of post-industrial heritage in newly built housing complexes is affected by numerous factors. The most important of these are legal determinants based on both state-level and local law. Economic factors also play a major role, as they directly affect projects. The skills and talent of designers who can create unique proposals that expose surviving relicts and a given place’s genius loci even in the most restrictive of economic and legal conditions, are also not without significance.
Mateusz Gyurkovich; Jacek Gyurkovich. New Housing Complexes in Post-Industrial Areas in City Centres in Poland versus Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection—With a Particular Focus on Cracow. Sustainability 2021, 13, 418 .
AMA StyleMateusz Gyurkovich, Jacek Gyurkovich. New Housing Complexes in Post-Industrial Areas in City Centres in Poland versus Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection—With a Particular Focus on Cracow. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (1):418.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMateusz Gyurkovich; Jacek Gyurkovich. 2021. "New Housing Complexes in Post-Industrial Areas in City Centres in Poland versus Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection—With a Particular Focus on Cracow." Sustainability 13, no. 1: 418.
Agnieszka Matusik; Kinga Racoń-Leja; Mateusz Gyurkovich; Karolina Dudzic-Gyurkovich. Hydrourban spatial development model for a resilient inner-city: the example of Gdańsk. ACE: Architecture, City and Environment 2020, 15, 1 .
AMA StyleAgnieszka Matusik, Kinga Racoń-Leja, Mateusz Gyurkovich, Karolina Dudzic-Gyurkovich. Hydrourban spatial development model for a resilient inner-city: the example of Gdańsk. ACE: Architecture, City and Environment. 2020; 15 (43):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAgnieszka Matusik; Kinga Racoń-Leja; Mateusz Gyurkovich; Karolina Dudzic-Gyurkovich. 2020. "Hydrourban spatial development model for a resilient inner-city: the example of Gdańsk." ACE: Architecture, City and Environment 15, no. 43: 1.
This paper is a result of an in situ study carried out in September 2017 in Barcelona. Its objective was to assess the effectiveness of the spatial policy of the city in terms of promoting sustainable mobility, traffic restrictions, increasing the share of public spaces, and improving basic ecological indicators, such as biodiversity, the area of green spaces, or air pollution. The analysis focuses on measures implemented within the scheme of the concept of 'a superblock' (original 'supermanzana') on the example of two selected neighborhoodsof Barcelona: Gracia, and a part of El Poblenou, demarcated by the streets: Carrer de Badajoz, Carrer de Llacuna, Carrer de Tanger, Carrer de Pallars. Special attention was paid to the ability of the changes implemented to create people friendly spaces, where people wish to stay, and subsequently to their ability to create positive functional and spatial changes, especially on ground floors of buildings. The paper shall give the reader a sense of the exact scope of implemented measures, presented on the example of selected analytical layers, such as transport, public spaces, visual information, street furniture, etc. The study results demonstrate an improvement in terms of the majority of the urban and ecological indicators referred to above; nevertheless, the assessment in terms of the actual increase of the attractiveness of the place and its ability to create people friendly spaces, is not explicit. In El Poblenou in particular one can observe certain weaknesses in this respect, which could be particularly disturbing considering subsequent plans of the authorities of Barcelona to implement the concept of 'a superblock' in other parts of the city within the scheme of the urban grid of Eixample. Doubts are additionally raised by the legibility of the new traffic network in this location, which constitutes an impediment in uninhibited and intuitive moving around for city inhabitants themselves. A similar spectrum of measures does not always bring about the same results. The assessment of the quality of public space cannot be limited to some selected figures, which confirm – as they must – effective implementation of the assumed goals, much to the satisfaction of the authorities who are behind them. Such an assessment carried out independently from other placemaking factors, such as the plot ratio, the diversity of the functional programme, spatial relations in the existing development structure, which should be adjusted to man's scale, or – finally - the quality and character of greenery projects implemented, will never be credible.
Mateusz Gyurkovich; Damian Poklewski-Koziell; Carlos Marmolejo Duarte. Supermanzana in Practice. Ability to Create People Friendly Spaces upon the Example of Selected Barcelona-Based Projects. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2019, 471, 092010 .
AMA StyleMateusz Gyurkovich, Damian Poklewski-Koziell, Carlos Marmolejo Duarte. Supermanzana in Practice. Ability to Create People Friendly Spaces upon the Example of Selected Barcelona-Based Projects. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2019; 471 (9):092010.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMateusz Gyurkovich; Damian Poklewski-Koziell; Carlos Marmolejo Duarte. 2019. "Supermanzana in Practice. Ability to Create People Friendly Spaces upon the Example of Selected Barcelona-Based Projects." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 471, no. 9: 092010.
In the publication, the author - in the context of the global increase in population numbers - synthetically characterises the situation of the population of Poland and the development of Polish cities, as well as that of apparent - or, as others would have it - relative deurbanisation. Cracow - the second Polish city in terms of size, a metropolis that, along with its peripheral areas, including those residents of nearby communities who gravitate towards the city, and who have recently moved in here - is a metropolis that has an over a million inhabitants. The city, burdened with the "disease of deurbanisation", is a fitting field for the observation of phenomena that cause this process. The quality of the housing environment being offered in new complexes of multi-family buildings that are being built within the administrative limits of the city, especially including those in large, so-called "developer" complexes, as well as apartment prices, can affect the problem of urban sprawl in the city to a significant degree. The goal of the research that was performed was to analyse the offer of shaping the housing environment that has been expanding in recent years, and which constitutes an attractive alternative to living outside of the city's limits. Low density multi-family residential buildings that are being built in the administrative borders of cities - not only within their peripheral areas, but also on sites closer to the downtown area - so-called Urban Villas - are a form of the built environment that makes it possible to obtain housing environment qualities that are close to ideal - living in a house with a small garden - and can, thanks to moderate apartment prices and good transport accessibility, influence decisions regarding the selection of a place of residence. The complexes of Urban Villas in Cracow that were selected for analysis as a part of the multiple case study confirm this thesis - the apartments being offered as a part of them are relatively quickly finding buyers who search for good living conditions - such as peace, quiet, security, good contact with nature, comfortable circulation solutions - both in terms of public and individual transport, in addition to good relations with the necessary services. The results of the author's research and observations make it possible to state that this "new offering" in terms of housing is becoming a product that is sought by residents who wish to preserve good relations with the city.
Jacek Gyurkovich. Living Space in A City - Selected Problems of Shaping Modern Housing Complexes in Cracow- A Multiple Case Studies: Part 1- The Case Study of Urban Villas. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2019, 471, 092015 .
AMA StyleJacek Gyurkovich. Living Space in A City - Selected Problems of Shaping Modern Housing Complexes in Cracow- A Multiple Case Studies: Part 1- The Case Study of Urban Villas. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2019; 471 (9):092015.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacek Gyurkovich. 2019. "Living Space in A City - Selected Problems of Shaping Modern Housing Complexes in Cracow- A Multiple Case Studies: Part 1- The Case Study of Urban Villas." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 471, no. 9: 092015.
The investment boom in multi-family residential buildings observable in Polish metropolises at the turn of the 20th century seems to have slowed down. Due to the growing difficulty in obtaining and repaying mortgages, potential customers have become more demanding. Users' needs come first once again, including the need to dwell in beautiful surroundings. Developers implementing projects of multi-family housing estates in different scales more and more often pay attention not only to the floor area, but also to the aesthetics of new buildings. Many housing estates put into use in Poland in recent years are as good in this respect as their contemporary western counterparts. Quality of workmanship and finishing standards of buildings and their immediate surroundings increase, too. This study covers examples of new housing investments, regarded as prestigious, from Poland's three biggest cities (Warsaw, Cracow, Lodz), implemented in 10 recent years. The goal was to verify by means of a comparative analysis whether their architectural quality has changed compared to previous years. Does it mean that beautiful residential architecture comes into being? Is it a common phenomenon? Is life comfortable in beautiful, prestigious housing estates? Do they form real, efficient habitats, or only bedroom communities, or are they another type of investment? What are the relations of contemporary multi-family estates with the urban tissue in light of the growing spatial chaos in Poland's biggest cities? According to the study results, in recent years Poland saw more and more multi-family housing estates, attractive in their contemporary form, furnished with well-tended and carefully arranged social – predominantly green – spaces. Alas, due to a limited number of services they are usually closed enclaves, often fenced. Frequently they lack sufficient services necessary for proper functioning of the housing environment: trade, education (nursery and primary schools), healthcare, basing on the existing overloaded city infrastructure. Therefore, their contribution to building of sustainable spatial structures is limited, not to mention such obvious drawbacks as lack of continuity of the public domain in the form of public greenery systems, pedestrian routes, or squares. Responsibility for this situation goes not only to designers and investors of such complexes, but mostly to local authorities, whose goal should be to maintain spatial order in cities. These are still, however, single islands on the sea of mediocre dense residential architecture. Growing transport-related problems result from scarcity of appropriate road infrastructure and limited municipal investments in public transport and education / sports services, which do not balance the increase of developers' residential investments. One of the basic causes of this situation is the aforementioned crisis of spatial planning, observable in the three cities included in the study.
Mateusz Gyurkovich; Adolfo Sotoca. Quality of Social Space in Selected Contemporary Multifamily Housing Complexes in Poland’s Three Biggest Cities. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2019, 471, 092009 .
AMA StyleMateusz Gyurkovich, Adolfo Sotoca. Quality of Social Space in Selected Contemporary Multifamily Housing Complexes in Poland’s Three Biggest Cities. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2019; 471 (9):092009.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMateusz Gyurkovich; Adolfo Sotoca. 2019. "Quality of Social Space in Selected Contemporary Multifamily Housing Complexes in Poland’s Three Biggest Cities." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 471, no. 9: 092009.
Diversity of urban structures in Europe has its sources in cultural distinctness of different regions, in different pace of their development over millennia. Methods of designing towns in subsequent urbanisation periods differed. Nevertheless, frequently older structures were adapted to new needs. The question concerning the ideal of the European city remains open - is impossible to define one dominating spatial model encountered everywhere, despite attempts of ancient powers (Imperium Romanum), and by 20th -century totalitarian systems. The latter largely contributed to interruption of continuity of cities' historical development, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Warfare and scale of destruction of the spatial/social structure in many cities in 1939-1945 were unprecedented in the European history. Examples of metropolises practically wiped off from the face of the earth, like Warsaw or Dresden, are common knowledge. This fate was shared by many other towns, especially in the Polish-German borderland. Their reconstruction after the war caused complete transformation of their urban/social structure. The study focuses on Kamień Pomorski, situated on a headland at Kamieński Lake, separated from the Baltic Sea by Wolin island. Before the war it was one of the nicest port towns in Pomerania, with history reaching back to the early Polish state and the clash of Slavic, Scandinavian, and German influences. The town, an episcopal see, bloomed in the medieval and modern times under the Pomeranian, Brandenburgian, and German rule. At the end of the WWII the centre was ruined over several days. Some religious and secular buildings survived. Traditional economic foundations of the local population, moulded for centuries, and the corresponding port structure, were nearly completely destroyed. Almost complete replacement of the local community, not fully grasping the local spatial, natural and landscape conditions, was connected with introduction of centrally planned socialist economy. The town changed its character, despite maintaining and developing some of its previous functions (e.g. health resort). Kamień Pomorski was reconstructed in forms not corresponding to traditional ones (prefabricated blocks of flats), although respecting previous transport/urban layout, which is an advantage. There were attempts to restore the most important preserved monuments –cathedral, town hall, several sections of city walls. In time these efforts brought the expected effect. In recent years several investments were implemented, referring to historical spatial layouts, following the rules of retroversion and revealing some relics. The port function was restored – predominantly as a recreational yacht and water sports marina, popular in high season. Some waterfront boulevards were renovated. Promenades are being built, the spa park is to be revitalised. To conclude, it should be stated that improvement of public spaces is observable in Kamień Pomorski, just like in its green areas and waterfront edge. Renovations of pre-war tenements and villas and growing abundance of services activating the public domain cannot be disregarded. It seems that despite enormous war destructions, which changed the appearance of the town forever, after many decades Kamień Pomorski has become vivid again.
Mateusz Gyurkovich. Kamien Pomorski – Health Resort on the Waterfront – Transformations of the Public Space of the Town after 1945’. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2019, 471, 092008 .
AMA StyleMateusz Gyurkovich. Kamien Pomorski – Health Resort on the Waterfront – Transformations of the Public Space of the Town after 1945’. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2019; 471 (9):092008.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMateusz Gyurkovich. 2019. "Kamien Pomorski – Health Resort on the Waterfront – Transformations of the Public Space of the Town after 1945’." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 471, no. 9: 092008.
Jacek Gyurkovich. ROLE OF WATER AND GREENERY IN URBAN COMPOSITION. SELECTED PROBLEMS. 5th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS SGEM2018, Urban Planning, Architecture and Design 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleJacek Gyurkovich. ROLE OF WATER AND GREENERY IN URBAN COMPOSITION. SELECTED PROBLEMS. 5th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS SGEM2018, Urban Planning, Architecture and Design. 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacek Gyurkovich. 2018. "ROLE OF WATER AND GREENERY IN URBAN COMPOSITION. SELECTED PROBLEMS." 5th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS SGEM2018, Urban Planning, Architecture and Design , no. : 1.
Mateusz Gyurkovich. NEW CULTURAL BUILDINGS AS CATALYSTS FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC SPACES - SELECTED POLISH EXAMPLES. 5th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS SGEM2018, Urban Planning, Architecture and Design 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleMateusz Gyurkovich. NEW CULTURAL BUILDINGS AS CATALYSTS FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC SPACES - SELECTED POLISH EXAMPLES. 5th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS SGEM2018, Urban Planning, Architecture and Design. 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMateusz Gyurkovich. 2018. "NEW CULTURAL BUILDINGS AS CATALYSTS FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC SPACES - SELECTED POLISH EXAMPLES." 5th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS SGEM2018, Urban Planning, Architecture and Design , no. : 1.
WODA W ŚRÓDMIEJSKICH PRZESTRZENIACH PUBLICZNYCH BARCELONY
Mateusz Gyurkovich. Woda dekoracyjna w śródmiejskich przestrzeniach publicznych Barcelony. Środowisko Mieszkaniowe 2018, 22, 4 -14.
AMA StyleMateusz Gyurkovich. Woda dekoracyjna w śródmiejskich przestrzeniach publicznych Barcelony. Środowisko Mieszkaniowe. 2018; 22 ():4-14.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMateusz Gyurkovich. 2018. "Woda dekoracyjna w śródmiejskich przestrzeniach publicznych Barcelony." Środowisko Mieszkaniowe 22, no. : 4-14.
New forms in a historical context. Contemporary architectural interventions in the landscape of the Oder river’s riverfronts in Wrocław’s city centre
Jacek Gyurkovich. New forms in a historical context. Contemporary architectural interventions in the landscape of the Oder river’s riverfronts in Wrocław’s city centre. Technical Transactions 2018, 10, 4554 .
AMA StyleJacek Gyurkovich. New forms in a historical context. Contemporary architectural interventions in the landscape of the Oder river’s riverfronts in Wrocław’s city centre. Technical Transactions. 2018; 10 ():4554.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacek Gyurkovich. 2018. "New forms in a historical context. Contemporary architectural interventions in the landscape of the Oder river’s riverfronts in Wrocław’s city centre." Technical Transactions 10, no. : 4554.
Towards the Cracow Metropolis – a dream or a reality? A selected issues
Mateusz Gyurkovich; Adolfo Sotoca. Towards the Cracow Metropolis – a dream or a reality? A selected issues. Technical Transactions 2018, 2018, 5 -25.
AMA StyleMateusz Gyurkovich, Adolfo Sotoca. Towards the Cracow Metropolis – a dream or a reality? A selected issues. Technical Transactions. 2018; 2018 (2):5-25.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMateusz Gyurkovich; Adolfo Sotoca. 2018. "Towards the Cracow Metropolis – a dream or a reality? A selected issues." Technical Transactions 2018, no. 2: 5-25.
Zieleń jako element kształtowania miejskich przestrzeni publicznych dedykowanych kulturze – wybrane przykłady
Mateusz Gyurkovich; Adolfo Sotoca. Zieleń jako element kształtowania miejskich przestrzeni publicznych dedykowanych kulturze – wybrane przykłady. Środowisko Mieszkaniowe 2018, 24, 99 -110.
AMA StyleMateusz Gyurkovich, Adolfo Sotoca. Zieleń jako element kształtowania miejskich przestrzeni publicznych dedykowanych kulturze – wybrane przykłady. Środowisko Mieszkaniowe. 2018; 24 ():99-110.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMateusz Gyurkovich; Adolfo Sotoca. 2018. "Zieleń jako element kształtowania miejskich przestrzeni publicznych dedykowanych kulturze – wybrane przykłady." Środowisko Mieszkaniowe 24, no. : 99-110.
Uczelnia jako partner dla władz samorządowych i otoczenia gospodarczego w regionie
Jacek Gyurkovich. Uczelnia jako partner dla władz samorządowych i otoczenia gospodarczego w regionie. Przestrzeń Urbanistyka Architektura 2017, 2017, 15 -31.
AMA StyleJacek Gyurkovich. Uczelnia jako partner dla władz samorządowych i otoczenia gospodarczego w regionie. Przestrzeń Urbanistyka Architektura. 2017; 2017 (2):15-31.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacek Gyurkovich. 2017. "Uczelnia jako partner dla władz samorządowych i otoczenia gospodarczego w regionie." Przestrzeń Urbanistyka Architektura 2017, no. 2: 15-31.
Rola światła w architekturze na przykładzie ikonicznych obiektów kultury. Wybrane przykłady
Mateusz Gyurkovich. Rola światła w architekturze na przykładzie ikonicznych obiektów kultury. Wybrane przykłady. Środowisko Mieszkaniowe 2017, 18, 95 -105.
AMA StyleMateusz Gyurkovich. Rola światła w architekturze na przykładzie ikonicznych obiektów kultury. Wybrane przykłady. Środowisko Mieszkaniowe. 2017; 18 ():95-105.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMateusz Gyurkovich. 2017. "Rola światła w architekturze na przykładzie ikonicznych obiektów kultury. Wybrane przykłady." Środowisko Mieszkaniowe 18, no. : 95-105.
In spite of its tempestuous history, Europe managed to preserve and save the crucial elements of the urban structure of most cities which determine their urbanity. The uncontrolled growth of polycentric metropolitan areas and some attempts to demarcate new sub-centres based upon economic, demographic and transport premises only passing over the principles of urban composition characteristic of European cities, jeopardize this state of affairs. This article includes theoretical ruminations on the role of the elements of urban composition in the construction of the image of a city centre and, consequently, a sub-centre. Cracow, treated as a case study, exemplifies the historical development of a polycentric European metropolis. The final conclusions are based on these ruminations supported with the chosen example. They indicate selected elements of urban composition which developed in the European culture over a span of millenniums – they are still necessary for the creation of the well-functioning centre and a sub-centre of a contemporary, polycentric European metropolis.A pesar de la seva turbulenta història, Europa ha sabut conservar i guardar elements crucials de l’estructura urbana de la majoria de les ciutats que determinen la seva urbanitat. El creixement descontrolat de les àrees metropolitanes policèntriques i alguns intents de demarcació de nous subcentres en base a tan sols premisses econòmiques, demogràfiques i de transport, passant per sobre dels principis de les característiques de la composició urbana de les ciutats europees, posen en perill aquesta situació. Aquest article inclou reflexions teòriques sobre el paper dels elements de la composició urbana en la construcció de la imatge d’un centre de ciutat i, en conseqüència, un subcentre. Cracòvia, tractada com a cas d’estudi, exemplifica l’evolució històrica d’una metròpoli europea policèntrica. Les conclusions finals es basen en aquestes reflexions recolzades en l’exemple escollit. Aquestes indiquen elements seleccionats de la composició urbana que es va desenvolupar a la cultura europea durant un lapsus de mil·lennis – que segueixen sent necessaris per la creació del centre funcional i d’un subcentre d’una metròpolis contemporània policèntrica europea.A pesar de su turbulenta historia, Europa ha sabido conservar y guardar los elementos cruciales de la estructura urbana de la mayoría de las ciudades que determinan su urbanidad. El crecimiento descontrolado de las áreas metropolitanas policéntricas y algunos intentos de demarcación de nuevos subcentros en base sólo a premisas económicas, demográficas y de transporte, pasando por encima de los principios de las características de la composición urbana de las ciudades europeas, ponen en peligro esta situación. Este artículo incluye reflexiones teóricas sobre el papel de los elementos de la composición urbana en la construcción de la imagen de un centro de ciudad y, en consecuencia, un sub-centro. Cracovia, tratado como un caso de estudio, ejemplifica la evolución histórica de una metrópoli europea policéntrica. Las conclusiones finales se basan en estas reflexiones apoyadas en el ejemplo elegido. Estas indican elementos seleccionados de la composición urbana que se desarrolló en la cultura europea durante un lapso de milenios - que siguen siendo necesarios para la creación del centro funcional y de un sub-centro de una metrópolis contemporánea policéntrica europea.Peer Reviewe
Mateusz Gyurkovich. In search of the urban composition of sub-centres in polycentric european metropolises. ACE: Architecture, City and Environment 2012, 6, 231 -244.
AMA StyleMateusz Gyurkovich. In search of the urban composition of sub-centres in polycentric european metropolises. ACE: Architecture, City and Environment. 2012; 6 (18):231-244.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMateusz Gyurkovich. 2012. "In search of the urban composition of sub-centres in polycentric european metropolises." ACE: Architecture, City and Environment 6, no. 18: 231-244.