Adam Kapler
DOI: 10.21858/msr.51.06
Nr woluminu: 51
Pięćdziesięciolecie Ogrodu Botanicznego PAN w Powsinie.
Mazovia Regional Studies 2024/51
22. Europejski Tydzień Regionów i Miast, Bruksela 2024
dr hab. Andrzej Gocłowski (1942–2024) – Wspomnienie
Marshall Józef Piłsudski Square – a permanent feature in Warsaw’s urban space The years 1944 to 2024
Anna Wieczorek, Magnolia Gorzelak
DOI: 10.21858/msr.51.05
Vol. no: 51
There are many publications on Marshal Józef Piłsudski Square in Warsaw and the surrounding buildings covering the history of the capital, as well as the history of architecture and urban planning. There are also substantial cartographic and iconographic resources available in museums and archives. An analysis of the source materials indicates a significant dispersion of information. There is a lack of a compendium on the origins of the Square, changes in its appearance, and the associated design concepts. These issues are the subject of a series of articles under the common title Marshall Józef Piłsudski Square – a permanent feature in Warsaw’s urban space. This article, the fourth and final in the series, describes how the appearance of the Square has changed between 1944 and 2024, from the ruins of the Second World War to its current state.
Modernization of the Japanese Garden in the Silesian Park in Chorzów – case study
Jakub Botwina, Beata Fortuna-Antoszkiewicz, Jan Łukaszkiewicz
DOI: 10.21858/msr.51.04
Vol. no: 51
The area where the Culture and Recreation Park in Chorzów was established consisted primarily of degraded post-mining areas, spoil heaps, landfills, sinkholes and marshes. In 1950, due to the initiative of General Jerzy Ziętek, the governor of Silesia, it was decided to establish one of the largest urban parks in Europe on the border of Katowice, Chorzów and Siemianowice. The design was commissioned to Professor Władysław Niemirski of the Warsaw-Ursynów School of Landscape Architecture at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. The implementation work began in 1951 and lasted for almost 20 years until 1968. The park’s programme was designed to offer a great variety of recreational and natural functions, making this project unique both in Poland and in Europe. Among the numerous attractions, several objects deserved special attention, such as the Amusement Park, the Silesian ZOO, the planetarium, an extensive water system and a forest zone. The modernity of the park can also be demonstrated in the diversity of its internal transport system with a wide walking promenade, numerous paths for pedestrians and cyclists, as well as a narrow-gauge railroad and a cable car, which provide access to the most distant parts of this nearly 600 ha area. Along the central axis of the park, a series of theme gardens were designed, and only some of these have been created. The most important of these, designed by Professor Edward Bartman, are the Rose Garden and Japanese Garden, which have beenonly partially completed. In the cooperation between the Department of Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences and the Silesian Park, a comprehensive natural inventory and a series of pre-design analyses of the area were carried out between 2014–2016. The concept for the modernization of the Japanese Garden was developed in the next stage, followed by a construction project and a building permit. The work on the detailed documentation was completed in the autumn of 2016. The project was completed and commissioned in July 2021. In 2023, it won the internauts’ vote in the Public Space category of the Poland Architecture 2022 Poll. The paper presents the key results of the spatial analyses carried out, the programme, assumptions and methods, and selected design solutions related to the design and implementation of the Japanese Garden in the Culture and Recreation Park in Chorzów.
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Target transport system of the Kalisz agglomeration
Tadeusz Wójcicki
DOI: 10.21858/msr.51.03
Vol. no: 51
A cursory comparison of the transport status of the Kalisz agglomeration with the similar-size agglomeration in Poland, e.g. Kielce agglomeration, leads to the conclusion that Kalisz and its surroundings, including the neighbouring city of Ostrów Wielkopolski, are relatively underinvested in transport. The symbol image of underinvestment is the complete lack of highways or expressways connecting Kalisz with other agglomerations and the lack of fast railway connections with the nearest agglomeration. In this regard, this article aims to examine what the target transport system of the Kalisz agglomeration should be. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to describe the current state of the agglomeration, develop a theoretical model of the transport system, diagnose the condition of the existing system, present the assumed development plans for this system, analyze and evaluate them, and finally specify the optimal target system for the agglomeration.
The concept of the Radom agglomeration railway in the context of the latest infrastructure investments
Bartłomiej Drąg
DOI: 10.21858/msr.51.02
Vol. no: 51
The article attempts to outline the author’s concept of a regional/suburban railway services for the Radom subregion NUTS 3, referred to in this article as the Radom agglomeration railway. The population potential of the Radom subregion was also presented. The important element is the description of completed and planned infrastructure investments that will enable better operation of regional/suburban railways. The article also includes a classification of the different categories of trains operating on the railway lines of the Radom subregion. These are determined by the range of connections and the desired frequency of connections on a given route. The concept is primarily based on the use of existing infrastructure. A proposal for its extension with certain elements is included in the subsection ‘Proposal for the addition of rail infrastructure’.
The currency of the development strategies of municipalities of the Warsaw Functional Urban Area in the context of the reform integrating socio-economic and spatial planning
Dominika Jędrzejczak, Jan Cieplak, Aleksandra Kępińska, Patrycja Poniewierska, Aneta Zyskowska
DOI: 10.21858/msr.51.01
Vol. no: 51
Local authorities have been facing significant pressure in recent years to review municipal development policies and update their strategies in response to emerging challenges and legal requirements. In 2020 and 2023 new legislation was enacted in Poland that initiated a reform aimed at integrating the strategic planning system and the spatial planning system, among others, at the local level. This paper presents the main changes in the legislation related to the municipal development strategy, and the subsequent challenges in spatial policy-making. In this context, the evaluation was made of the currency of the municipal development strategies of the Warsaw Functional Urban Area. The analysis demonstrates that the integration of socio-economic and spatial aspects of development policy at the local level is being implemented slowly, with the result that local authorities may not be adequately prepared for the legal environment that will exist from 2026 onwards.
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