From neighbourhood to downtown
Subtitle: transformation of the western area of the Saxon Axis
By: edited by Henryk Drzewiecki, Jerzy Szczepanik-Dzikowski.
Contributors: Drzewiecki, Henryk.; Szczepanik-Dzikowski, Jerzy.; Warsaw Confrontations '86.; Association of Polish Architects.
Publisher: Association of Polish Architects
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Warsaw
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
First sentence: A city is a difficult thing to understand: it should, rather, be sensed. It is this sensing that is revealed in an acceptance of everyday life, the ability to recognize the smell of the corner bakery, the familiar smile of the waitress working in a nearby snack bar, or the sounds of a tipsy neighbour returning home...This sensing is born somewhere under one's skin, deep inside one's soul, in one's subconscious... This spirit of the place, the understanding of customs, gestures and behaviours, which are incomprehensible to others, are all transmitted through generations.
Description: Twelve teams of architects from 10 European countries were invited to propose solutions to improve the urban quality of an area of about 80 ha in the Warsaw Downtown named Zelazna Brama Quarter. Each country had a jury member. After submitting the proposals the teams took part in a seminar which was held in Kazimierz, a beautiful little village at about 100 km from Warsaw. The designs were the base for an extremely interesting  debate on the problem how to transform a neighbourhood designed after the Principles of The Modern Architecture in a contemporary integrated downtown. The area is located on the west vicinity of one of the most important traditional urban axis of Warsaw - the Saxon Axis. The book edited by two prestigious polish architects is a very interesting black and white presentation of the event. Each design is analyzed including the jury's comments and extended plans and models photographs.
Notes: International architecture competition seminar.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 5
class: part
label: Preliminaries; label: Preliminaries
pagenum: 6-7
class: part
title: Preface; label: I Documents
pagenum: 8-10
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title: Standpoint of the International Jury of the Warsaw Confrontations '86; title: Warsaw Confrontations (Idea and Subject)
pagenum: 11-12
class: part
label: II Introduction; title: Henryk Drzewiecki - Warsaw Confrontations (Program and Conditions)
pagenum: 13-26
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label: III Reference Materials; title: Poznan - The First Prize
pagenum: 29-41
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label: IV The Designs; pagenum: 42-49
class: part
title: Helsinki - The 2-nd Prize; pagenum: 50-56
class: part
title: Belgrade -The companion award of the Minister of Building Construction; pagenum: 57-62
class: part
title: Warsaw II - The companion award of the Minister of Culture; pagenum: 63-67
class: part
title: Goteborg - The companion award of the Central Association of Cooperative Housing Construction; pagenum: 68-76
class: part
title: Bucharest - The Jury's honorable mention; pagenum: 77-82
class: part
title: Leningrad - The Jury's honorable mention; pagenum: 83-86
class: part
title: Berlin; pagenum: 87-92
class: part
title: Budapest; pagenum: 93-96
class: part
title: Prague; pagenum: 97-99
class: part
title: Sofia; pagenum: 100-105
class: part
title: Warsaw I; label: V Summary
pagenum: 106-118
class: part
title: Henryk Drzewiecki - Comparative Analysis of Twelve Competitions Entries; label: VI Refelections
pagenum: 119-121
class: part
title: Personal Refelections of the Jury's Members