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László Munteán

The Street as Palimpsest

Over the course of the past decade the area of district VII known as Budapest’s old Jewish quarter has been a scene of fierce battles between developers supported by a largely corrupt district government and those civic organizations that have been assiduous in their attempt to protect the district’s 19th century building stock a large part of which has already fallen victim to the wrecking ball.

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Sebastian Bałut (590 architekci), Małgorzata Kuciewicz, Simone De Iacobis (Centrala)

The Warsaw Smile

We are interested in the phenomena of perceiving, understanding and using the city in respect to the consciousness of its structures among its inhabitants. The city shape is made of physical elements and of the meta-forms conceived by human minds. This mental dimension has a significant impact on the perception of touchable reality.

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Gregorz Piatek

Promised City Warsaw

Destroyed and rebuilt, intended and never finished, dreamt of and carried out, non-restored and non-existent, censored and true, improved and injured – Warsaw has always allowed a wide margin for dreamers. The city had to begin anew, several times. In the late 18th century, as Poland was being divided between Prussia, Austria and Russia, Warsaw lost its position as capital and its life-force evaporated; yet the industrial revolution revived it as an economic and cultural centre.

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Fanny Hollet, Fannie Rennesson, Vincent Deredec

Radlinskeho Ulica

Radlinského Ulica is one of the most important street of Bratislava. It starts from the north of the downtown, from Obchodná Ulica, the main traditional shopping street of Bratislava, to Račianské mýto. Radlinského ulica is quite important because of its location, its size is about 900 m, and it is an important connection line on one of main development axes in the downtown. Many people use it for going to the city centre. Furthermore, this way connects many important destinations like the main train station, Hlavna stanica, or the business centre (National Bank).

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Warsaw symposium

Researching and shaping post-socialist urban space 3.

 

 

 

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Béla Káli

Cul-de-sacs of Transformation: The fate of central quarters after privatisation

The inner Erzsébetváros (Elizabethtown) in Budapest fell victim to the merchant spirit already upon its formation in the late 19th century. A rather dense urban structure was formed already then – with all lots covered from one end to the other – leaving very little public space. With the exception of Klauzál Square, there are no green areas or parks in the inner, densely populated quarters of Districts VI and VII. Although such spaces were, in fact, included in the urban planning, the city sold them to investors, and they have been built over.

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