Market squares of small south-eastern Polish towns yesterday and today

The article presents the landscape transformations of chosen small towns of south-eastern Poland. The appearance of their main pointsmarket squares - yesterday and today has been shown. Old market places with traditional fairs have changed their functions within latter years and have been changing their appearance. The possibilities of bailout within the European Union programmes commenced the necessity for improving the image of towns in local societies. Town market squares are the places undergoing refurbishment. The accomplishments are not the best, containing similar elements of small architecture. Similar building materials, pavements, fountains, monuments and fashionable vegetation are dominant. Creating new paved spaces is also an excuse for removal of the already existing greenery, especially trees. Landscape identity of most of the presented market squares undergoes changes, which in turn impinges the landscape of the discussed small towns

Alley as a Determinant of the Conservation Status of the Identity of the European Cultural Landscape on the Example of South-Eastern Poland

The problems of landscaping of Poland become in recenttimes significant. On a level with the protection of the natural environment they become the determinant of national culture, its environmental and aesthetic awareness. The article presents the role of the alley in shaping the identity of the Polish cultural landscape, including in the background of legal requirements. The road or a street apart from acting communication functions is also an element which orders the space. In many places of Poland, both the city tissue, this with historic values as well as former transport routes through various measures, including spatial transformations have been undergone and continue to undergo major reconstruction, which is often equivalent to the destruction of tree stand primarily. The remaining alleys in the contemporary perception of the urban landscape are the cultural heritage, mindlessly destroyed by more than 60 last years. Different activities superimpose here, both planning and cultural activities supported by most flawed, ineffective legislation, which provides no effective protection of alleys and the historic tree stand for today at roads, in the sacral and sepulchral setting-ups. Many historic alleys do not longer exist, although today's roads and streets were mostly carried out along the historic trails. The article focuses on the causes of this phenomenon. The article presents the history of legislation on the greens, which existed in Poland since the XVIII century, the rules on the order of planting and maintaining trees on public roads from 1922, from 1936, which had a significant impact on shaping the identity of the cultural landscape in Poland

Problems of conservation of modernist architecture in Poland

W ostatnich latach obserwujemy duże zainteresowanie architekturą okresu międzywojennego w Polsce. Jednakże daje się zaobserwować powszechne niszczenie charakterystycznych, identyfikujących ją elementów wystroju i kształtu architektonicznego.Spowodowane jest to głównie brakiem wiedzy na temat jej kulturowego znaczenia w kształtowaniu wizerunku miast okresu międzywojennego oraz brakiem skutecznych form ochrony konserwatorskiej architektury tego okresu. Praca omawia stan zachowania technicznego architektury modernistycznej z okresu międzywojennego w Polsce i przedstawia stosowane metody konserwacji obiektów z tego okresu, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem sposobów właściwej konserwacji. Na przykładzie wybranych obiektów architektury z Centralnego Okręgu Przemysłowego przedstawiono aktualny stan konserwacji architektury modernistycznej w Polsce.In last years in Poland we may observe a great interest in the architecture of the interwar era. However, there may be noticed a widespread destruction of typical architectural elements and details that identify this architecture. It is mostly caused by lack of knowledge of its cultural importance in shaping the vision of the cities of the interwar era, as well as by lack of successful forms of conservatoris protection of modernistic architecture. The article presents the actual technical state of preservation of modernist interwar architecture in Poland and shows methods of conservation of such objects, in particular the right methods. The examples of architecture built in COP (Central Industrial District) demonstrate the present state of modernistic architecture conservation in Poland

The problems of regenaration of post-industrial buildings form

Kluczowym czynnikiem, w zakresie rozwoju terenów miejskich, zawsze była lokalizacja obszarów przemysłowych. Budynki wznoszone w okresie międzywojennym mają cechy nowoczesnej architektury użytkowej i stały się częścią miejskiego dziedzictwa kulturowego. W ostatnich latach mogliśmy zaobserwować zwiększony poziom zainteresowania polską architekturą przemysłową okresu międzywojnia. Jednocześnie, istnieje wiele przypadków nadmiernej degradacji typowych elementów i detali, tak charakterystycznych dla tego typu budowli. Proces ten jest głównie wynikiem braku wiedzy na temat kulturowej istotności budynków przemysłowych, a także braku efektywnych form ich zachowania. Niniejszy artykuł opisuje faktyczny stan techniczny międzywojennej architektury modernistycznej w Polsce, wraz z problemami związanymi z ochroną tego dziedzictwa. Przyklady budynków z obszaru Centralnego Okręgu Przemysłowego prezentują obecny stan zachowania architektury modernistycznej na terenie Polski.The key factor in the future development of the city was the localization of the industrial areas. The buildings that were raised during that time have features of a modern functional architecture and became a cultural heritage of the city. In the recent years, we can observe an increased interest in the Polish industrial architecture of the interwar era. At the same time, there are numerous cases of extensive degradation of typical architectural elements and details that identify this type of architecture. This process is mostly caused by the lack of knowledge of the cultural importance of industrial architecture as well as the lack of effective forms of its preservation. The article describes the actual technical condition of interwar modernist architecture in Poland and problems of protection of this heritage. Examples of architecture built in the COP (Central Industrial Region) area show the present state of modernist architecture preservation in Poland

Orangery Past and Today

Orangery and greenhouses appeared in the sixteenth century. In addition to utilitarian feature they also served an aesthetic and recreational functions. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, new function is sought for them. The article describes the situation of these facilities in Poland. The main aim is to present the state of preservation of existing objects in Lublin region (Poland). On the background of the history of architecture, it is discussed some examples of existing orangeris in the south-east of Poland

The New Landscape of Old Residential Districts of Lublin

Article raises issues of changes in the landscape of residential areas Lublin created between the late 40s to early 60s: Housing estates Racławicka Dzielnica Mieszkaniowa (RDM), housing estates of Zakłady Osiedli Robotniczych (ZOR): Zachód, Bronowice, Tatary and the first settlements of Lublin Housing Association (LSM): Mickiewicz housing estate. In the area of described settlements still remained examples of architecture and architectural details from the period of 50s, typical for the period of socialirealism. Currently, in these settlements appear contemporary forms of land development. Unfortunately, as a result of renovation of residential buildings, the architectural details are eliminated of interior walls (including window frames, wall mosaics, etc.), in exchange, a new color of the facade is introduced. As a result of changes in ownership, some blocks are becoming residential communities. Appear their own, individual development of green areas. They are adjacent to other forms of development pursued by the management of cooperatives. In parallel, there are local community activities that complement the overall spatial chaos