The western front of Gdańsk`s city centre is the key fragment of a ring road scheme, which was created at the turn of the 20th century during the great transformation of the city. It was at that time that new streets and squares were delineated on the site of the early modern earthen bastions, which for more than three centuries marked Gdańsk`s border. The new city development was set up in their surroundings. In 1945, Gdańsk was destroyed and attempts at its redevelopment were undertaken after the war. The majority of the prepared designs were not implemented at all or were implemented fragmentarily only, which led to a visible degradation of the western front, which currently functions mainly as a thoroughfare. Łukasz Bugalski undertakes an effort to read the subsequent layers making up the urban heritage inscribed in the urban structure of the western front of Gdańsk's city center. Analysing the urban plans, designs and concepts, he provides evidence that the area - although currently rather chaotically organised - has a huge potential.
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- DOI
- Digital Object Identifier link open in new tab 10.1038/brak2
- Category
- Publikacja monograficzna
- Type
- książka - monografia autorska /podręcznik o zasięgu krajowym
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2023
