Warszawa (PL

PROJECT SCALE — XL/L – territory / urban + architecture LOCATION — Warszawa, Bielany District POPULATION — 1,804,000 inhab. STRATEGIC SITE — 648 ha / PROJECT SITE — 115 ha

SITE PROPOSED BY — City of Warszawa OWNER OF THE SITE — State Treasury, private owners POST-COMPETITION PHASE — Land-use study, local land development plan

1. WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE SITE MUTATION?

The project area is situated in the North-western part of Warsaw, in Bielany District, in the vicinity of a large interchange junction in Młociny, consisting of a metro terminus, a bus and tram loop, and a multi-storey Park & Ride facility. The project area covers a part of the former Warsaw Steel Plant area. Over more than half a century of its operations, and due to introducing changes to the production technology, the plant gradually reduced its functioning area, leaving a large share of the site unused and demolishing subsequent industrial structures. The challenge is to create spatial conditions for maintaining and extending a multi-functional ecosystem, based on industrial production, the existing and potential synergies, human and material resources, including the recovered brownfields. This can create an opportunity to transform this enclosed area into a multi-functional, open and accessible district integrated with the urban fabric and, more importantly, with the social environment

2. HOW CAN THE SITE BE INTEGRATED IN THE ISSUES OF PRODUCTIVE CITIES? HOW DO YOU CONSIDER THE PRODUCTIVITY ISSUE?

The Warsaw Steel Plant (Huta Warszawa), opened in 1957, was, at the time, located on the outskirts of the city, similarly to other industrial facilities. Due to the on going spatial development of Warsaw and the increased accessibility (the bridge, metro services), the steel plant area has become part of the urban fabric. The areas surrounding the steel plant serve various functions and are diverse in terms of scale. In addition to the industrial, storage and commercial areas (including small-scale crafts), there are forests and parks, a cemetery, large housing estates and a shopping centre. Although owners of the plant changed several times and the facility was subject to restructuring proceedings, it maintained production continuity, and is currently a prosperous company. The plant area reserves provide an opportunity to incorporate its production function into the urban space.

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AUTHOR(S) — Ada Jaskowiec (PL), Michal Strupinski (PL), Architects, urbanists TEAM POINT OF VIEW — As Huta has a strategic meaning for the whole Warszawa, we extended the design scope to 4 scales: city, district, strategic and project. In a productive city each decision must be made with concern about how it is going to propel further developments. It is a mediation between the city, local stakeholders and tenants. Resilient design requires shuffling between the scales and parties involved. The biggest challenge is how to find balance between temporary and permanent solutions. We propose to develop the temporary site as an urban experiment (slow urbanism) to explore the possibilities of the plot. After a trial period, it can be either redeveloped or reincorporated into Huta’s premises. But this time we have a vast database and a well-established neighbourhood to fit in. JURY POINT OF VIEW — This project clearly provides the best answer to the multi-layered and complicated task of the site. The authors have proposed a rich toolbox of solutions that responds to the conditions of the site in a suitable way. Deeply thought-through development processes have been provided for this site. The project identifies the participants in the process and also proposes interfaces between them. The project allows for experimentation and change, and does not prejudge any functions or relationships a priori.

WARSZAWA (PL) — WINNER

CONTACT — De Genestetstraat 13, 2612RL Delft (NL) +48 664703911

ada.jaskowiec@gmail.com / strupinski.m@gmail.com

NEWneighbourHUT

AUTHOR(S) — Stanisław Tomaszewski (PL), Edyta Nieciecka (PL), Architects; Michał NiemyjskI (PL), 3D designer

WARSZAWA (PL) — RUNNER-UP

CONTACT — +48 884940828 / stanistomasz@gmail.com +48 533549109 / eda.nieciecka@gmail.com

TEAM POINT OF VIEW — The project “NEWneighbourHUT” aims to show that urban and industrial areas can still exist in symbiosis and complement each other. Moreover, the project aims to emphasize that areas such as Huta Warszawska may become a perfect place for the implementation of infrastructure investments needed from the economic point of view —an intermodal port. The project also refers to many important ideas —circular economy, urban farming, container buildings— which, after being implemented on the steelworks, may become ambassadors and promoters of these assumptions. According to the authors, even a partial implementation of assumptions of this project will certainly make Warszawa a better place to live and will allow to solve the urgent housing needs and reduce the progressive climate change.

JURY POINT OF VIEW — The project proposes a clear spatial structure as well as the possible relations between the consisting parts of it. The general principles of the project such as providing the zone of buffer functions and creating the system of neighbourhoods composed into the grid of the green belts are very convincing. The proposals concerning the use of the railway sidings, the intermodal hub, and the tramway loop seem to be very proper.

AUTHOR(S) — Michał Purski (PL), Architect, urbanist CONTRIBUTOR(S) — Inez Wawszczyk (PL), Student in architecture CONTACT — Ul. Szwoleżerów 23, 25-152 Kielce (PL) +48 661616722 michal.purski@gmail.com / www.atelier-purski.com

TEAM POINT OF VIEW — The area of Foundry seems to be an inconvenient neighbourhood. Thereby good communication is the value, providing the immense potential of future development. Our project is based on three core values. First, the grid, which includes three major axis: the municipal axis, as an extension of Kasprowicz street into Campinos National Park; the private axis, a connection between Bruhl Palace and Łosiowe Błota Nature Reserve; and the green axis, connecting ecological corridors. Second, a closed circuit, the purpose of which is to become an independent unit, ranging from energy self-sufficiency to entertainment and leisure. And third, the layers, mixing as many functions possible into one so as to provide escalation of efficiency of every parcel and to raise the appeal of the site.

2/ CREATING PROXIMITIES

In the physical space of the city, but also at temporal and actors’ scales, it is about establishing proximities between living and working both within residential areas and between residential areas and monofunctional production zones. It is also about rethinking the transition between high-speed metropolitan mobility and the low speed of neighbourhoods.

2/ CREATING PROXIMITIES

2/A Third spaces in-between

A third space is a new space inserted between housing and production areas that can catalyse the transformation of current production cycles by creating synergies with urban territories and everyday life. It can be located in residual spaces within neighbourhoods, between existing monofunctional zones or emerge from recycled urban fabric.