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The Centre for the Meeting of Cultures: The Place in Lublin

THE PLACE LUBLIN

THE PLACE

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Bug

Berlin

Chopin Airport

Lublin Voivodship

The Bug River The Vistula River

Prague

Fast railway: in 2 hours to Warsaw by train Lublin Airport (direct flights to Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Oslo, Stockholm) Warsaw Airport

Lublin Lublin Airport

Eastern border of the Schengen Area

S17 expressway

Warsaw

Bratislava

Kiev

GENIUS LOCI Against the backdrop of momentous events happen the lives of ordinary people initiatives and activities that have never made headlines. This arduous forging of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existence and tackling topical issues forms the foundation for palpable changes and growth. Piotr Franaszek Managing Director The Centre for the Meeting of Cultures in Lublin

The Gothic-Byzantine Holy Trinity Chapel at the Lublin Castle

THE MEETING OF CULTURES For years the Lublin region has been the stage for historic events concerning European identity and integration. From the Renaissance until the Second World War Lublin constituted one of the key European hubs of culture. It was here that a unique architectural style, known as “the Lublin Renaissance”, developed, linking Italian influences with local aesthetic traditions.

Renaissance synagogue in Zamość

THE MEETING OF CULTURES Associated with visionary Jacob Isaac, (‫ץיבורוה קחצי בקעי‬‎), known as The Chozeh of Lublin, the city is also home to an established Yeshiva, a presidigious talmudic school set up in the 1930s. It is the city immortalised by Nobel Prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer in his 1960 novel “The Magician of Lublin”. The Jewish heritage is being lovingly restored by a number of individuals and cultural institutions in the city.

Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva in the 1930s

LUBLIN WITHOUT BORDERS For reasons of geography and politics, a sizeable Eastern Orthodox minority has existed in the region since the Middle Ages. Greek Catholic communities also have a presence in the region. The Lublin region was a hub of Reformation in the late 16th century, with Calvinists and the Polish Brethren active in the area. A Lutheran community has existed in the city since mid-19th century.

Neo-Uniate Church in KostomĹ&#x201A;oty near the Bug River

MAJOR TRANSITION The European traditions of Lublin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a city of the meetings between the cultures of the West and the East, the old continent and the New World â&#x20AC;&#x201C; have been anew made more prominent as a result of pronounced investment in the renovation, modernization and development of the cultural infrastructure and the heritage of the region.

MAJOR TRANSITION

THE CENTRE FOR THE MEETING OF CULTURES IN LUBLIN H. Wieniawski Lublin Philharmonic and Music Theatre in Lublin € The Centre for Culture in Lublin

€ 35,00 mln / 2011-2016 20,00 mln / 2013-2015

€ 11,68 mln / 2009-2013 € 6,68 mln / 2009-2011

The Old Theatre in Lublin Dominican Monastery in Lublin

€ 5,50 mln / 2009-2011

“Gardzienice” – The European Centre for Theatre Practices € 4,99 mln / 2011-2013 “Chatka Żaka” – The Academic Centre for Culture The Holy Ghost Church in Lublin The Lublin Museum Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva Eastern Orthodox Cathedral “Biblio” – Multimedia Library Renovation of Historical Townhouses

€ 4,95 mln / 2010-2011 € 4,00 mln / 2010-2012 € 3,55 mln / 2010-2012 € 3,00 mln / 2010-2012

€ 1,50 mln / 2009-2012 € 1,05 mln / 2010-2011 € 0,98 mln / 2011-2013

MAJOR TRANSITION The overall value of the project is

171 939 500,00 PLN,

of which the amount of the subsidy granted by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the 2007-2013 Regional Operating Programme of the Lublin Voivodship constitutes

128 892 799,76 PLN.

THEATRE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: A PLACE WITH HISTORY In the 1960s, as part of the communist policy of planned economy a new theatre was designed in Lublin, featuring the biggest opera stage in Europe. The next decade saw the initiation of the construction work which, however, was not informed by the analysis whether Lublin required or was ready for such a spectacular investment.

The construction of the Drama Theatre in the 1970s

THEATRE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: A PLACE WITH HISTORY The economic crisis of the 1980s and the underestimation of the building costs led the suspension of the construction work. The gargantuan skeleton of the unfinished theatre started to cast its long shadow over the centre of the city, before long gaining the dubious nickname of “the Theatre Under Construction”.

The skeleton of “the Theatre Under Construction” before the reboot (2011)

With this “obelisk” in the background, the residents of Lublin lived on and social and cultural changes duly marched on. In the ensuing years, Poland became a free country as well as a member state of the European Union. Long-abandoned projects were rejuvenated and private enterprise returned to the fore.

THEATRE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: A PLACE WITH HISTORY On 27 November 2008 Minister of Culture and National Heritage together with Marshal of the Lublin Voivodship launch the International Architecture Competition, the aim of which is to create the architectural concept of the Centre for the Meeting of Cultures in Lublin. On 18 May 2009 the winner of the Competition is unveiled: Stelmach and Partners LLC.

The start of the construction work follows swiftly.

The road to the Centre is imprinted in the architecture of the edifice.

THEATRE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: A PLACE WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE The architectural plans to convert the interior of the building are well thought out and the projected readiness to use it as a space dedicated to the art forms typical of the Centre’s urban surroundings attests to the power of the designers’ imagination. Sir John Tusa Managing Director of the Barbican Arts Centre in London (1995-2007)

Visualisation of the Opera Hall

THEATRE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: A PLACE WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE The edifice remains an open form, as construed by Oskar Hansen; it is ready to be modified as a result of multiple meetings of the plurality of cultures. Social life, alongside its unrestrained and fascinating fluidity, will fill up the Centre with the splendour of visual arts, theatre plays and music events, with the fullon activity of creative industries and NGOs, new technologies as well as innovative scholarship and enterprise, giving rise to a genuine, human and unique atmosphere. BolesĹ&#x201A;aw Stelmach architect

Foyer with signature trellises

THE CENTRE FOR THE MEETING OF CULTURES: A MEETING PLACE The Centre’s primary artery, known as “the Avenue of Cultures”, is a multilevel glazed passageway that will serve as a meeting space for artists, cultural organisers, audiences and all guests of the Centre – whether frequent visitors or casual passers-by. During everyday field trips taken along the Avenue we will attempt to build Bridges firmly linking the Centre with all the corners and cultures of the world. Visualisation of “the Avenue of Cultures”

THE CENTRE FOR THE MEETING OF CULTURES: A MEETING PLACE Today, we are more than ever before aware that culture is a catalyst for civilization-wide changes (social and economic shifts), which take place as a result of sustained work for the sake of the dialogue of cultures (including the dialogue between religions) and popularization of tolerance and hospitality. There is ample room in the Centre for making dreams come true â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for initiating and building networks of cooperation and cultural exchange. The Centre is an intermediary between the values entrenched in the region and the contemporary globopolis with all its shimmering diversity.

THE CENTRE FOR THE MEETING OF CULTURES: ECOPOLIS The institution will position itself as an active creator of culture, offering ways of spending free time in its cafes, reading rooms or on its rooftop garden, which will host projects grounded in ecology and aimed at raising the awareness of “green” issues, such as “The Kingdom of Bees”, or educational paths concentrated round the opulence and lushness of local flora.

A fragment of the Centre’s roof (south side)

THE CENTRE FOR THE MEETING OF CULTURES: ECOPOLIS Culture is construed by the Centre broadly and holistically. This is the culture of participation, whose definition includes endorsement of modern, innovative, creative industry-based economy and efficiency that stems from the synergy of cutting-edge technology and ecology as well as functionality and sustainable transportation. The Centre for the Meeting of Cultures embodies Lublin that looks further and discerns more. It is Lublin as a full HD city.

THE CENTRE FOR THE MEETING OF CULTURES: AN OPEN PLACE

Opera Hall (under construction)

THE CENTRE FOR THE MEETING OF CULTURES: AN OPEN PLACE The Centre for the Meeting of Cultures will also work as a hub of creative life, providing space for NGOs, musicians, theatre practitioners and visual artists as well as accommodating an arthouse cinema. The Centre is much more than just a centre; it is the epitome of a “lifestyle”.

THE CENTRE FOR THE MEETING OF CULTURES: A PLACE OF SYNERGY Thanks to the synergy of cultural events with tourism and to the dissemination of the philosophy of the broadly understood mobility (social activism, life-long learning, the value of civil society, residents as auctors, i.e., creative authors and committed actors of the social life), the Centre will become the powerhouse of public health prophylactics and a trendsetter of good life (wellness). Opera Hall (backstage)

THE CENTRE FOR THE MEETING OF CULTURES: A PLACE OF SYNERGY The Centre intends to cultivate communality and promote neighbourly sensitivity to the surroundings, e.g., through close cooperation with practitioners of urban sports as well as with rock climbers to whose needs we have catered by creating customised indoor and outdoor infrastructure (artificial climbing wall, street furniture in Theatre Square, bike stands).

THE CENTRE FOR THE MEETING OF CULTURES: PLACES The state-of-the-art multi-functional building of the Centre, offers versatile auditoria and customisable performance and work spaces. Media labs spanning four floors, a sound lab, music rehearsal rooms, gallery space, workshop, a climbing wall and co-working spaces, as well as a roof garden with a summer outdoor cinema and a viewing gallery, will be available at the Centre.