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Object: The façade covers a residential block constructed as part of Gdańsk’s post-war reconstruction. In 2016, it underwent a complete renovation as part of the ‘Gdańskie Fasady OdNowa’ project, aimed at improving the quality of public spaces in the Main Town by adding architectural decorations to buildings that had been overlooked during Gdańsk’s reconstruction.
The façade of the building at 96 Ogarna Street is one of the few that only slightly references historical architecture, featuring only bossage and cornices as decoration. Using materials that evoke historical traditions, the artist created repeating geometric elements placed in the interwindow spaces. Each sequence consists of three rhomboidal quadrilaterals – one positioned vertically in the centre and two positioned horizontally on either side. The repetition and arrangement of these sequences evoke associations with a cardiogram, a recording of the heart’s rhythm.
Location: The buildings are in an area designated as a heritage site. They form part of the historic urban layout of the city of Gdańsk. Ogarna Street was destroyed in 1945 during the war. It was rebuilt on the basis of the so-called Zachwatowicz plan that envisaged the reconstruction of historical forms, which was only feasible in the form of a workers’ housing estate. The erected block of flats was covered by a historicist façade screen. The buildings thus created were the result of combining two houses into a complex with a common staircase, an entrance from the courtyard and an even top line of windows emphasising the block-like nature of the premise. The elevations were not completed with architectural decoration.
Information about the author: Paweł Mrozek graduated in Urban Design and Regional Planning from the Gdańsk University of Technology. He presented his graduation work in 2004. Mrozek is one of the co-founders of the Gdańsk Agglomeration Development Forum Association. He is interested in the socialisation of urban design and regeneration processes.
Condition of the object: good
Owner/guardian: ‘Attyka’ real estate management
Author of the entry: Noemi Etush
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