1-20.10.2011, Warsaw

A festival of urban design and spatial planning invites all citizens of the capital of Warsaw to join a discussion on the problems of Warsaw urban area. This year’s edition of festival „Warsaw Under Construction” offers 60 events ranging from walks, workshops, lectures to exhibitions and screenings.

“It is a festival that binds architectonic knowledge with, artists’ viewpoints and experience of inhabitants,” one of festival curators, Tomasz Fudala said.

The major topics are housing policies and spatial planning and Polish architecture after socialism.

The major exhibition, titled “Back to the city” will be inaugurated on Saturday at the Warsaw School of Economics. It will showcase the history of planning and housing in Warsaw and will attempt to answer important questions: What can be done to make apartments of higher quality yet of lower prices? How can we curb the spatial chaos in Warsaw? Can active involvement of the residents in the affairs of their city lead to a positive change?

The exhibition will features historical documents, mock-ups, old plans and drawings of the city, as well as photos capturing the specific character of the post-1989 Warsaw.

A presentation on the foundations of today's postmodern architecture in Poland constitute a separate event. ...more.

Source: http://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/Poland-in-English/News/Warsaw-Under-Construction-festival 

Festival website: http://2011.warszawawbudowie.pl/index.php?l=1