Abstract :
Poland is a shifting country. In the postwar era it shifted geographically - 300 kilometres (186 miles) to the west - and since 1989 it has been undergoing enormous political and economic transformations. It is one of the leading ex-Soviet bloc economies. Such huge changes, however, come at a price. The combined expiration of a comprehensive planning system and excessive bureaucracy provides difficult and uncertain conditions for architects. Marta A Urbanska explains how a generation of young, enterprising Polish architects have equipped themselves to deal with this quicksand-like situation by becoming great improvisers and jacks of all trades, as savvy about development, planning and finance as they are about design.
Keywords :
Polish Pavilion , Robert Konieczny , Lukasz Zagala , Aatrium House , medusa group , Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science , Zbigniew Mackow , Jagiellonian University , APA Stefan Kurylowicz & Associates , New Concord Square , JEMS , Square of the Heroes of the Ghetto , Romuald Loegler , Jewish Ghetto Heroes Square , Mackow Pracownia Projektowa , Krzysztof Ingarden , Biuro Projektow Lewicki Latak , Centre for Japanese Art and Technology Manggha , KWK Promes architekci , Arata Isozaki , Faculty of Law and Administration , Tokyo , Bolko Loft , Polish Embassy , Silesian Soil House , Dorota Lesniak , Warsaw University , School of Japanese Language , Przemo Lukasik , Marlena Wolnik-Konieczny , Ingarden & Ewyי Architekci , Max Berg , Maciej Nowicki
