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The Power of Urban Void
Iwona Kalenik
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“In the time of the plague” the life of the city goes on, changing its rhythm and adapting to difficult circumstances and limitations. It retreats to the private zone, to interiors hidden behind thick walls. Balconies, like connectors between the interior and the outside, become invaluable spaces. Just like façades, stairs, niches, arcades, and the whole architectural layer that allows to consider the city space to be friendly because it is possible to touch, feel, stay sit and relax. Even when it does not offer attractions, does not flicker with the lights of cafés, does not invite you to the art gallery or for evening theatrical performances. The city affected by the pandemic closes meeting places – restaurants, art galleries, theaters. At the same time, the crisis exposes the power of urban void, the space of streets and squares formed by façades of buildings, and reveals the potential of open meeting places, spaces for walks and urban wanders. If they are not inspiring, do not move, the city quiets and dies: the inhabitants have nowhere to go, they cannot meet and feel like “being in the city”. However, there are such spaces that, without offering anything other than their form, are still visited, do not lose their lives, attract people. What is the secret of their extraordinary quality? How does the architectural layer of public spaces affect the behavior of residents? Without “events” and commercial attractions, can space encourage you to be in it?
The article takes up the topic of space as a meeting place and provides an analysis and interpretation of observations of several selected urban spaces in terms of their potential to serve as meeting spaces.
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architektura miasta ; przestrzeń publiczna ; miejsce ; doświadczanie przestrzeni architektonicznej ; odczuwanie architektury city architecture ; public space ; place ; experience of architectural space ; feeling of architecture
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