THE POTENTIALITIES OF PLACES - IN BETWEEN REALISM AND IMAGINATION

URBAN DESIGN WORKSHOP, POZNAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS / 15 - 31 MAY 2010

THEME: PROGRAMMING THE CITY’S VOID

MEMBERS: MOHD RAHDY TAHAR, WAN MOHD NORAFIZUL WAN AHMAD, ABDUL HADI ABD MALEK, DAISY HERMAWAN, IWONA JAWORSKA, CAO YAN LAN
S E T T I N
THE PROPOSED SCHEME IS ABOUT COMBINING THE ILLUSTRIOUS ASPECTS OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS WITH CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
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WHERE THE DEMANDS ARE HIGH. THE INTENTION IS TO ESTABLISH POZNAN AS THE CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY CULTURE. THE PROJECT FOCUSES THE UNDEVELOPED AREAS

OF THE CITY CENTRE FOR THE INTERVENTION. COMPRISING THE CITY’S VOID WHICH SPREAD INTO FEW PLACES, THE CONCEPT TRIES TO EMBRACE NEW IDEAS AND STILL

PRESERVING THE HISTORICAL ESSENCE OF THE PLACE. THE MAIN FOCUS IS TO CREATE A CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION HALL AS THE MAIN ARTERY THAT LINKS ALL OTHER

POTENTIAL PROGRAMMES IN THE CITY. THE SCHEME TRIES TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING GREENERIES BY INTERCONNECTING THE SITE COVERAGE WITH REPRESENTABLE &

HYGENIC DESIGN ELEMENTS. WITHIN ITS LOCATION TO THE EXISTING ‘STARY BROWAR MALL’, THIS ART INSTALLATION SCHEME WILL BECOME A CATALYST FOR THE SPREADING

ART MOVEMENT IN POZNAN, THUS PROVIDING THE ART LOVERS AND THE CITY’S TOURIST WITH AN INTERSTITIAL SPACES FOR ART , ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMERCIALISM.
artist’s studio
open garden
screening advertisement
temporary exhibition
main exhibition arena
promenade area
exhibition arena
carparks
FACT OF POZNAN CITY

in the city
2000
City’s Population
3.3%
30%
Price of Houses
2008 out of city

494 unit
Airport Users 402 unit
2008 349 unit
623%
2004 2006 2008

6.87% 9.45%
2000
12.27
Unit of Car
%
2000 1000 People
2008
21.1%
Primary Educational

Hotel’s Bed
36.8%
High Educational 200% 2008

2000
2008

2000

36%
2000
2008
Bus Route

2000 14.4%
Public Transportation Users
2008
 NATIONAL MUSEUM
GALERIA MIEJSKA ARSENAL

There are four major

places for art within the
two main city axes in Po-
znan but all of them not
relating to each other to
form the city core as a ma-
jor art centre.

The replenishing quality

of art along the hustle and
bustle in the city centre.
Nodes in between for
reprogramming.

STARY BROWAR
INDEPENDENT SQUARE
D I A G R A M

SITE DETERMINATION BY POTENTIAL

existing element existing green

of build form combination of to be replaced and blend
new elements with new programme
NEW TYPOLOGIES
P R O G R A M T A B L E
HYPOTETICAL PROGRAMME
FACTS PROBLEMS PROGRAMME IDENTIFICATION
people migration Specification of
abandoned NEW PROGRAM
Built Form introverted courtyard Exhibition Area
typical museum
Infrastructure exhibition arena +
connection Market/Bazaar
Urban Setting accommodation +
highrise Working Area
Urban Void free space +
Employment income Art Gallery
suburbs +
Settlement POTENTIALS Housing
culture and tradition Scheme
Tourism sense of heritage +
institutional hub Hotel
Education
open minded society

Economy
Educational
Tourism
Thoughts spacious meeting area

PROGRAMME ANALYSIS
MARRIED RETIREMENT
ARTIST TOURIST STUDENT WORKERS
COUPLE POPULATION
+ LEGEND
ART GALLERY
HOTEL

Priorities MARKET/BAZAAR

HOUSING SCHEME

EXHIBITION ARENA

_ WORKING AREA
P R O P O S E D S C H E M E
P H A S E 1

MAIN CULTURE CENTER

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION AREA

PROMENADE AREA
INFORMATION SCREENING
PHASE 1
STREET BAZAAR
P H A S E 2

NEW PARK

NEW PARK
PHASE 2

ARTIST’S STUDIO

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION AREA

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE
STREET BAZAAR
P H A S E 3

PHASE 3

HOUSING SCHEME

HOUSING SCHEME
M O R P H O L O G Y

AFTER THE COMPLETION OF 1ST PHASE

CONTINUE BY THE 2ND PHASE TO SUPPORT THE 1ST PHASE

OVERALL PROPOSAL WILL HAVE 3 PHASES WHICH WILL TAKE AROUND 20 YEARS TO COMPLETE, EVERY PHASE
HAS IT’S OWN OBJECTIVE. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT IS TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE DOMESTICALLY AND
INTERNATIONALLYTO COME TO POZNAN FOR THE SAKE OF PASSION INART. SECOND PHASE IS PROJECTED TO REINFORCED
THE FIRST PHASE OBJECTIVE BY PROVIDING ACCOMODATION AND FACILITIES FOR ARTISTS. THE LAST PHASE OF THE
PROPOSAL WILL COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT TO REBRAND THE IMAGE OF POZNAN, THUS IN TIME THE CITY WILL THE LAST PHASE TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN POZNAN CITY OF ART

EMBRACE ITSELF NOT ONLY AS A CITY WITH GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE BUT ALSO AS A CORE OF ART TO THE WORLD.