Cultural Services Square "Education Stop" is a concept aimed at revitalizing the public space of a section of the town of Wieleń. Bartosz Jarosz and Pawel Swierkowski of Neostudio Architects are responsible for the project, which activates and integrates the local community.
Revitalization is a method ofrevitalizing degraded city districts. It is initiated and coordinated by the city government. This process aimed at, among other things: counteracting the degradation of urbanized space, stimulating development and qualitative changes, improving the living environment and protecting national heritage, while maintaining the principles of sustainable development, was faced by the local community of the town and municipality of Wieleń, creating the Local Revitalization Program of the M unicipality of Wieleń for 2017-2023. The presented project for the construction of a square of cultural services "Przystanek Edukacja" is included in the resolution.
current state
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Revitalization of Wielen
The subject of revitalization activities is the interlocking with public spaces section of the town of Wielen, which is inscribed in the grid of streets - the heavily traveled main provincial road of T. Kosciuszko Street and the side streets of H. Sawicka and H. Sienkiewicza.
As architects say about this part of the city:
It stands apart from other parts of the city, is unwelcoming and is a pseudo-parking area for customers of stores located on the city's main street. Its current function - that of a former bus stop - froze at a time when most people switched to their own means of transportation, the traffic organization and bus routes were changed locally, and the station's small pavilion ceased to meet functional requirements and was rented out for commercial service.
The new facility will be built on the site of an unused bus stop
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The aim of the project is to create a place for the integration of residents in a heavily urbanized part of the city, on the main road of Tadeusza Kosciuszko Street, through the use of educational installations, leisure and leisure elements. The revival of this part of the city had to be controlled.
Can anything more be designed?
The original version of the project assumed the development of the space in the form of a square with a tree, elements of small architecture such as: small stands, an announcement wall that also serves as a screen, a monument, elements for urban activity, an off-road terrace for urban workshops and urban and partially acoustic fencing off T. Kosciuszko Street from the road.
The terrace allows the organization of various cultural events
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As a result of the developing revitalization program and the reconciliation of other programs that the City and Municipality of Vielen is conducting, it was decided to additionally design a skeletal cafe pavilion under the name "Education Stop". After the elimination of asphalt surfaces, pavements were designed with noble concrete cubes in granite borders, a sand and gravel surface in the area of the plane tree and a designed terrace made of conglomerate boards, which will be an ideal ground for workshops conducted by the Municipal Cultural Center and for the terrace of the designed café.
