Published : 2024-06-11

Socialist-Modernist Architecture in Lublin and a Proposal for Lublin’s New Downtown: A Case Study

Elżbieta Błotnicka-Mazur

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5653-9481

Abstract

This article aims to present the evolution of the development concept of the so-called Lublin’s new centre for 1967–1975. Its timeframe is marked by two events: the 1967 architectural competition and the 1975 proposal of a shopping and service centre. Launched by the municipal authorities in 1967, the competition has not been discussed in the literature of the subject yet. Its results exemplify a concept of socialist-modernist architecture, which was intended for the immediate vicinity of the historic buildings in the area bounded by Krakowskie Przedmieście, Kołłątaja, Hempla, Okopowa and Chopina streets. The winning design was not executed. A slightly later proposal for a new centre (1975) also remained a paper design. In the area in question, only one high-rise building was erected in the late 1960s, at 4 Karłowicza Street, unrelated to the competition submissions mentioned above. The thorough modernisation of this office building, which is being planned, prompts a research reflection not only on the bold, unused projects of about half a century ago, but also on the current condition of the buildings built at that time, their status and role in the contemporary, albeit historic, fabric of the city.

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modernism, socialist modernism, architecture of Lublin, project of a new downtown of Lublin



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Roczniki Humanistyczne · ISSN 0035-7707 | eISSN 2544-5200 | DOI: 10.18290/rh
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