<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The problem of functional, compositional, and structural transformations, necessary to be introduced in contemporary inner cities, is complex and multithreaded. Sometimes cities get compared to palimpsests – re-used parchments from which old texts were removed in order to replace them with new ones. Undoubtedly, they are very particular palimpsests, as it is very difficult to clearly assess what should be protected and preserved, and what can be replaced or reconstructed. This paper discusses problems and concepts of transformations of selected city centres of the Silesian agglomeration, paying special attention to big comprehensive reconstructions of Katowice and Gliwice.</p></abstract>

The problem of functional, compositional, and structural transformations, necessary to be introduced in contemporary inner cities, is complex and multithreaded. Sometimes cities get compared to palimpsests – re-used parchments from which old texts were removed in order to replace them with new ones. Undoubtedly, they are very particular palimpsests, as it is very difficult to clearly assess what should be protected and preserved, and what can be replaced or reconstructed. This paper discusses problems and concepts of transformations of selected city centres of the Silesian agglomeration, paying special attention to big comprehensive reconstructions of Katowice and Gliwice.

Concepts of Transformations of Cities – Examples from the Silesian Agglomeration

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The problem of functional, compositional, and structural transformations, necessary to be introduced in contemporary inner cities, is complex and...

Concepts of Transformations of Cities – Examples from the Silesian Agglomeration

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: Mar 06, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.050.8362

Keywords
Theory of urban design, concepts of reconstruction of cities, reconstruction of Silesian cities, reconstruction of Katowice, reconstruction of Gliwice, city centre revitalisation, future of cities, city forming

© 2020 Rafał Blazy, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Concepts of Transformations of Cities – Examples from the Silesian Agglomeration

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: Mar 06, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.050.8362

KeywordsTheory of urban design, concepts of reconstruction of cities, reconstruction of Silesian cities, reconstruction of Katowice, reconstruction of Gliwice, city centre revitalisation, future of cities, city forming

© 2020 Rafał Blazy, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
Theory of urban design, concepts of reconstruction of cities, reconstruction of Silesian cities, reconstruction of Katowice, reconstruction of Gliwice, city centre revitalisation, future of cities, city forming