All rights reservedHas, YaprakMarchesi, SilviaOstatek, IzabelaReis, JoseRomanyk, MonicaSofge, Michelle2024-08-162024-08-162010978-83-7493-570-8https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/1843Book of proceedings: Urban change : The prospect of transformationThe first impression of Wrocław is a city of many parts. Despite its organic medieval development on the Odra river, historic circumstances and planning practices resulted in scattered, isolated, often disjointed parts. Most recognisable is the medieval centre with its market square, the traditional ‘core’ of the city which functions as a lively centre. There are also many pockets of 19th century houses, situated not far from the centre. Other interesting built forms include garden cities from the turn of the 20th century, now pleasant, middle class residential neighbourhoods. Scattered among this urban tissue are many industrial sites, often abandoned and unused. These brownfield sites may burden the urban fabric, but they have great potential for reuse and redevelopment as industrial heritage. Housing and planning from the communist era range from 1950s prefab medium rise to high-rise tower blocks built according to modernist planning principles with much vacant space between and around the blocks, disassociating them physically and socially from their surroundings.EnglishopenAccessconferenceObject