All rights reservedHas, YaprakMarchesi, SilviaOstatek, IzabelaReis, JoseRomanyk, MonicaSofge, Michelle2024-08-202024-08-202010978-83-7493-570-8https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/1866Book of proceedings: Urban change : The prospect of transformationThe garden city Sępolno was built between 1919 and 1935 with small housing for workers east of the Wrocław city centre around a central open space with public facilities and surrounded by allotments. It got gradually gentrified, sometimes with unauthorised modifications. Its labyrinthine street pattern in the shape of a Silesian Eagle is now cluttered with parked cars and lacks legibility. Despite its turbulent history, Wrocław managed to preserve its urban structure, together with many unique buildings, besides neglected and mismanaged areas. Sępolno’s historic urban texture and social pattern give this neighbourhood its identity, but participative management could improve its sustainability and prepare it towards becoming European Capital of Culture in 2016.EnglishopenAccessconferenceObject82-83