The “Reunite the River with our City” project, an public initiative by 4am Architekci, aims at creating a new approach in Poland for introducing changes to the shape and character of Warsaw and to propose solutions to the topic of planning the city’s sensitive areas. Concerning the master plan of Warsaw’s waterfront in the city’s downtown area, they feel an obligation to use their knowledge and experience for public benefit by distributing their work between paid and non-profit conceptual projects according to the 80/20 rule. Their goal is to materialize the “bottom up” rule, where the society is giving a proposal and solutions and thus relieves the administrative apparatus. More images and architects’ description after the break.
River for centuries had a huge impact on the formation of urban tissue and the city’s image. It used to protect the city or on the contrary – was the biggest threat to it. The function of the river as a motivator for the establishment of new urban centers lost its significance a long time ago. Transport function has faded or is already so developed that it cannot be exploited more. The economic functions of the rivers are not as important as dozen or several hundred years ago. Today, one of the most important functions of the river are the landscape, spatial and social values.
