More provocation than proposal, this idea by geographer Marek Pieniążek, architect and critic Gzregorz Piątek and artist Jan Dziaczkowski, is to use the rubbish and construction rubble from Warsaw to pile up a new range of Tatra-type mountains around the city. It would, say its authors, simultaneously solve urban sprawl, recycle city waste, attract tourists, raise property values and create attractive local recreational opportunities. Mountains for Warsaw is one of the Ekspektatywa series of speculations on future scenarios – each commissioned from an interdisciplinary team of artists, architects and scientists by the cultural Foundation Bęc Zmiana.
Using the hyped language of Futurist manifestos – “a grand project – sublime and beautiful as the Pyramids” – this proposal not only cleverly critiques the rudderless urban planning of Warsaw, but also provides an interesting inversion of the modern mania to build “icons” in cities as focuses for regeneration. Instead of a prominent new cultural building in the centre, here it’s a dramatic natural feature at the periphery that is proposed. p (rgw)
Image/Collage: © Janek Dziaczkowski, courtesy Fundacja Bęc Zmiana
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