The document describes the process of designing and building a model green town (GET) maquette. It begins by examining the layout and features of Legnica, Poland, a city with 100,000 inhabitants located on the Kaczawa River, which served as inspiration. Students then used a map of an existing small town to outline their design with paths, roads, and green spaces cut out of styrofoam and paper. Building small structures like homes, shops, and civic buildings out of foam was a laborious but educational process. The final GET model incorporated ecological designs like solar panels, wind turbines, and hydro power, as well as residential, commercial, cultural, recreational, transportation and administrative areas to depict a

1. OUR WAY TO BUILDING
A GREENER EUROPEAN TOWN MAQUETTE

2. First of all, we decided to have a closer look
at the organization of Legnica.
Our city has 100,000 inhabitants.
It is located on the plain and on the River Kaczawa.
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF LEGNICA

3. BUILDINGS TYPICAL FOR LEGNICA
We may assume that the organization of
our city looks similar to the perfect
green city model. The buildings we can
find in the city centre are:
Office and hotel buildings
Buildings of culture ( 1 museum, 2 art
galleries, 1 theatre, 2 cinemas, etc)
Buildings of worship (churches)
Administrative buildings (offices)
Service buildings (shops and shopping
centers)

4. - Industrial buildings
(factories, workshops,
warehouses) can be
found in the outskirts
of the city
INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS

5. Legnica’s city park,
which was founded in
the 18th century,
takes up the area of
58 hectares
CITY PARK

6. It is also situated in the city
centre, hence often called
the green heart of the city
Football stadium can be
found in the middle of the
park
CITY PARK/ FOOTBALL STADIUM

7. HOSPITAL
Legnica’s hospital is situated in
the suburbian area, as well.
The access to it is
easy, however,
thanks to the
ringroad

8. DWELLINGS
Blocks of flats built in 1970-1980s are the most typical dwellings of
Legnica. They can be found in most districts of the city, including
the city centre.
They are often set with old German tenement houses.

9. OTHER DWELLINGS
•More wealthy
inhabitants of the
city usually live in
detached houses
situated in the
suburbs of the city,
where it is more
peaceful and quiet.

10. ALLOTMENTS
•People who live in
blocks of flats
sometimes buy a
piece of land from
the city and grow
some fruit and
vegetables there.
•These pieces of land,
called allotments, are
very popular in
Poland

11. SOLAR PANELS
Solar panels are being installed on more and more buildings

12. More and more
rubbish is being
separated
WASTE SORTING

13. We decided that our GET maquette
could use some of the ideas of Legnica's organization,
but we would design it on the plan of a smaller town

14. HOW WE STARTED
Mrs Katarzyna Doszczak-Fuławka,
our arts teacher, was in charge

15. HOW WE STARTED
We didn't really know how to start, but after a lot of
theoretical preparation and having a closer look at
the draft of the maquette,
we finally started

16. A MAP OF AN EXISTING TOWN
We used an enlarged plan of an existing town,
put it on a styrofoam and drew our town.

17. FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST…
Equipped with sharp knives
and scissors, we started
cutting the plan of the city and
put some blotting paper on the
surface to imitate green areas

18. HARD, MUNDANE WORK
The next step was the most demanding, as it took ages to cut
small pieces of buildings out of a floristic foam and adjust them to
the maquette

19. EVEN MORE MUNDANE WORK AND STRESS
Some of us
apparently
couldn’t stand
the tension

20. ROADS
Then, we started drawing roads in our city

21. After painting the maquette with some parget and colouring it in green,
our work was done

22. WHAT'S IN THERE- dwellings
lOur GET consists of the following:
l blocks of flatslterraced and detached houses

23. WHAT'S IN THERE- transport
lrailway station,
lbus station
lrailway,
lroads,
lcycle lanes

24. WHAT'S IN THERE- administrative buildings
located in the centre-
town hall and offices

25. WHAT'S IN THERE- buildings of culture and worship
a castle,
an eco-education centre,
museums,
cinemas
churches

26. WHAT'S IN THERE- service buildings
a hospital,
schools,
a shopping centre,
local shops,
a post office etc.

27. WHAT'S IN THERE-
buildings and places of sports and entertainment
a sports centre,
a football stadium,
a tropical island,
allotments

28. WHAT'S IN THERE- ecological buildings
wind turbines

29. WHAT'S IN THERE- ecological buildings
noise barriers

30. WHAT'S IN THERE- ecological buildings
solar panels
on the buildings
and solar fields

31. WHAT'S IN THERE- ecological buildings
hydro power station

32. recycling centremunicipal sewage service
WHAT'S IN THERE- ecological buildings

33. AND THE FINAL RESULT IS...