'New Nowy Square' in Cracow

.‘NEW NOWY SQUARE’.
.URBAN PROTOTYPING IN CRACOW.
.January ― October 2017.
.Paweł Jaworski & Marek Grochowicz.
.‘Livable Street’ Research and Design Collective ― Experimental Urbanism.

.Warsaw.
.Cracow.
© Jaworski & Grochowicz

.project area ― the main square of the Kazimierz District.
.The Remah.
.Cemetery.
.The Tempel.
.Synagogue.
.The Corpus Christi Basilica.
.↑ The Old Town.
.Vistula River ↓.
.Adam Mickiewicz.
.High School.
.Historical Museum.
.of.the City of Krakow.
.Jozefa Street ↓.
.Nowy Square ↓.

Fig. Wojciech Maga
.initial problems ― area dominated by car traffic.

.initial problems ― sidewalks covered with cars and café tables.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

Fig. Wojciech Maga
.initial problems ― poor condition of square surfaces.

.project area before and during the experiment.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

study
of users
behaviour
the idea of testing the traffic regulations using prototype
initial state
of the street
preliminary
research
prototyping
new traffic
organisation
improvement
idea

The Office for
Public Green
Areas
Municipal Police
Local partners:
dwellers, NGOs,
merchants,
researchers
Department
of Public
Infrastructure and
Transportation
Research
and Design
Collective
project management structure during prototyping
Public
Utilities
Department

Police Municipal Police
Local partners:
dwellers, NGOs,
merchants,
researchers
Department
of Public
Infrastructure and
Transportation
Research
and Design
Collective
project management structure after prototyping
Mayor

.what kind of temporary solutions have we implemented?.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

.new traffic organisation.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

.new street furniture and greenery.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

.how have we tested the traffic solutions?.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

.I..
.initial social and urban research.
.on the Jozefa Street.

.interviews with dwellers and merchants.
Fig. Daria Wójcik

.II..
.one―day experiment.
.on the Jozefa Street.

.one―day experiment on the Jozefa Street.
Fig. Piotr Szubert

.III..
.initial social and urban research.
.on the Nowy Square.

.in―depth interviews with dwellers and entrepreneurs.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

.IV..
.prototype preparation.

.prototype preparation.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

.VI..
.testing the prototype.

Fig. Wojciech Maga
.testing the prototype.

.VII..
.study of users behavior.

Fig. Anna Kwiatek
.in―depth interviews, observations, surveys.

Fig. Wojciech Maga
.workshops on users experience.

.VII..
.guidelines’ preparation.

Fig. Wojciech Maga
.participatory planning workshop.

.VIII..
.cooperation with a local group.

.cooperation with a group of dwellers and merchants.
Fig. Marek Grochowicz

.what have we learned about the ‘small things’?.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

Fig. Wojciech Maga
.livable street is an accessible space.

Fig. Wojciech Maga
.livable street is an open play place.

Fig. Wojciech Maga
© Paweł Jaworski
.livable street is a creative space.
Source: ‘They painted Nowy Square in green’ (YouTube)

.why did it worked....
Fig. Wojciech Maga

.prototyping is based on an everyday use of the street.
.not on an abstract speculation about its future condition.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

.prototyping reveals real consequences of implementing.
.new traffic regulations.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

.testing the prototype and study of users behaviour and experience.
.is a form of evaluation of the regulations before implementation.
Fig. Anna Kwiatek

.... but why did we stop it anyway in October 2017?.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

.we collided with the intransigent resistance of merchants.
.who were afraid of discussing the functioning of the marketplace.
Fig. Wojciech Maga

Fig. Wojciech Maga
.city officials did not support us while working.
.with the local community after prototyping.

publicizing of problems related to the functioning of the marketplace
further cooperation with dwellers who stayed involved
intervention in the City Council and advocacy for legal changes

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Photos and research materials are from the ‘New Nowy Square’ project carried out
in Cracow in Poland by the Fix the City DIY Foundation (2017).

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