Poznań in the early modernism time. A concept of a modern city postulated by Sylwester Pajzderski

Abstract

This article presents a concept of a modern Poznań development in the early modernism era developed by Sylwester Pajzderski. Because the original publication describing spatial assumptions in 1929 no illustrations were placed, the author of this article attempted to somehow reconstruct selected design assumptions. A special attention was paid to depicting proposals of changes in town composition and structure in relation to the residential, industrial and green areas. The concept a modern town development postulated by Sylwester Pajzderski in the late 1920ies presented in this article was a reflection municipal needs at a specific point in time. It was not so revolutionary as subsequent Wł. Czernecki’s proposal in a general plan of Poznań in 1934. Nevertheless, it was characterised by substantial town planning knowledge and experience. We should bear in mind that from the point of view of an architect and town planner it is an interesting case documenting modern town planning thought Poland.