HYBRID BUILDING // ARCHITECTURE
12 June 2011

Regarding its geographical position, Warsaw is one of the main communication nodes in central Europe, connecting East with the West. Dense network of international, national and local railroads merges into an aorta pulsing living cells of almost 500.000 passengers per day, through city of 2.000.000 people population, cutting its tissue all the way to the centre. Central part of the trace is interwoven into the post-war undergrounds, which are manifested from time to time on the surface by socialist-realism entrance pavilion, modernistic grand central or just unexpected decline in the city skyline above the railroad.

Presented design is facing both, constructive and de-constructive railroad influence on the city urbanism, analysing conditions, deriving conclusions and proposing architectural answer for particular site, where mentioned phenomena is highly recognisable.