Osiedle Walentego Roździeńskiego

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Gwiazda 1-7
Gwiazda 1-7
Roździeńskiego settlement from the west with the Gwiazda high-rise buildings
Basic data
Construction time : 1970-1988
Architects : Henryk Buszko, Aleksander Franta, Tadeusz Szewczyk
Technical specifications
Height : 81 m
Height to the roof: 81 m
Floors : 27
Usable area : 18,720 m²
Enclosed space : 55,456 m³
The 7 "stars" after the renovation, from the university campus

Osiedle Walentego Roździeńskiego (translated Walenty Roździeński settlement) is a housing estate in Katowice on the Aleja Walentego Roździeńskiego and was built in the years 1970-1978. The street and the settlement were named after Walenty Roździeński .

What is particularly striking about the settlement is the design of the houses, especially those of the high-rise buildings Gwiazda 1–7 . Gwiazda is the Polish word for star. The name refers to the layout of the building, which is an eight-pointed star. In the settlement there are two smaller buildings with a star-shaped floor plan, which among other things house a school and several shops.

Buildings 1-7

The seven high-rise buildings all have a star-shaped floor plan, are 81 m high, have a usable area of ​​18,720 m² and an enclosed space of 55,456 m³. Around 600 people live in each of the seven buildings. Of the 27 storeys, 24 represent utility storeys. The individual buildings differ, among other things, in their use. A kindergarten is located in buildings 2 and 5.

References

Roździeńskiego settlement with the completed DTŚ expressway

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ urbanity.pl (Polish) as of Nov. 13, 2008
  2. ↑ Description and photos (Polish) as of November 13, 2008

Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 38.9 ″  N , 19 ° 2 ′ 20.6 ″  E