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Creation of New Models of Social Spaces in the Context of the Transport Structure of Wrocław’s City Centre: Case of Szewska Street Cover

Creation of New Models of Social Spaces in the Context of the Transport Structure of Wrocław’s City Centre: Case of Szewska Street

Open Access
|Feb 2026

Abstract

This article discusses the potential for modifying the existing transport and circulation structure of the centre of Wrocław in order to create new social spaces and a coherent and continuous public space layout. This research is based on an analysis of the functional and spatial structure of downtown Wrocław, circulation accessibility, an analysis of planning documents, and additional studies on so-called standards. Contemporary directions and trends in urban space design were also analysed, both in the literature and in completed examples of transport space remodels. Proposals for functional models that could be applied in Wrocław’s centre were developed and their implementation was undertaken, in particular on Szewska Street.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/he-2026-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2543-8700 | Journal ISSN: 1731-2442
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 14, 2025
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Accepted on: Feb 17, 2026
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Published on: Feb 25, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2026 Katarzyna Zawada-Pęgiel, Bartłomiej Wiertel, Mateusz Szpórnóg, published by Cracow University of Technology
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