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Daniel Libeskind will design for Łódź!
During Łódź Design Festival, the world famous architect signed a Letter of Intent regarding cooperation with the city of Łódź.
‘Our aim is to create a public space of a new quality not only in technical respect but also of the highest utility, aesthetic and architectural standard,’ reads the letter of intent which was signed during the ŁODŹ DESIGN FESTIVAL press conference by Daniel Libeskind and Włodzimierz Tomaszewski, Vice-President of Łódź.
In the interest of the best effects of the project, the signatories declared that they will endeavour to take up activities resulting in improving the quality of the newly created architecture of the City of Łódź with the respect for its historical and cultural context. The New Centre of Łódź is the biggest enterprise of this kind in Europe. It includes the bold plan to rebuild 90 ha of land in the city centre which is to encompass a new multi-modal transport network, fast railway lines, a special business, culture and art area, as well as the renovated complex of former industrial buildings that comprised the first power station in Łódź – EC1.
Daniel Libeskind was the guest of ŁODŹ DESIGN FESTIVAL and the RHEINZINK company which carries out its Follow your inspiration campaign. The letter of intent was signed on the 22 October 2009 in the former Karol Scheibler’s factory, in the office of Łódź Art Center.
Libeskind, who was born in Łódź, emphasised that Łódź is a beautiful city and is lucky because of the incredible abundance of architectural forms created by different cultures and representatives of different communities, and this diversity is visible in residential buildings, tenement houses as well as in unique manufacture plants.
‘I believe in Łódź, I believe that is has the chance to make use of its architectural potential,’ Libeskind said. Although so far he has not designed anything for his hometown, today he emphasised that Łódź has been reoccurring in his works for a long time. ‘When you are born in a given city, it becomes a part of you. Łódź is present in my projects,’ he said.
One of the main parts of the programme was Daniel Libeskind’s lecture Counterpoint addressed to students and designers. The lecture presented the projects of the leading representatives of the architecture of deconstruction, their assumptions, concepts, construction works, obstacles and methods of solving them. ‘Every building is a part of a city,’ said the architect referring to his own attitude towards his projects. He pointed out: ‘Each project is important, it is like a child, each has a different character but every one is worth attention, even the smallest one.’