Wojciech Bal

West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin · Department of Contemporary Architecture, Design Theory and Methodology

Maritime tourism in its numerous forms (rapidly developing in the world) has direct impacts on coastal formation and development. As such it has become one of the most important areas of investigation. Among the many varieties of maritime tourism, due to its increasing availability and popularity, nautical tourism, which has recently had a strong i...

The public spaces of many cities and towns face numerous problems, manifested by the broadly understood disintegration of both social and spatial aspects (e.g. vanishing neighbourhood bonds and communities, the anonymity of the individual within the city space, and the commercialization or neglect of public spaces). The search for methods for the b...

The aim of the study was to analyze the recognition of the spa area and assess the contemporary significance of the Spa Park in Połczyn-Zdrój. The results indicate the significant socio-spatial importance of the park and the existence of certain threats to its significance. The opportunities to improve its significance and protect the identity were...

The practice of promoting an image of the city using architectural objects, and the need to identify or create architectural icons in urban spaces, outlined in this article, occurs in many cities worldwide. The city of Szczecin in Poland, the subject of this research, is no exception. The turbulent history of the city, which for years remained with...

Litewski Square is widely known as the place where the Lithuanian envoys camped to attend the Union Sejm in 1569. Today, Litewski Square represents a space of transformation. The urban public spaces of the square have been rebuilt several times, each instance delineating a distinct rendering of tradition and history. In this article, the evolution...

The Worker Holiday Fund (WHF) was set up just after the Second World War as a state-dependent organization that arranged recreation for Polish workers under the socialist doctrine. The communist authorities turned organized recreation into a tool of indoctrination and propaganda. This research aims to characterize the seaside tourism architecture i...

The integration of architecture and landscape is a specific record of humanity in relation to the surrounding natural and cultural environment; it is an expression of maturity to manage space in a sustainable manner and to participate in planning and managing the space. The Baltic coast is distinguished by a unique natural, landscape and cultural r...

The coastline of Western Pomerania has natural and cultural assets that have promoted the development of tourism, but also require additional measures to ensure the traditional features and characteristics are protected. This is to ensure that new developments conform to a more uniform set of spatial structures which are in line with the original c...

The development of tourism determines the cultural landscape transformation, spatial development of coastal localities, scale of recreational architecture and other forms of development related to tourism services. The article presents research aiming to analyze tourism development in the context of its impact on the cultural landscape of Polish co...

STRESZCZENIE Europejskie kurorty są miejscami wielowątkowymi, przywołują wspomnienia przeszłości iznaczenia teraźniejsze. Zarówno te najbogatsze, jak i podupadłe, odzwierciedlają prze-bieg socjalnych, ekonomicznych i technologicznych przemian, ukazują zmiany mody, smaku oraz ewolucję relacji międzyludzkich. Pokazują kondycję społeczną, która ma zaw...