Swinoujscie 2+

Author: Anna Kabeláčová | Vít Šarišský | Filip Sovíček

Year of foundation: 2022

Brno University of Technology
Faculty of Architecture
Department of Experimental Design
Degree: Bachelor
Year of studies: 3
Artwork supervisor: mgr inź. arch Szymon Rozwalka

As part of our urban project, we had to take into account the entire city of Swinoujscie (Poland), not just the plot, which was the main part of the studio assignment. We had to decide the framework of the solution ourselves. Due to the spa and tourist city nature, the city experiences a strong cyclical change during the year. There is an excess of tourists in the summer months, while for the rest of the year the tourist area of Swinoujscie is empty.
However, we decided to focus on the motive of cyclical change in its extreme meaning. Instead of a one-year scale, we have been tackling the scale of centuries. We wanted to take into account the specific natural conditions around the Baltic. It is an environment of colder shallow sea, long flat beaches facing north, beaches with typical dunes and pine trees.
The hotel's buildings are getting closer to the sea, the see is getting further and the beach is getting bigger. However, research shows that sea levels are rising. This increase can be a big problem for all seaside towns and localities. In the range of 150-200 years, the sea level will rise by about 2 meters. That became the basis of our proposal.
We focused our interventions on two areas. First to the park adjacent to the port and spa area. The flooding will not be so strong here, but we perceive this area as interesting for the city, due to its proximity to hotels and beaches.
Another part of our proposal is the southern island of Świnoujscia Karsibor. Here, raising the water level will have very strong consequences. The island is mostly lowland and the water would flood the village and the whole nature reserve.
We have taken different approaches in different places, and above all we have examined the relationships between nature and human intervention, the end of architecture, the beginning of nature and vice versa.

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