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Severalyellowishpages,handwritteninpencil.
Thehandwritingdatesbacktothetimeswhencal-
ligraphywasanobligatorysubjectatschool.Title:
Muranów—agrandandsplendidtask.uGrand,forit
isacityfornearly50,000people.[ł]Splendid,for
itgoesbeyondthewildestdreamsofyoungarchi-
tectsfromthetimewhentheywerestillenvisaging
theirfutureprofessionalcareer.”
1
Thesearehand-
writtennotesofBohdanLachert,Muranów’schief
architect,retrievedfromthearchiveoftheMuseum
ofArchitectureinWrocław.
ismwasomnipresent—ittranspiredinallfieldsof
artisticactivity,includingarchitecture.Hencethe
lengthyexplanations,assuringofone’sgoodinten-
tions,beatingoneselfupexcessively,alongwith
simultaneousdesperateefortstosavewhatever
wasstilltheretobesavedfromthegrandplans.
uMuranówtranspiredinourimaginationasanim-
ageofanewreality.Inthespaceabovetherubble,
thedistrictturnedintoavision—uniqueinthehis-
toryofmankind—whichpossessedsuchahistoric
background,suchanoceanofpossibilitiesthat
Thenotes’contentisfullofpathos,bigwordsand
couldformatrulyspeciallayout,”
2
wroteLachert
propaganda.Thedocumentisdated1950,namely
(heusuallyspeaksinplural,voicingopinionsofhis
aftertheNationwideConventionofArchitectsdur
-
entireteamofoveradozenpeople).3Thelayoutis
ingwhichmodernistssuchasLachert,theBrukalskis
inscribedinthelandform.In1949,whenthede-
ortheSyrkuseswereforcedtoperformself-flagel-
cisiontobuildtheMuranówhousingestatewas
lationandtodiscardtheirdreamsofbuildingnew
made,theformerNorthernQuarterwasavast—
WarsawinthespiritofLeCorbusier.Socialistreal-
evenifnothomogeneous—seaofruinsleftof
1
B.Lachert,“Muranówwielkieipięknezadanie,”6.02.1950,manuscriptinpencil,fromthecollectionoftheMuseumofArchitec-
tureinWrocław.
2
Ibid.
3EmployeesoftheMuranówarchitecturalstudio:BohdanLachertheadofthestudio,architects:WacławEytner,KrzysztofLachert,
RudolfLachert,TadeuszLemieszek,TadeuszMrówczyński,StanisławRymaszewski,MieczysławSamborski,JanuszStępkowski,Da-
nutaSzafnicka,MariaWahrenowa,HalinaZieleniewska,intheyears1949/50:KazimierzGoławski,IrmaIgnaczakowa,ZygmuntKleyf,
JózefŁucki,WincentySzober.
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