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Liban Quarry, Krakow-Poland

Name	Liban Quarry
Location	Krakow
Country	Poland
Authors	Ilona Feklistova,Saranya Gunasekaran, Luisa Colorado,Hari Adhikari


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Landscape and/or urban context of your case

The Liban Quarry is one of the most forgotten places in Kraków[1], this place is remembered for the victims of the Nazi labor camp that operated there during Kraków’s occupation (World War II); within the time The Liban Quarry become slowly a nature sanctuary for waterfowl, birds of prey, pheasants and other creatures. [2]

The landscape of the place contains incredible limestone cliffs, ponds and dense vegetation.

HISTORY

1873_The limestone company 'Liban and Ehrenpreis,' run by two well known Jewish industrial families from Podgórze established a quarry.

End of the 19th century _ a complex of buildings was established within the quarry and a railway line.

1942-1944_ Nazi occupation, in which a penal camp, where 800 young Poles were prisoners and forced to perform hard labors, was set-up.

1945_The evidence of Concentration Camps were erased by SS.

1993_ Steven Spielberg used Liban as the set of all the scenes from Schindler's List that take place in the Płaszów concentration camp.

Today_ There are still villas used by high-rank commandeers (for ex. 'Red house'), paths and roads patterns that gives a clear idea of where the camp was situated.

BIOGEOGRAPHY

The area of Liban Quarry is a geographic area rich in species and ecosystems:

• The site is highly rich in biotopes.

• The area serves as a refuge for water birds.

• Highly diverse in plant species.

• Provide habitat for many insects, birds and small mammals.

• Woodlands are mainly formed by broad-leaved species.

• Xerothermic grasslands characterize the site and are of great value.

• There are some negative tendencies, like spreading of invasive species or overgrowing xerothermic grasslands with bushes.

What are the objectives of your design?

Objective 1

Liban Quarry has a long and creepy history for it with many elements and spaces which still reflect what took place years back. In my point of view I would like to say that this area with abundant plant species grown like a forest with remains of the towers and pathways and presently lot of species too should be redesigned in such a way that we preserve the existing ruins and control the growth of the plants with required access by the public so that they also will be able to know the past of this area without altering the present atmosphere of the Site. As in it should be made as a place of historical importance and should me made as a biospere reserve.

Objective 2

Today the Liban Quarry is a peaceful place; famous for the buildings and places that reminds historical terrific facts, rich diverse vegetation and also works as a refuge different kind of animals. Since we are talking about an example that has different points of view, I decided propose diverse objectives:

Objective A: Conservation and Protection

• The highly number of biotypes, the woodland and the grasslands must be protected in order to preserve the nature that nowadays has the place and also continue with the offer of refuge for animals.

• It is important to restore the old building that can tell the history of the terrible facts that happened there.

Objective B: Accessibility and Connection

To the historical buildings though different ways that make easier the route.

Objective C: Information and Orientation

The lack of information and orientation must to be improving, inside and outside of the place, though different medias that orientates the public of what can they find or do in the Liban Quarry.

Objective 3

• This area historical importance as well as ecological importance because of rare plants and animals. So, history needs to be preserved for the future generation as well as the nature too, but slight redesign of the area can prove Liban Quarry to be a place which has all in one (nature, history, entertainment and adventure).

Analytical drawings

Analytical Drawings
Layers: High Speed Streets, entrance, water bodies, project.
Layers: Vegetation, water bodies, project.
Layers: All the layers together, also built plan and special areas.
Change in water level through years
Change in vegetation phenology through years
Layers: Water, accessibility and spreading plants.
Vegetation and distribution inside of the project.

Projective drawings

Projective Drawings
Futuristic Plans for the site
Projective redesign of Liban Quarry
Conservation & Protection
Accessibility & Connection
Information & Orientation

Design Synthesis

Please analyse the individual approaches presented so far and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses (you may use the SWOTanalysis model). Try to create a synthesis and represent it with a plan and some sketches. You can still use drawings/sketches.

Design Synthesis Drawings
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synthesis drawing 2
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synthesis drawing 4

Summary of the collaborative process

Please reflect on your collaborative design process. Which potentials have you encountered? What was most difficult? What does collaborative design mean for you? (approx 150 words).

Image Gallery

Image Gallery
Corridor between the inner and outer fences in winter.
Kamieniołom Liban (Quarry)
Watchtowers & barracks with genuine historical structures.
Watchtowers & barracks with genuine historical structures.
The reconstructed road of tombstones, it is not real.
Detail of the reconstructed road of tombstones (look carefully for the repetitions).
Corridor between the inner and outer fences in summer
Another view of the fence posts and barbed wire in summer.
Quarry in 1943.
Quarry in 2004.
Jewish Cemeteries.