As part of the Polish Night of Museums, the Institute of Architecture Documentation at the Silesian Library (IADSL) invites you to the inaugural opening of the series \u2018From the Architects Archives\u2019. The several-minute-long film presentation entitled \u2018The Gwiazdy (Stars) Estate in Katowice\u2019 was compiled by IADSL staff members using archival photographic and design documentation kept in the collection of the Institute of Architecture Documentation at no.12 Francuska St in Katowice. The series itself takes the form of short promotional films inviting you to walk through the space and architecture of post-war Katowice.<\/p>\n
The seven tower blocks in the shape of stars on the Walenty Ro\u017adzie\u0144ski estate were designed by celebrated Silesian architects Henryk Buszko, Aleksander Franta and Tadeusz Szewczyk, and were built in the 1970s on the site of \u200b\u200bthe former KWK Katowice mine. Although belonging to a time \u2018rightly past\u2019, they were synonymous with modernity and elegance and they are still comfortable to live in now, being an example of excellent Silesian architecture and architectural heritage of the second half of the 20th century.<\/p>\n
The film is on the official YouTube channel of the Institute of Architecture Documentation.<\/p>\n