A study of sometimes aquatic, sometime terrestrial forms is an introduction to a radical redefinition of urban infrastructure. In periods of sufficient water it would drift, but in times of drought it would settle on land. A recently deciphered cuneiform tabletdescribed 11 Irving Finkel, The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood. Hodder & Stoughton, London 2014 ↩︎, the ...

The Wetland Album  introduced the topic of the diversity of urban wetlands to the debate about city. “Wetlands Tondo”, a model of the Warsaw’s wetscape, envisioned through the use of natural sponges helped navigate wetlands during the group expeditions led by natural scientists from the Wetlands Preservation Centre. Wetlands Tondo 2019, Photo Michał Matejko It consists of riparia...

A vision of Warsaw in which, as a result of the rewilding proposed in the project, pools form coinciding with the periodic surges of the Vistula river. Contrary to the popular opinion, the Vistula is a braided river i.e. it consists of an entire network of watercourses, reservoirs and wetlands, rather than just a single channel, a simple line on ...

In 2019 the February issue of “Architektura & Biznes” monthly was co-edited by CENTRALA. The issue is called “Hydro-mystery”. Table of Contents   ...

A concept for rooftops ponds. The clarity of water in the pool is maintained not by swimming-pool chemicals, but by plants with cleansing properties. The underwater shelf with soil installed within the perimeter of the roof allows water and mud plants to take root. Properly selected species of fish, amphibians and small mammals counter the excessive spread of mosquitoes and algae. ...