Is the pilot flying with us?

Mariusz Ścisło architect and president of the Association of Polish Architects (SARP): What proportion of public space should be reserved? And how can we establish this? Where is the equilibrium point between the investors’ and the city’s needs? How can the local zoning plans allow us to do this? What are the legal implications resulting from this? Is the obligation to provide public space to be taken on by the city? Or should it be the right or the obligation of the local community that lives in a given area? Krzysztof Domaradzki architect and urban planner: It seems that the basic issue in creating public space is finding the right balance between the project and the city, because public space forms the structure of a city, a certain setting that is both functional and spatial. It should not be done at random. However, urban planning is starting to be treated as a kind of set of indicators on the basis of which an architect can but does not have to design something