The residential estates that have been built over the last few decades rarely come without recreation or relaxation areas. Patios and playgrounds, benches, and interesting arrangements of plants and flowers are now basic expectations of apartment buyers. But office builders are also now laying more stress on providing places where employees can meet up and relax, while both commercial and residential developers are becoming more reluctant to seal off their projects and more willing to invite the neighbours round.
To go skating or to a concert
One of the first places of this type in Poland was Plac Europejski, a square that has been created between the buildings of the Warsaw Spire office complex. Ghelamco and its partners in this development set out to ensure that the alleys and walkways between the buildings would not be empty after office hours. The square plays host to a number of seasonal attractions. In the summer, outdoor film screenings take place, while in the winter one p