Reintegration, refurbishment and upgrading of the tourist functions of Dömitz Fortress

Project partner: Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, Municipality of Dömitz, FORTE CULTURA e.V. Network of the European Cultural Route Fortified Monuments

Tutor: assistant professor PhD Ing. Arch. Marcin Górski, M.Sc. Ing. Arch. Aleksandra Lewicka

The project was carried out by students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology, specialising in architectural heritage, in the third semester of their Master’s degree. As the last task before graduation, they worked on a historical ensemble with a complex spatial structure, the protection of which requires the introduction of educational and commercial functions, funds for current conservation and local development.

Project goals:

• Extending the length of tourists’ stays from a few hours to 2-3 days,
• improving visibility of the outlines of the Renaissance fortifications of the citadel and the ideal fortified town,
• confronting the conditions resulting from the area’s listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
• Development of a tourist service system for the citadel: ticket office, toilets, information, etc.
• Analysis of the possibility of creating new parahistorical objects (instead of the historic buildings that have not been preserved) for tourist services.

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