The Square Post

The Square Post is an open pavilion that marks the north-eastern corner of the future Central Square. It is located near Marszałkowska St., in the place where the designed edifices of the TR Warszawa theatre and the Museum of Modern Art will meet.

The Post is a venue of discussions about the qualities that good public space in the centre of Warsaw should demonstrate. It serves the needs of meetings, functions as the starting point of guided tours of the square and marks the zone of educational activities.

The Post has a simple engineering-like character. The pavilion roof covers formally austere geometrical pieces of furniture. One of them recreates the shape of the museum building arcade, the other imitates the planned auditorium of the theatre, whereas the prominent column bears reference to the scale of the Palace of Culture, which towers above the site. Thus, the Post functions as a device that reflects the size and array of elements of small architecture that the square may feature in the future. At the same time, it addresses in a metaphorical way the main problems in shaping public space of the future square by highlighting its more ephemeral components, such as light, shade and greenery.

The architecture of the Square Post was designed by Agata Woźniczka and Mateusz Adamczyk (BudCud).