The idea of the socialist city. The case of Nowa Huta

Nowa Huta represents a complex space, full of paradoxes and inner contradictions. It is difficult to evaluate. The aim of the article is the attempt to analize the built environment of Nowa Huta, to present selected ideas connected with the creation of the city and situating them in a broader, but still architectural context, the context of architectural creativity and urban development. The analysis is accompanied with a commentary on the cultural space understood as the sphere of values and meanings present in the material urban tissue