Warsaw. “Volleyball player” from the Constitution Square by monument

Neon “Volleyball” from 1961 placed on the facade of the building at Plac Konstytucji 5 in Warsaw was entered in the register of monuments – said the office of the Mazowieckie Provincial Conservator of Monuments.

Neon fits into the post -war history of the so -called neonization of Warsaw, implemented in the 1950s and 1980s, it was an urban plan related to the installation of neon lights along the main streets and in the city center.

The main contractor for Warsaw neon lights was established in 1956, Przedsiębiorstwo Usług Zakłady “advertising”, in 1972, renamed the capital's Light Advertising Installation Przedsiębiorstwo. It also realized the neon “volleyball player”.

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“Certificate of a top -down, planned neonization process”

“The historical value of the object is the fact that it is a material testimony of a top -down, planned neonization process carried out during the Polish People's Republic in Polish cities, among others in Warsaw,” noted the office of the Mazowieckie Provincial Conservator of Monuments.

He added that the preserved neon is a relic of the urban structure pl. The Constitution, which was part of the establishment of the MDM estate and the representative area of ​​the city.

“The artistic values ​​of the installation in question result from a balanced composition, a synthetic form, the lightness of the composition, despite its monumental character (thanks to the contour treatment of individual elements and giving all the impression of movement, obtained through diagonal and expressive storage of the character, as well as the use of light animation)” – emphasized the office.

Project of Jan Mucharski

Neon “Volleyball” was designed by graphic artist and architect Jan Mucharski (1900-1981). “The partially animated composition was the original element of a comprehensive advertising of a light store with sports articles, which was located in the basement of the building,” said the conservator's office.

Neon, together with the “MHD” and “Sport” inscriptions, mounted between pillars in arcades and a horizontal green line, stretching along the facade and facade of the eastern building, constituted a coherent artistic composition.

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