Estońska Street, Warsaw Explained
Estońska Street (Polish: Ulica Estońska; lit. Estonian Street) is a street in Saska Kępa, part of the Praga-Południe district in Warsaw, running from the intersection with Berezyńska Street to the intersection with Jakubowska Street. The street is lined with residential buildings, some dating back to the interwar period, one of which is listed as a historic monument. Its name is dedicated to Estonia, one of the countries formed after World War I, reflecting the naming pattern of several neighboring streets, particularly the parallel Finlandzka and Łotewska streets (named after Finland and Latvia).
History
The name of the street was assigned by a resolution of the Warsaw City Council on 27 September 1926.[1]
The oldest preserved houses on Estońska Street date back to the 1930s. They are remnants of the active work of architects promoting solutions in the spirit of modernism and functionalism. A notable example is the house of Jadwiga Dobrzyńska and Zygmunt Łoboda from 1932, which originally represented extreme functionalism.
Important buildings
- 1 Estońska Street: a house from around 1930, listed as a historic monument.[2]
- 3/5 Estońska Street: the Embassy of Indonesia, previously the Embassy of Australia (1990–2001).[3]
- 6 Estońska Street: the personal house and studio of architects Jadwiga Dobrzyńska and Zygmunt Łoboda, built between 1932 and 1933. It is one of the few preserved works by this pair of architects in Warsaw. Originally, the design was clearly inspired by the five points of modern architecture proposed by Le Corbusier, but it lost much of its original character due to renovations. An illustration of this house appeared on the cover of the book SAS. Ilustrowany atlas architektury Saskiej Kępy (SAS. Illustrated Atlas of the Architecture of Saska Kępa), published in 2012, and also on the cover of issue 4 of the magazine Architektura i Budownictwo (Architecture and Construction) from 1934.
- 8 Estońska Street: a building designed by Helena and for Aniela Landau, constructed between 1938 and 1939. The building features characteristics typical of late 1930s modernist architecture, such as a distinct contrast between smooth plaster and irregular stone. Notable elements include ribbon windows and a recessed ground floor.
References
- Terczyński . Paweł . 20 October 1926 . Uchwała Rady Miejskiej z dnia 27 września 1926 r. w sprawie nazw ulic w Cytadeli i w mieście . Resolution of the City Council dated September 27, 1926, regarding the names of streets in the Citadel and in the city . Dziennik Zarządu Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy . pl . Łódź . Emi-press . 67/68 . 1-3 .
- Web site: 30 June 2012 . Wykaz zabytków nieruchomych wpisanych do rejestru zabytków – stan na 30 czerwca 2012 r. – woj. mazowieckie (Warszawa) . List of immovable monuments entered in the register of monuments as of June 30, 2012 – Masovian Voivodeship (Warsaw) . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927080913/http://www.nid.pl/pl/Informacje_ogolne/Zabytki_w_Polsce/rejestr-zabytkow/zestawienia-zabytkow-nieruchomych/MAZ-WAR-rej.pdf . 2013-09-27 . nid.pl . pl.
- Web site: Ambasada Republiki Indonezji w Warszawie . Embassy of Indonesia in Warsaw . https://web.archive.org/web/20170906174023/http://www.indonesianembassy.pl/home.php?link=isi&&id=120 . 2017-09-06 . indonesianembassy.pl . pl.
Bibliography
- Book: Faryna-Paszkiewicz, Hanna . Saska Kępa . Murator . 2001 . 83-915407-0-7 . Warsaw . pl . .
- Book: Piwowar, Magdalena . SAS. Ilustrowany atlas architektury Saskiej Kępy . Piątek . Grzegorz . Trybuś . Jarosław . Centrum Architektury . 2012 . 978-83-934574-0-3 . pl . SAS. Illustrated Atlas of the Architecture of Saska Kępa . .
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