The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the change of Warsaw information layout illustrated by the examples of the PGE Narodowy Stadium and the tenement house at 37 Tamka Street
The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the change of Warsaw information layout illustrated by the examples of the PGE Narodowy Stadium and the tenement house at 37 Tamka Street

Author(s): Jan Zygmunt Kowalski
Subject(s): Environmental Geography, Human Ecology, Environmental interactions
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: urban space; city information layout; symbol; sign; inscription; urban art; COVID-19 pandemic
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to prove the thesis about the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the information structure of the city, seen through changes and modifications of its signs and symbols. The analysis concerns two selected elements of the city’s information layout, which are names of objects and urban art. Two objects in Warsaw have been chosen as examples in the discussion: the PGE Narodowy Stadium and a mural on the wall of the tenement house at 37 Tamka Street. In order to analyse the studied issues, the article opens with providing definitions of a sign, a symbol, urban space, and the information layout of the city. Discussion of each case study is preceded by an explanation of the importance of naming conventions and urban art in the city’s information layout on the basis of both secondary sources and the author’s own conclusions, and supported by a short presentation of foreign examples.

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