Healthresorts in Poland and European countries are gaining in popularity among visitors, holiday makers and tourists, and investors. This popularity is mostly due to the unique scenic and natural values of these destinations, as well as the highquality of health-providing minerals that are extracted there and used for medicinal purposes. Health resort gminas are also enjoying an increasing interest from the ageing and affluent members of society. Among the many changes that have taken place in Poland since 1998 there were significant political transformations related to spa towns and their tourist infrastructure, as well as to the recreational infrastructure of towns located in Spa municipalities. For many years Polish spas have been neglected and under-funded and thus require large financial investments in maintenance and development of the medical, hotel, tourist and leisure facilities.
Many spa towns are drafting the so-called spa development programs which combine the spatial and the so-called sectoral aspect – particularlyin relation to the cultural heritage and industry of “leisure time”, but also to knowledge economy.
An important value of spa towns is their regional heritage, including architectural heritage – guest houses, spas and villas. Changes in ownership resulting from political transformations in the countries of the former soviet union and new processes of privatisation had an enormous impact on the spatial development of many Spas. The former buildings of the spa and other facilities do not meet contemporary standards in terms of function, performance and aesthetics. The scale of degradation is magnified by repeated conversions, negligence of the owners, or abandonment of many interesting facilities. Thus the topic of our seminar is associated with Healthresorts and the basic elements of their infrastructure, which are now mostly historic but have great cultural potential that is at risk of destruction.
The organizers wish to address this pressing topic, especiallyin the so-called borderlands, where most spas are located (Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus).
M A I N T O P I C S O F T H E S E M I N A R
- Diagnosis of the current situation in a spa town, Spa district, or town with spa potential,
- Assessment of the effects of prior actions,
- Publically available spa infrastructure,
- Tourist infrastructure,
- Leisure, tourism and spa facilities,
- Development of the spa & wellness sector that is based on private capital
- The influence of joint stock companies with treasury shareholding on the operation of spas,
- Spa architecture, sanatoria, guesthouses, villas,
- The architecture of spa parks, pedestrian areas, recreation areas,
- The architecture of spa treatment facilities (pump-room, graduation towers),
- The architecture of cultural and leisure facilities for visitors,
- Public services infrastructure ,
- Adaptation of the architectural cultural heritage to the new social and economic functions,
- New forms of spa architecture and leisure and sports infrastructure,
- Modern tools and solutions to support the development of health tourism.
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