In 1929, architects had only four months to build WuWA. It was to be an exhibition of a modern way of life and there were no plans for its long-term existence. Many photos and documents from the preparation and the event have not survived. The plans were actually being created on-site as the building progressed. It is not reliably proven whether the
kindergarten truly served its purpose or was only meant to demonstrate new methods of child-rearing during the exhibition. After the war, however, it was briefly used as a nursery and a storage. With the fall of the communist regime, the kindergarten was sold to a private company that promised to completely restore it. Instead, homeless people began to occupy the deteriorating building, and under mysterious circumstances, the kindergarten burned down in 2006. Interestingly, the original owner intended to build a four-story apartment building on the site of the kindergarten shortly before the tragedy.
In the summer of 2009, an exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of WuWA took place at the Museum of Architecture in Wrocław. At the opening, representatives of the chamber and the city gathered, agreeing that the city would donate the land if the chamber rebuilt the kindergarten. Since no original plans had survived, the location of the kindergarten had to be estimated from photographs. In the end, luck played a role when an original concrete pool was found half a meter underground during the excavation, axially located under the covered pergola. Completion of the construction was aided by funds from sponsors and the European Union. The work took place over the winter and took five months. On January 24, the building was ceremonially opened and today serves to host lectures, workshops, and exhibitions.
recorded during a site tour with Zbigniew Maćków, October 25, 2014
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