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Thursday, 17 June 2010 15:04 |
Works have been started on the renovation of the historical building of the Old Printing House which is situated in the very heart of Poznan, at rondo Kaponiera, several hundred metres from the Poznan International Fair premises and the main railway station. In a few years it will house the Wielkopolska Design Centre.
The Wielkopolska Design Centre will serve as an incubator of creative sectors, training and counselling centre and technological park. The Centre will provide comprehensive and highly specialised services in the field of design management, give counsel on running business activity, offer knowledge of design, ensure access to innovative services necessary for development, entering new markets, expanding the product catalogue and raising competitiveness of the companies, and provide access to professional machine park. The goal of the Wielkopolska Design Centre will be to develop and raise the competitiveness of Wielkopolska enterprises operating in the creative sector represented mainly by micro- and small enterprises and freelancers.
The project obtained the co-financing from the EU funds for the sum of nearly PLN 16 million (about EUR 4 million). The remaining 40% of the costs will be covered by the Pro Design company who owns the building. The renovation and construction works are to be completed in October 2011.
The ?Concordia? building of the Printing House was erected in the 19th century. Initially, it was a German printing house that issued the Posener Tageblatt daily newspaper. After regaining independence the printing house was named Concordia. In the inter-war period the Printing House was famous mainly for Polish printouts, particularly of Rudolf Wegner?s Polish Publishing House, and valuable publications in the series of Nobel Laureates? Library, Polish Authors? Library and the multi-volume Miracles of Poland. In 1995 the building was entered to the national register of monuments. |
