%0 Journal Article %T Functional-spatial evolution of the Officer Neighbourhood district in Krakow. From the residential colonies on the outskirts of the city to the central multifunctional complex %A Motak, Maciej %J Housing Environment %V 2016 %N 17/2016 %P 30-40 %K Offi cer Neighbourhood, Offi cial Neighbourhood, regulation, regulating plan, Interwar Period, Modernism %@ 1731-2442 %D 2016 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/srodowisko-mieszkaniowe/article/functional-spatial-evolution-of-the-officer-neighbourhood-district-in-krakow-from-the-residential-colonies-on-the-outskirts-of-the-city-to-the-central-multifunctional-complex %X The Officer Neighbourhood is a term related to several neighbourhoods that were founded according to 1924–1935 regulating plans on Krakow northeastern outskirts of the time. They were the composed residential neighbourhoods with a minimal share of other functions. Ca. 600 lots were laid out upon which ca. 300 houses were built by 1939. After World War II the significant functional-spatial transformations took place in the discussed area. Apart from further residential buildings (including typical blocks of flats), the retail, service, cultural, sacral, educational and recreational buildings were added. It brought about the changes, both positive and negative, of the land use and functioning of the district.