@ARTICLE{Kocki_Wojciech_Sports_2023, author={Kocki, Wojciech}, volume={vol. LI}, journal={Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie}, pages={517-538}, howpublished={online}, year={2023}, publisher={Oddział PAN w Krakowie}, abstract={During the interwar period, period many examples of sports facilities were built in the Second Polish Republic. These groups of facilities had one function designed for practicing a specific sport discipline but also multifunctional facilities were also built. Sports centres played a role not only enabling amateur exercises and improving sports skills but they were also the seats of sports societies, unions, clubs or circles that associated sports enthusiasts and promoted the development of physical fitness through sport. The activity of such groups was necessary due to the political and economic situation of the country at that time. The period of the first half of the interwar period was a time of state reconstruction, uncertainty and challenges for society after the end of the First World War. The reconstruction of the country also concerned the sports infrastructure, in which apart from facilities with a form resulting directly from their function (stands, halls, ski jumps) formal buildings were also built. One of the examples of such facilities is the Sports House in Lviv, designed by Jerzy Nechay. The example of the Sports House in Lviv and its formal location a short distance from the city centre is an example of modern design that combines a form of use with a formal function.}, type={Article}, title={Sports House in Lviv in the Second Polish Republic: Design of a Formal and Utilitarian Building in the Form of a Multifunctional Swimming Pool}, URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/130631/2023-TEKA-24.pdf}, doi={10.24425/tkuia.2023.148989}, keywords={Swimming pool, Lviv, interwar period, Second Polish Republic, sports architecture, sports house, Jerzy Nechay}, }