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The next, seventh edition of the colourful festival of one of the oldest and most beautiful districts of Gdańsk – Oliwa – is behind us. “Viva Oliva!” is an atmospheric cultural picnic combined with the presentation of dozens of institutions and educational institutions, artists, craftsmen, companies and enterprises related to Oliwa. The event is an excellent opportunity to meet and integrate many people and communities. The theme has been the same for years: Viva Oliwa! – our common, unique place of living and acting 🙂

Oliwa’s main thoroughfare, Opata Jacek Rybiński Street, turned into a promenade for the whole day; An ideal place to meet, play and walk. On 16 June, it was possible to visit and visit many thematic stands – so there was no shortage of opportunities to talk and learn about the offers of local artists, craftsmen, cultural institutions…

Schools and kindergartens presented themselves on the stage at the War Invalids Square. Local artists also performed there. The culmination of the event was… An intergenerational dance party! At the invitation of Olivia Business Centre, it was hosted by the “woman-energy” Wirginia Szmyt, known as DJ WIKA. The unique show of this oldest and undoubtedly the most vital DJ in Poland moved entire multigenerational families to dance. The greatest hits, those from recent years, but also those loved by grandparents or mothers, were enjoyed by all the participants of Viva Oliva. Over two hours of music set perfectly harmonized 🙂 inhabitants of Oliwa and their friends.

Watch the video:

Without a doubt, together we have written a new page in the history of our district! Thanks to music, Oliwa and Olivia have brought generations together:)

Of course, DJ Wika visited Olivia Business Centre before the show! She admired the Tri-City from the tallest building in Pomerania, Olivia Star.

Take a look at the photo report:

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We invite you to participate in the 4th Metropolitan Debate! The topic of the next meeting organized by “Dziennik Bałtycki” together with Olivia Business Centre and the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area Association will be the quality of life in Pomerania.

How do Pomeranians live? Pretty good. Such a conclusion can be reached after reading the report “Conditions and quality of life in the Pomeranian Voivodeship”, which collects data from social surveys conducted in Pomerania between 2000 and 2015. However, the report also talks about what remains to be done to make our lives even better.

It is a well-known fact that our well-being in life is strongly influenced by the state of our wallet. And the level of household income in Pomerania places us high in the national statistics. In 2014 The Pomeranian Voivodeship was third in this ranking, after Mazovia and Silesia, and belonged to the group of five regions above the national average. Which, of course, is a good thing, although it immediately demands one caveat: the differences in the standard of living between the metropolitan “core”, i.e. the Tri-City, and the rest of the region, are still significant. We are also still above the national average in statistics illustrating the size of social groups experiencing poverty.

Of course, money is not everything. The quality of life is also influenced by the possibility of getting an attractive job, access to educational or health services (there is still a lot to be done in this particular area: according to the statistics of the Central Statistical Office, Pomerania is the third region, after Mazovia and Lower Silesia, where people wait the longest in queues for medical services).

“Metropolis – how can it serve the quality of life in Pomerania ” – this is the slogan of the fourth metropolitan debate, organized by the editors of “Dziennik Bałtycki” together with Olivia Business Centre and the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area Association. The discussion will take place on Tuesday, June 26 at 11:00 at Olivia Sky Club (Olivia Business Centre).

We have invited distinguished guests to participate in the meeting. Among them m.in:

• Jarosław Sellin, Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage
• Paweł Orłowski, Member of the Board of the Pomeranian Voivodeship
• Hanna Pruchniewska, Mayor of Puck
• Jolanta Rożyńska, Director of the Wejherowo Cultural Centre
• Prof. Ph.D. Cezary Obracht-Prondzyński, University of Gdansk

You will be able to follow the meeting live on the FB profile of “Dziennik Bałtycki”. A summary of the most important topics of the discussion will be published on 19 June in Dziennik Bałtycki.

 

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YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE

 

 

Development and transformation: about stoical philosophy as a practice leading to happiness

Every moment is good to start working on yourself, e.g. so that you can enjoy life more. An impulse to meet with Tomasz Mazurek, PhD – philosopher, writer and contemporary stoic was the European Week of Sustainable Development. The theme of the event, co-organized by PwC Polska, was: “Development and transformation: about stoical philosophy as a practice leading to happiness.” The meeting with the Guest was conducted by Monika Bogdanowicz from the communication department of the Olivia Business Centre.

“Stoicism is like a first aid kit” – this is how Tomasz Mazur, PhD, described the philosophy and art of life practiced by the Greeks and Romans. Due to its practical dimension, stoicism has been a constant source of inspiration for generations. Today, maybe even more than ever, it’s worth to learn about stoic principles and exercises. Modern man is in fact overwhelmed by an excessive number of stimuli and desires. They set goals unrealistic and impossible to achieve and they cannot enjoy who they are. They cannot do it because they are prisoners of emotions and they succumb to things devoid of any meaning.

The ancient stoics looked at man differently than we do today. The Romans had a skeptical attitude to the emotionality which they believed was the source of… bad decisions. That’s why stoicism teaches first and foremost reaction to external stimuli. A stoic carefully examines himself/herself, observes his/her reflexes and knows that he/she can change them. He/she is aware that there is space for reflection between the stimulus and the automatic reaction. And this awareness allows the stoic to reduce the susceptibility to reflex. According to Tomasz Mazur, a stoic practitioner unquestioningly uses reflection. “You can not influence the fact that you are standing in traffic, but you can influence how you plan a route the next day or what you will do in the course of it – for example you can listen to an audiobook.” In the flood of goals and stimuli (one of the culprits is social media), we cannot control the emotions that lead to the situation, which Tomasz Mazur calls “running from the hill”. Everyone knows how it ends when it is impossible to stop.

In addition, stoicism teaches limiting needs and desires. It is not the outside world, but our own expectations make us unhappy.

Thirdly, stoicism tells us to focus on what depends on us. Not to think about the consequences, possible scenarios. To be like Adam Małysz, who only thinks about giving the best two jumps. The same is important in life. It’s not about whether you win, but how you play. Stoicism is not looking for causes of problems in the world, because we often have no influence on them. What can we change? Our reaction to what’s happening to us. Man has the strength to change themselves and their habits.

Modern psychology and neuroscience confirm what the ancient stoics sensed. Epictetus recommended starting from small things. What will you start with?

See the full photo report from the meeting in Olivia with Tomasz Mazur, PhD.

Development and Transformation: On Stoic Philosophy as a Practice Leading to Happiness

Any time is a good time to start working on yourself, m.in. to be able to enjoy life more. The impulse to meet Dr. Tomasz Mazur – philosopher, writer and contemporary stoic was the European Week of Sustainable Development. The theme of the event, co-organized by PwC Poland, was: “Development and Transformation: On Stoic Philosophy as a Practice Leading to Happiness”. The meeting with the Guest was moderated by Monika Bogdanowicz from the communication department of Olivia Business Centre.

“Stoicism is like a first aid kit” – this is how this philosophy and art of life practiced by the Greeks and Romans was described by Dr. Tomasz Mazur. Because of its practical dimension, Stoicism has been and still is a constant source of inspiration for generations. Today, perhaps more than ever, it is useful to learn the Stoic rules and exercises. Modern man is overwhelmed by an excessive number of stimuli and desires. He sets himself unrealistic and impossible goals and is unable to be happy with who he is. He cannot, because he is a prisoner of emotions and succumbs to things without any meaning.

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The ancient Stoics looked at man differently than we do today. The Romans were skeptical of emotionality, which they believed was the source of… bad decisions. Therefore, Stoicism teaches above all how to react to external stimuli. A Stoic examines himself carefully, observes his reflexes, and knows that he can change them. He is aware that there is space for reflection between the stimulus and the automatic response. And this awareness allows the Stoic to reduce his susceptibility to reflexes. A practising Stoic, according to Tomasz Mazur, has thoughtless reflection. “You can’t control whether you’re stuck in traffic, but you can control how you plan your route the next day, or what you do during the trip – like listening to an audiobook.” In the flood of goals and stimuli (one of the culprits is social media), we are unable to control the emotions that lead to what Dr. Mazur calls “running downhill”. Everyone knows how it ends when it’s impossible to stop.

Besides, stoicism teaches you to limit your needs and desires. It is not the outside world, but our own expectations that make us unhappy.

Thirdly, Stoicism is about focusing on what is dependent on us. Don’t think about the consequences, don’t imagine possible scenarios. To be like Adam Małysz, who thinks only about making the best of two jumps. The same is important in life. It’s not about whether you win, it’s how you play. Stoicism does not look for the causes of problems in the world, because we often have no influence on them. What can we change? Your reaction to what happens to us. A person has the power to change himself and his own habits.

What the ancient Stoics intuited is confirmed by modern psychology and neuroscience. Epictetus recommended starting small. Where do you start?

See the full photo report from the meeting in Olivia with Dr. Tomasz Mazur

 

Dear

With a view to increasing the level of security in Olivia Business Centre, from 25 June 2018 access to the garage halls will be possible only for people:

• have a bicycle locker – access is granted on the transponder,
• holders of a parking card – access is granted on the access card after receiving the application in the Olivia Serwis property management system,
• using the warehouse – access will be granted to employees, on an access card, in accordance with the notification in the system,
• parking by bike/motorcycle in the garage hall – access will be granted on the access card to the garage hall of the building where the company is located, after prior notification in the system. In this case, the number of places is limited and access rights will be terminated if they are not used for two months.

Please request access from the Office Manager/Administration of your office. Access requests received or will be received after June 18 may be processed at a later date.

Ladies and Gentleman,

having in mind the increase of the security level at the Olivia Business Centre, as of 25 June 2018, access to garage halls will be possible only for persons which:

• have bicycle locker – an access granted on the transponder
• have parking card – an access granted on the access card after receiving request from you in Sing (request should include numbers of employees’ access cards),
• are warehouse users – an access granted to employees on their access cards, according to request in Sing (request should include numbers of employees’ access cards),
• clean the offices – access granted according to your request in Sing in order to grant an access to the waste room.
• are parking their bicycles/motorcycles in a garage hall – access granted on the access card to the building garage hall in which individual company has its offices, after placing a request in Sing (request should include numbers of employees’ access cards, name and surname and make of the bicycle/motorcycle). In this case the number of places is limited, and the access rights will be revoked in case they aren’t used for two months.

Requests for granting access should be made in the SING notification system. At the same time, we would like to inform you that applications for access, that have been received or will reach us after 18 June, can be processed at a later date.

Jarosław Sellin, Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage, visited Olivia Business Centre. Just before the 4th Metropolitan Debate, he found a moment to admire the panorama of the Tri-City from the tallest building in northern Poland, Olivia Star:) and visit our o4 coworking. However, the key point of the programme was definitely the minister’s participation in the Metropolitan Debate, organised by Dziennik Bałtycki in cooperation with Olivia Business Centre and the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area.

Throughout the first half of 2018, representatives of local governments, universities, cultural and art institutions, entrepreneurs and politicians met in Olivia to discuss the most important topics for our agglomeration. The last debate in the series, the fourth one, took up the topic of the quality of life in Pomerania. We talked about how Pomeranians live today – those from the core of the metropolis and those from municipalities located outside the Tri-City. Is our well-being really determined only by the state of our wallet? After all, the quality of life is also influenced by the possibility of getting an attractive job, access to educational or health services. What about the regional potential (the so-called small homelands)? Does the Tri-City have a chance to attract more and more people who want to live and work here?

Apart from Minister Jarosław Sellin, the meeting was attended by: Paweł Orłowski – Member of the Board of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Hanna Pruchniewska – Mayor of Puck, Jolanta Rożyńska – Director of the Wejherowo Cultural Centre and Prof. Ph.D. Cezary Obracht-Prondzyński from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Gdańsk. The meeting was moderated by the editor Jarosław Zalesiński.

“Quality of life is extremely important in political and public activity. It is defined by hard parameters, such as the unemployment rate or the wealth of our wallets. And that’s what politicians do – emphasized Minister Sellin. – Moreover, the concept of quality of life is included in the concept of the common good. Politics, on the other hand, according to the classic definition that is close to my heart, is a prudent action for the common good. It is therefore obvious that the concern of politicians should be and is to act for the common good, and thus for the quality of life.

“We have been referring to the quality of life in our local government activities for years ,” said Paweł Orłowski. Understood not only as the labour market, access to health services or the opportunity to participate in cultural events, but also as our well-being, how we live in a given place on a daily basis and how we evaluate the activities of public organisations. Today, in local administration, the quality of life should be a central value, as non-economic indicators are becoming more and more important for us.

The fact that the quality of life is one of the most important elements of development policy was discussed by Prof. Obracht-Prondzyński – In addition to the quality of management of social processes, it is the quality of life that determines the development of the local community, our city, region and country. And how we see ourselves internationally. The level of quality of life is defined by our income, the necessary infrastructure, including social infrastructure, such as schools, and the advantages of the region. In addition to them, there are also the values of work, the value of service, i.e. the way of serving our residents – whether it gives them a sense of subjectivity, a level of security, urban order, institutional order, i.e. the stability of our institutions and the potential for change, in other words, a sense of agency in the public dimension.

And m.in. Hanna Pruchniewska, the mayor of Puck, and Jolanta Rożyńska, director of the Wejherowo Cultural Centre, spoke about social engagement and its importance for the development of small communities and, as a result, the entire metropolis. They emphasized m.in. the importance of the role of NGOs in improving the quality of services in smaller municipalities and towns, the sense of community, openness and the strength of cultural identity.

Read more on the website of Dziennik Bałtycki

See the recording of the 4th Metropolitan Debate

Come and see how our surroundings will change in a few years and what bedrooms will look like in the future. We invite you to the first floor of Olivia Star, on the way to Coworking O4.

The exhibition is one of the elements of a several-month-long, multidisciplinary project conducted by the infuture hatalska foresight institute for IKEA, in cooperation with the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.

Its aim was to try to answer the question of what our bedrooms will look like in the future, if we are already struggling with such problems as progressing urbanization (and the related shrinking living space), civilization diseases (m.in. insomnia, obesity), pollution (light, noise, smog) or intensive development of technology (ubiquitous screens on the one hand, and the so-called smart home on the other). To diagnose the current situation, the project used m.in. quantitative research, qualitative research (interviews with residents and experts), ethnographic research and field recording. The data from these studies served as a starting point for developing future scenarios. One of the main methods used to study the future was speculative design. The effects of what has been achieved can be seen in the Bedroom of the Future exhibition – on the exterior wall (bedrooms today) and the interior wall (bedrooms tomorrow). The presented projects are examples of spaces or the products themselves.

In their projects, the young designers touch upon issues related to energy, nomadism, space minimization, and are not afraid to talk about intimacy and sex.

The coordinators of the project are Marta Flisykowska, PhD and Joanna Jurga, MA, Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.

The project is part of the research conducted by the infuture hatalska foresight institute (we remind you that it is based in our o4 co-working space!) “Bedroom today and tomorrow” carried out in cooperation and under the patronage of IKEA.

WELCOME!

On Wednesday, 18 July this year, in the O4 conference centre in Olivia Business Centre, a scientific seminar was held organized by the Pomeranian Employers, which was attended by Cezary Gróbarczyk, Minister of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation (MGMiŻŚ), Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Mieczysław Struk, business representatives, including the President of the Olivia Business Centre Maciej Grabski, representatives of local governments from the Pomeranian Voivodeship as well as representatives of Maritime University, Institute of Oceanology and Oceanography of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Gdańsk Maritime Institute.

The axis of the meeting was a debate on the financial benefits of navigating the Vistula, i.e. the development of its lower section, and experts, representatives of Pomeranian business and universities from Pomerania talked with the Minister of the Ministry. They emphasised the role of economic development of many regions in Poland, which would result from a change in the possibilities of navigation on this largest Polish river. The experts gathered at the seminar saw an opportunity for business development for carriers, business and the region. Assessing the scale of transport on the Vistula, they pointed to the possibility of delivering up to 15 million tonnes of cargo per year to the Tri-City ports. The current state of the Vistula It is not suitable for such full economic use because it is shallow and unregulated.

“The idea of restoring inland waterway transport on the Vistula River is not new, but we have to prepare documentation and a feasibility study from the beginning in order to obtain financing,” said Minister Marek Gróbarczyk during the seminar.

According to Minister Gróbarczyk, it is also important to designate places on the Vistula River where cargo would be transshipped, e.g. at the marinas in Zajączków Tczewski and Solec Kujawski, as well as to rebuild some locks and bridges so that ships with goods would pass without collisions.

The Vistula is dead, and it could be filled with container ships with goods, and the cost of transporting goods by water is even four times lower than that carried out by trucks, and also twice cheaper than by rail – pointed out the participants of the seminar representing institutions and scientific entities that work on navigating rivers.

Experts drew attention to the sources of financing for this investment on the Vistula River. The investments would be financed from several sources, in addition to the funds from the European Union, it would be m.in money. from the European Fund for Strategic Investments, as well as from energy companies that would build power plants on individual barrages. All participants of the meeting emphasized the importance of the topic of the seminar for the development of the economy of Polish and Pomerania and expressed hope that the recommended solutions will be used in the implementation of projects and implementations.

Olivia Business Centre, as part of the Olivia Kultura project, invites you to a meeting with Dorota Karecka and a show of the artist’s photographs from the #ZGDYNI series. We invite you on July 26 at 18:00 to Olvia Sky Club.

During the meeting with the portrait artist Dorota Oza Karecka, we will see photos from the artist’s open-air exhibition entitled from Gdynia”. The photographs depict exceptional people, ordinary-extraordinary people who have been creating the atmosphere of the city for years. The portraits were presented at an open-air exhibition at Grunwaldzki Square in Gdynia in June 2018. Dorota Karecka immortalized several dozen Gdynia residents.

“In Olivia, a meeting place located in the very centre of the metropolis, we want to show the people and original projects that make up our local identity. We host Gdynia in Gdansk, but in our opinion, together we create one, absolutely unique place – says Monika Bogdanowicz from Olivia Business Centre.

The next meeting in the Olivia Kultura series will be an opportunity to get to know inspiring figures of the metropolitan art scene and integrate the Olivia community.

About the photo show:
Dorota Karecka’s photographs depict the people who give Gdynia its character as a city. These are subtle portraits of Gdynia’s personalities, but also a gallery of surprisingly non-obvious figures. The project “#zGdyni – Portraits” is an attempt to answer the question about the origin of the unique atmosphere of Gdynia – a city with a magnetic power to attract individualists and globetrotters. The exhibition consists of 33 photographs of Gdynia residents. They were made by Dorota Oza Karecka. Their heroes are not accidental. The photographer carefully chooses the people of Gdynia she wants to photograph. He is looking for people who give this city its character. That is why the portraits depict different people. There is a family of shoemakers on ul. Abrahama, tailor Wiśniewski from ul. Zbyszek Rybak, a member of the rugby team, and Przemek Dyakowski, a musician. Dorota Karecka’s photographs have a soul, thanks to the relationship she creates with the portrayed people. I get to know these people and their stories. The project “#zGdyni – Portraits” is an open work. Work on it has been going on for a year and a half. During this time, more than 40 portraits of Gdynia residents were created. Some don’t have names. They were given nicknames that stuck with them forever. Some are known for their artistic pseudonyms, some of the names don’t mean much to us. The common denominator of all of them is Gdynia.

Dorota Oza Karecka
She is a portrait photographer who uses historical photographic techniques in her work, which allows her to influence the images at every stage of their creation. Dorota Karecka’s photographs have a soul, both thanks to the silver-plated materials and the relationship she creates with the portrayed person.

REGISTER HERE FOR THE EVENT!

 

Meeting with portrait painter Dorota “Oza” Karecka at Olivia Sky Club

Olivia Business Centre actively supports the development of talents in various disciplines and tries to bring the inhabitants of Trimaist closer to people who create interesting projects in our metropolis. On Thursday, July 26 at At 6:00 p.m. in Olivia Sky Club, there was a meeting with the photographer Dorota Oza Karecka, the author of the #ZGDYNI series photos, in which the artist immortalized people creating the atmosphere of ordinary-extraordinary Gdynia.

Dorota Karecka is primarily a lover of medium-format analogue photography and noble techniques. Portraitist. He does not part with Holga. He has a weakness for old German cameras that smell like attics and expired films. In her work, she uses historical photographic techniques, which allows her to influence photographs at every stage of their creation. For several years she photographed the streets of London, but finally returned to her beloved Gdynia.

The event – organised as part of the Olivia Cooltura project – was accompanied by an exhibition of the portraitist’s works. Among the audience of the meeting were m.in. portrayed people, photographers, family and friends of the artist. In a nearly hour-long conversation with the artist, Monika Bogdanowicz from Olivia took up the threads of the beginnings of the artist’s career development, asked about the motivation behind the decision to choose the use of historical photographic techniques, and also inquired how it is possible to capture the authenticity and convey the soul of the protagonists of the photographs.

Dorota talked about the people who create the character of “her beloved city” and whom she so subtly depicted in her photographs. The characters chosen by Dorota Karecka are surprisingly unobvious, because Oza herself is unique. During the meeting, the artist attempted to answer the question about the origin of the unique atmosphere of Gdynia – a city with a magnetic power to attract individualists and globetrotters. In interaction with the participants of the meeting, we heard the history of the creation of the photographs, the choice of places where they were taken and other characteristic details of the works presented at the vernissage. Among them were: Przemek Dyakowski, Zbyszek Rybak, Joanna Duda, Beata Kukułka.

Another dream of the artist is to choose exceptional people in a different original place. One of the ideas is to undertake such an artistic exploration in Oliwa.

Dorota Karecka and Diana Lenart talked about the beginnings and creation of the Gdynia-based Halo Kultura association, which was born out of the need to bring together local artists into a single, strong and causative whole. Halo Kultura strives to create a co-working space for creative circles in Gdynia, where, in addition to working on new projects, they will jointly organize open cultural events: exhibitions, workshops, concerts, performances, lectures.

– Behind each project there is always a specific person, their passion, creativity, sensitivity and commitment. Dorota Oza Karecka is #ZGDYNI behind the exhibition. In Olivia, a meeting place located in the very center of the metropolis, we want to show the people who create our local identity and their original projects. We host Gdynia in Gdansk, but in our opinion, together we create one, absolutely unique place – emphasizes Monika Bogdanowicz.

We would like to thank all guests and partners of the event for their support and great atmosphere during the meeting. We wish Dorota Karecka further development of her passion and further series of portraits!

Photos from the exhibition “from Gdynia” will be on display, m.in. in the lobby of Olivia Star from Monday, July 30, 2018.

Main photo: Karol Makurat – Tarakum Photography
Gallery: Dariusz Giers – RADDAR