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Entre Gdańsk – let yourself be drawn into the city!

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

Have you ever thought that while walking through the main streets of Gdansk, you passed a lion devouring a man, or a guy resting with a skull under his arm? We talk to Mikołaj Witkowski, the creator of the first app in Poland for exploring the city using riddles, about an unusual view of the city.

Mikołaj Witkowski – Master of Science in Automation and Robotics, graduate of the Gdańsk University of Technology. Currently, he works at Olivia Center at Speednet as a Java Developer. An amateur of basketball and volleyball, after hours he creates mobile applications that are hard to break away from.

 

Małgosia Szumała, Olivia Centre: Entre Gdańsk is your first mobile app?

Mikołaj Witkowski, Entre Gdansk: Yes! Whenever I wanted to get to know an unknown city and see what it could see, I was guided by maps, not even knowing how many interesting things I passed on the way. I thought it would be nice if someone prepared such a map “step by step” so that I wouldn’t miss anything important. I’ve always wanted to grow, so I started acting. It quickly turned out that the work was going in the right direction, then Sylwia and Łukasz joined the team, whose advice was invaluable.

 

Why Entre Gdansk? Where did the idea for the name of the app come from?

 

I was inspired by the recently popular escape rooms, in which the player’s goal is to get out. In my app, it’s the other way around – the goal of the game is not to get out, but to enter the city even more carefully. Hence the “entre”. I really like this way of exploring the city, so I thought maybe there are more people who will like it too.

 

Is Gdańsk your hometown?

 

Almost. I moved here when I was a toddler. I feel like a citizen of Gdansk, so it often happened to me that I was showing my friends around who were visiting our city for the first time. When I told them about Gdansk, mentioning monuments such as the armoury or the torture chamber, it turned out that they had never heard of them. Overall, while working on the app, I listened very carefully to my friends’ suggestions. I’ve always been like that myself, paying attention to details and I thought that this is the kind of attention to detail I want to promote in my application.

 

Details can be time-consuming. How long did it take you to work on the app?

 

I’m a Java Developer and in order to create an application I had to learn the right technology first. Of course, I thought it would be a good idea to make an app for two platforms at once (Android and iOS at the same time) so that even more people could use it. I became interested in the Flutter technology and it was in it that I created the app. I also needed time to figure out from A to Z how interesting it should look. The first version wasn’t perfect, but we saw that it made sense and that people enjoyed exploring the city through puzzles. I sat on the application after working hours, in the evenings. Simply out of passion. I also consulted with my team. It’s an app that I knew from the beginning that I wasn’t creating for a drawer, that I wanted to show it to the world. I can’t imagine such a project not consulting with other people, not checking other points of view. Sylwia and Łukasz’s perspectives were very important to me. Sometimes I found them paying attention to things that I wouldn’t have thought of at all.

 

What was it like to work on each puzzle?

 

I wanted to show popular places in Gdansk, but from a slightly different point of view. I had to take the time to learn about the history of the places and, of course, consult the riddles with a professional guide. A nice example of a new point of view is Neptune. In the game, I don’t ask what he’s holding in his hand, because we all know what he’s holding, but what Neptune’s trident is pointing to. I had a lot of fun preparing puzzles myself. I also read books and articles about Gdansk. Of course, I already knew a lot, but I still had to read more. The riddles are formulated in such a way that it is not enough to look for the answers on the Internet. You have to look carefully and find a solution yourself. The city is full of ambiguities. One time I walked up to the Green Gate to take a closer look at it, and suddenly I saw a relief of a lion eating a man — I thought: who even came up with this? I go on and look, and at the entrance to the tenement house there is a sculpture of a guy lying there holding a skull. I love walking through streets that I’ve looked at hundreds of thousands of times and looking at them in detail. In the Entre Gdańsk app you will find puzzles that make you just have to move. The app motivates you to be active outdoors.

 

 

Was that the most important goal of your application? Motivate users to be smart?

 

There were several goals. The aim of the application is to show the points of the city, already known to tourists and Gdańsk residents, but from an unusual side, to encourage people to be mindful and to show that learning history can have a very interesting form. After solving the puzzle, we get information about the monument. It’s nice that we can both read and listen to it, both in Polish and English. I want to show Gdańsk in an interesting way. In Entre Gdansk there are both the most important monuments and places that I would simply like to recommend. It can be an attractive way of sightseeing for a tourist, or someone who wants to spend time in an interesting way.

An additional goal for me and my team was to create something that we would be proud of, that would allow us to learn something new, broaden our horizons. I also wanted to have an interesting project in my portfolio. For now, I’m treating app development as a developmental one, it’s my passion, but I don’t rule out that in the future creating will be a source of income for me.

 

Who is the Entre Gdańsk app intended for (what kind of recipient is it aimed at)?

 

It’s definitely not just for tourists. Entre Gdańsk has a clear element of fun – I didn’t want to make a typical informational application, I wanted a project that would give the audience fun, but also have added value. Since we visit cities with phones in our hands anyway, why not use them for a more educational purpose. I recommend our app to people who want to show the city to children, I recommend it to residents who want to get to know the city and its history well. There are a lot of people who work here, but they haven’t found the time to explore the city properly. We have tried to make the application as intuitive as possible – readable for children and adults, and even the elderly who also use smartphones on a daily basis. I can also recommend an app to use during an unusual history lesson. After all, the goal of parents and educators is to inspire. The game can be played together, in a group, as a duo or solo. Of course, there are also other apps designed to visit cities. However, I didn’t notice that there was the element of the game that Entre Gdańsk provides.

 

What tools did you use to create the app?

 

I used the cross-platform Flutter technology. It’s called “cross-platform” because one code can be translated into Android and iOS at the same time, and even into web apps. I was intrigued because I’d never written in anything like this before and it would be good to give it a try. I really enjoyed working with this framework.

 

Do you already have plans for the next apps or is it time for a firecracker?

 

The worst thing is that I have a lot of more ideas I just don’t have enough time! I also have an idea for an app to inform users about very mundane matters that we sometimes don’t think about at all. I’m going to tell you a little bit about it, but I can’t reveal too much because I hope that one day I’ll really be able to make this app. However, I’m sure it will be an educational app again. As pathetic as it may sound, it is by creating such applications that I feel a mission. I want my apps to have added value, to be something interesting for both me and the users of my apps. I’d also like to make a similar game for Warsaw (the cool thing about my app is that it’s very scalable). When my friend and I were walking around Warsaw, inventing riddles, she told me that after using Entre Gdańsk she would never look at the city in the same way again. This app simply teaches you to be mindful, you immediately have a different focus on monuments, details, bas-reliefs, or paintings. I hope to spread this way of looking at the city a bit. Recently, someone in the city centre asked me what to visit in Gdansk, because the old town is boring. But I think that Gdańsk is incredibly interesting, not only because it differs in the construction of streets from other old parts of cities in Poland. I think that our streets simply have their own character and unique atmosphere. If my interlocutor had paid attention to the details of the old part of Gdansk, he would certainly not have said that it was boring. It may not be an innovative way of looking at the city, but it’s very satisfying.

 

 

In that case, I wish everyone to pay attention to detail when visiting cities and have as much fun developing their passions as you do!

 

I think working on the app was a lot of fun for me and my friends, even though it cost us a lot of work, sleepless nights, and after-hours commitment. I often didn’t start work until my fiancée went to bed. I also had to make sure I didn’t work on the app all the time. It just gave me a lot of fun, especially since I did it on my own initiative, no one imposed it on me. Working on the app was very inspiring for me.

 

Are you planning to expand the Entre Gdańsk app then?

 

Yes, absolutely! I have a feeling that it will be a continuous work. I would also like to make such an application for other cities, and my little dream is to make such a game abroad. Because why not? I also have some base for coming up with puzzles, now I would like to transfer the idea to other places, to other cities, districts. This is not a closed project.

 

We are looking forward to the next editions of the Entre Gdańsk app and your next apps!

 

 

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Sport after regaining independence

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

Independent Poland 1918-2022

 

Regaining independence by Poland was not only an opportunity, but also a challenge. All areas of everyday life had to be rebuilt, or even created from scratch: the economy, the armed forces, culture, science. There is also a new aspect: sport. This field quickly began to provide us with emotions and reasons to be proud.

 

When Poland returned to the world map after 123 years, Polish sport was not in a very good place and form. Within the borders of the reborn state, there were only a few clubs, m.in. in Łódź, Poznań, Warsaw and Lviv. (The colours and name of the latter, Lechia Lwów, are referred to by Lechia Gdańsk, founded in 1945). Poland’s regaining of independence in 1918 was the proverbial “spark” resurrecting Polish sports activity. Sports associations were quickly reactivated, and new ones were formed. Polish sport was to return to the international arena as soon as possible. The independent government even planned to accept an invitation to the Olympics, which was to be held in 1920 in Antwerp, but due to the approaching hostile Bolshevik army, our country’s participation in this event was canceled. For the first time, Poles officially took part in the Olympics 4 years later, in Paris. It was from the French capital that they brought their first Olympic medals. Silver medals in Paris were won by track cyclists: Jan Łazarski, Franciszek Szymczyk, Tomasz Stankiewicz and Józef Lange. Adam Królikiewicz, on the other hand, won the bronze medal in equestrianism.

 

In the interwar period, the Polish national football team was formed. They played their first match against Hungary in 1921, unfortunately lost 1-0. The coachof the white-and-red team was Major Józef Szkolnikowski, one of the founders of the Polish Football Association. Archival reports show that the Poles were close to a draw. One of our best players, Wacław Kuchar , did not take advantage of a situation in which he could have scored into an empty goal – instead, he bent over the Hungarian goalkeeper who had been fouled a moment earlier…

 

Archery, fencing and horsemanship. These three sports were very popular in the Commonwealth. Historians have often referred to these fields as “Polish”. The interwar period was also marked by the flourishing of sportRailwaymen, postal workers and military personnel competed in the competition. Events were organized to activate the population and encourage physical activity. The “Run Along the Borders” or the bicycle race around our country were very popular. Outstanding sports results were awarded State Sports Badge. By the outbreak of World War II, it had been captured by approx. 800,000 people, and it was available to women from 16 years of age and men from 14 years of age.

 

Fig. State Sports Badge

 

Muniu, the best striker of the interwar period

According to many experts, the best striker of the interwar period was Leon Sperling. He came to Cracovia from Jutrzenka Kraków. In the colors of “Pasy” he played 381 matches and won the title of Polish Champion three times. He played 16 matches in the national team, and made his debut in the first historic match of the Polish national team against Hungary. Sperling was also one of the few Poles who competed at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.

 

Józef Kałuża wrote about Sperling “An excellent left-winger, a top-class technician, a great individualist. Similar in style of play to Mielech – he was inferior to him in speed, but he beat him with the maneuverability of his movements and the quality of his shot.”

 

Henryk Vogler added: “A tiny left-winger Sperling, called Muniu, who was able to manoeuvre his opponents so cleverly with his dribbling that the whole audience cackled with laughter.”

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Fig. Leon Sperling, National Digital Archives, public domain

Halina Konopacka, a precursor of fashion for women’s sport

It is not without reason that she is called the “first lady of Polish sport”. Konopacka won the title of Polish champion as many as twenty-six times – and in various disciplines. She was an excellent athlete – she set records not only in the discus throw, but also in the long and high jump, javelin throw and shot put. She also played tennis and handball, and skied…

 

On July 31, 1928, Halina Konopacka won the first Olympic gold medal for Polish. She threw the discus at a distance of 39.62 meters, setting a new world record. It was an extremely moving moment, as Dąbrowski’s Mazurka was performed in Amsterdam. When the gold medalist returned from the Olympics, she was received by the Poles with great enthusiasm. Crowds gathered along her route, she was showered with flowers, and a congratulatory telegram was sent to her by the President of the Republic of Poland, Ignacy Mościcki.

 

Konopacka started her sporting adventure with skiing and it was only a coincidence that she found herself in the athletics section. As many as 7 times she became the world record holder in discus throw, as well as the 56-time Polish record holder, contributing to the popularization of sport among women.

 

Fig. Halina Konopacka, National Digital Archives, public domain

 

 

Archery World Championships

Archery was a discipline in which Poles could claim the status of pioneers. It was popularized by Mieczysław Fularski and Apoloniusz Zarychta. Fularski and Zarychta began to organize competitions, which met with great interest among Poles. Soon the Polish Archery Association was established. Poland hosted the first World Archery Championships in Lviv in 1931.

 

Olympic Twenty

Polish Olympians won 20 medals in the interwar period. The achievements of the Poles included three gold medals (Halina Konopacka, Janusz Kusociński, Stanisława Walasiewicz), six silver and eleven bronze. We won all the medals at the Summer Games; the first medal in winter was won for Polish only after the war by Franciszek Gąsienica-Groń (Cortina d’Ampezzo, 1956). Fencer Adam Papée, who took part in all the Summer Olympics of the interwar period, can be considered an Olympic veteran. Papée was a two-time bronze medalist in team sabre (1928, 1932).

 

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Gdynia – a city from the sea

Ignacy Mościcki. How did the king of nitrogen become president?

 

 

Origin:

https://muzhp.pl/pl/c/1142/pierwsze-polskie-zloto-olimpijskie

https://dzieje.pl/ksiazki/sportowcy-dla-niepodleglej

https://dzieje.pl/content/wprowadzenie-2

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lechia_Lwów

https://cracovia.pl/aktualnosci/cracovia/siedemdziesiata-rocznica-smierci-leona-sperlinga/

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecz_piłkarski_Węgry_–_Polska_(1921)

https://muzhp.pl/pl/c/1142/pierwsze-polskie-zloto-olimpijskie

https://niepodlegla.gov.pl/o-niepodleglej/popularnosc-sportu-w-ii-rp/

https://sportowcydlaniepodleglej.pl/sport-ktory-wyprzedzil-niepodleglosc-o-kulturze-fizycznej-w-ii-rzeczypospolitej/

Gdynia – the city from the sea, where Poland begins

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

Independent Poland 1918-202

 

On 23 September 1922, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland passed a law on the commencement of the construction of a seaport in Gdynia. When we look at the photos of this great port city from the beginning of the 20th century, we can see a modest village, with a few large summer houses, where there are not even paved roads. Some historians note that if the Sejm had not adopted the law on the construction of the port, Gdynia would have been simply a seaside holiday resort today. However, the fate of Gdynia changed dramatically at the end of World War I. The seaside city neighbouring Gdańsk became one of the most important social and economic initiatives of the Second Polish Republic.

 

Gdynia’s landscape at the beginning of the 20th century is not only holiday villas, but also fishermen’s huts and farms. This is what Marcelina Kulikowska said about Gdynia “The houses are mostly single-storey, brick and clad, tiled or thatched. On the street, you can see fisherwomen carrying large baskets made of woven baskets on their backs. […] Several women carry bundles of flounder tied in their hands.” At the beginning of 1920, thanks to the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, Poland gained access to the Baltic Sea, which had been lost earlier. The 140-kilometer coastline was mostly places without infrastructure or industry. Gdansk, which at that time was not within the borders of the reborn Polish state, was a complete port city. The Commonwealth, on the other hand, badly needed a port.

Fig. Construction of Gdynia, 1925, NAC

Tadeusz Wenda, an experienced engineer, came to Pomerania with a mission to mark out a place where a modern military port would be built, and he chose a village called Gdynia. Then the authorities conducted a census in Gdynia, according to which Gdynia in 1921 was inhabited by 1268 people. Five years later, when Gdynia was granted city rights, there were about 12,000 inhabitants, while just before the outbreak of World War II, 127,000 people lived in Gdynia.

 

Fig. Tadeusz Wenda, NAC

In 1923, President Wojciechowski officially opened the port, and a few months later the first ship, the “Kentucky”, sailing under the French flag, arrived at the port.

 

Until 1926, the export of goods through Gdynia amounted to 404 thousand tons, while in 1938 it was 7414 thousand tons. It accounted for nearly 50% of Poland’s foreign trade. As a result of World War II, the city did not suffer as much as Gdańsk, but the port of Gdynia and the shipyard were destroyed. However, the inhabitants of Gdynia suffered the most, as they were deported to concentration camps or resettled, and of course many also died at the front. After the “liberation” of the city in 1945, people returned to Gdynia, looking for places to start their lives anew. However, it was not only the inhabitants who decided to “set a course” for Gdynia, but also the inhabitants of Warsaw, Vilnius, Lviv and Poznań. After the war, the port of Gdynia became the largest repair base for the Polish naval fleet. In 1951, the first ship named “Melitopol” was launched in the port.

 

Fig. Gdynia, 1935, NAC

December 1970, the time when the shipyard workers of the ports of Gdynia and Gdansk rebelled against the people’s government, a puppet of the USSR. This event remains to this day as one of the most tragic, as a consequence 45 people died and 1165 were injured. There were also joyful days of rebellion and hope in August 1980, when Solidarity was born. Gdynia is currently home to the second largest seaport in Poland in terms of transshipments. The port specializes in container handling. It is considered by specialists to be the most versatile port on the Polish coast. It is also the main passenger port of the Tri-City.

 

Some of them had their origins in working-class circles. The post-war generation experienced the tragedy of the bloody events of December 1970, when the Gdynia shipyard workers, just like the Gdańsk shipyard workers, rebelled against the people’s government on behalf of the entire nation. It was the most tragic event during the pacification of workers’ protests on the coast by the communist authorities. As a result, 45 people were killed and 1165 were injured. Gdynia remembers them. There are two monuments in Gdynia dedicated to the victims of December 1970. There were also joyful days of rebellion and hope in August 1980, when Solidarity was born.

 

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Ignacy Mościcki – How the King of Nitrogen Became President

Sport after regaining independence

 

 

 

Origin

https://www.gdynia.pl/o-gdyni/historia,3571/na-poczatku-bylo-marzenie-br-historia-gdyni-w-pigulce,365280

https://niepodlegla.gov.pl/o-niepodleglej/gdynia-perla-ii-rzeczpospolitej-historia-miedzywojennego-portu/

https://ftp.port.gdynia.pl/pl/o-porcie/historia-portu?showall=1

 

Pinktober timetable

Posted on by Bogusław Wieczorek

The first(s) win!

Around the world, October is recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Monthpeople struggling with the disease. The distinctive pink ribbon, the international symbol of the fight against breast cancer, lit up Olivia Star’s façade on the first day of the month and will shine again twice more: on October 15 and 31. Once again, we want to remind the residents of the Tri-City about life-saving prevention.

 

On behalf of the Energa Group Volunteers and the Orlen Foundation, we would like to invite you to participate in educational events and events supporting people affected by cancer, as part of the “First Ones Win!” campaign. You can show your support by participating in the pink ribbon run, prevention workshops, or sewing pillows for women undergoing chemotherapy. Together we can do more!

 

Pink Ribbon

14.10. | Olivia Centre patio | 11:00

It is a symbolic march with which we want to express solidarity and support for people affected by breast cancer. Among our Residents there are also oncological patients. Let’s show that we keep our fingers crossed for them and support them with warm thoughts!

 

Each participant of the march will receive a pink ribbon, symbolizingall over the world fight breast cancer and a sweet, pink cupcake. During the event, bras will be collected, which will be handed over for recycling, and the funds obtained will support the activities of the “Support at the Start” foundation and the Polish Amazons Social Movement association.

 

Let us know you will!

Educational workshops

19.10. | Olivia Sky Club | 10:00 – 16:00

We invite you to a free workshop with Lidia Dyndor, known in the media as “OnkoFitka Lidka”. The educator will conduct workshops on breast prophylaxis and self-examination. During the 1.5-hour meeting, participants will have the opportunity to work with the use of special, proprietary suits for learning how to examine breasts. – A lot of women don’t get tested because they don’t want to find anything. During trainings I try to demystify it. We examine ourselves not to find something, but to make sure that everything is fine – says OnkoFitka Lidka.

 

Book your place today:

First round of workshops 10:00 – 11:30

Second round of workshops 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Film screening

19.10. | Olivia Sky Club | 11:45 – 12:15

Apreview of the film “On Time Before Breast Cancer” by the Pink Butterfly Association operating at the Gdańsk UCK

Sewing heart pillows

19.10. | Olivia Sky Club |

12:30 p.m. – 1:3 p.m

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You don’t have to be a master tailor to join in sewing. You don’t have to have a whole hour – you can just drop by for a moment. The materials will already be partially prepared, and the task of the participants will be to complete the filling and finish the pillow with thread. The shape of these unique pillows is not only symbolic, in addition to comfort, the pillows support the convalescence of patients after mastectomy. All sewn hearts will be given to patients oncology during chemotherapy.

Photography Exhibition

On this day, the Sky Club (Olivia Tower, 12 p.) will host an exhibition of photographs depicting women undergoing treatment and those who have won the fight against cancer. The exhibition was organized as part of the “Feel Yourself” campaign, encouraging women to self-examine their breasts. One of the protagonists of the exhibition is our guest, educator Lidia Dyndor.

Tests in a mobile vehicle

25.10. | Olivia Centre (Parking C) | 9:00-19:00

A modern mobile vehicle will be erected in car park C in Olivia Centre, in which every woman who has been registered in advance will be able to undergo a specialist and quick examination. We invite ladies over 35 years of age and younger – ladies under 35 years of age only with a referral from a doctor. The number of places is limited. Prior registration is required at: 885 599 600.

 

We cordially invite you not only to participate in our events, but above all to take care of your health and that of your loved ones!

Flow O4 Coworking Club is a year old!

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

The first birthday of the Flow Club will be an event with truly feminine energy. Do you know that it was in Olivia, in
O4 Coworking
 , that the first coworking space created by women with women in mind was created? It is here that the
Flow Club
 operates, whose members meet once a month to take part in workshops, develop privately and professionally. In October, the Flow Club celebrates the 1. birthday. On this occasion, a group of female experts will take up the topic of rational and empathetic solutions for business. The Flow Club invited m.in
Design Thinking Institute
 to cooperate.

 

WHAT IS A FLOW CLUB?

The Flow Club brings together businesswomen from O4 Coworking, Olivia Centre and other professional circles. They meet regularly in the O4 Flow Coworking in Olivia Gate, take part in workshops and develop professional contacts. Thanks to networking, they make new friends, exchange experiences, develop competences, expand their knowledge, inspire each other, and carry out joint projects. The Flow Club is also a celebration, which is why it will soon celebrate its year of activity.

 

DESIGN THINKING FOR THE 1ST BIRTHDAY

As part of the celebration of the first birthday, m.in will be held. a panel discussion on women’s solutions for business, with the use of design thinking tools under the slogan “The world must not be left as it is”. Janusz Korczak’s words will serve as a starting point for a conversation about a rational approach to change. The discussion will be attended by:

  • Magdalena Binkiewicz – Flow Club Ambassador, Turquoise Leader, HR Manager, trainer and coach
  • Katarzyna Talaga-Korcz – Moderator of Design Thinking, Design Thinking Institute
  • Patrycja Korczyńska – Creative Business Partner, Design Thinking Institute
  • Aleksandra Jagłowska, Marketing Manager at Marion. The conversation will be moderated by Marta Moksa, manager of O4 Coworking.

 

The organizers are also planning live music and stalls with handicrafts and products from local designers. The event will be attended by members of the Flow Club and friends of O4 Coworking: businesswomen, freelancers, influencers and representatives of Olivia Centre. The event is dedicated to current members of the club, but it is worth remembering that every lady from Olivia can join the Club and take advantage of the entire package of trainings or workshops organized by Flow throughout the year! See how to join the Flow Club.

 

FLOW CLUB – WHY IS IT WORTH IT?

We know that business is about relationships, which is why networking is one of its most important elements. The Flow Club brings together representatives of various communities who, thanks to new relationships, exchange experiences or undertake new, joint initiatives. The club’s meetings are attended by experts and specialists from various industries, who talk about current trends. The Flow Club is not only an added value to the professional area, but also a great way to spend your free time.

Partners of the event: Design Thinking Institute, Marion, Olivia Star, Olivia Garden.

 

First Birthday of Flow Club at O4 Coworking

28 October 2022, 18:00
O4 Flow in Olivia Gate.
By invitation only.

Follow O4 Coworkin’s Facebook
page for invitations to the event.

 

 

 

Ignacy Mościcki – how did the king of nitrogen become president?

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

Independent Poland 1918-2022

 

Ignacy Mościcki achieved significant successes in several areas of activity. He was a committed activist, a political refugee, a talented chemist with numerous foreign patents, a factory administrator, a co-founder of a scientific institute and a mining company, an academic lecturer and rector of a university, and finally the President of the Republic of Poland. His successes would be enough to fill several biographies.

 

Ignacy Mościcki was born in Mierzanów in 1867. Initially, he was associated with the socialist movement. After graduating from school in Warsaw, he studied chemistry at the Riga University of Technology. There he joined the Polish underground left-wing organization Proletariat. After graduating from school, he returned to Warsaw, but because of his independence activities, he was hunted by the tsarist secret police. He was threatened with life imprisonment and exile to Siberia, which forced Mościcki to move in 1892. to London. In 1896. he was offered a position as an assistant at the University of Freiburg (Switzerland). It was there that he patented a method for the low-cost industrial production of nitric acid. In 1912, Mościcki moved to Lviv in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, i.e. in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, where he accepted a professorship of physical chemistry and technical electrochemistry at the Lviv Polytechnic. In 1925 he was elected rector of the Lviv University of Technology, but soon moved to Warsaw to continue his research at the Warsaw University of Technology.

Fig. National Digital Archives

 

After Józef Piłsudski’s May coup in 1926. Mościcki – Piłsudski’s former partner in the Polish Socialist Party – was elected president Polish, June 1, 1926 (after Piłsudski resigned from office). After the death of the Marshal in 1935. Piłsudski’s supporters were divided into three main groups: those who supported Mościcki as Piłsudski’s successor; those who supported General Edward Rydz-Śmigly and those who were closest to Prime Minister Walery Sławek.

 

Mościcki remained President of the Republic of Poland until September 1939, when, at the outbreak of World War II, he was interned in Romania and forced to resign by the French government. While in exile, he handed over the office to Władysław Raczkiewicz. In December 1939, with the consent of the Romanian authorities, Mościcki moved to Switzerland, where he lived during World War II. He died at his home near Geneva on 2 October 1946.

 

The initiative with which he is associated today is the investment foundation in the Second Republic of Poland for the creation of a giant on the chemical market – Grupa Azoty. It was on the initiative of the President of the Republic of Poland, Ignacy Mościcki, in 1927. The State Factory of Nitric Compounds was established in Tarnów.

 

Fig. National Digital Archives

 

Did you know?

  • To this day, Ignacy Mościcki remains the longest-serving president in the history of Polish.
  • Poland owes Mościcki as many as 40 patents, which he handed over to the Polish state free of charge after taking office.
  • As a scientist, he specialized in electrochemistry, and thanks to his research on electricity, he became a world authority in this field at the beginning of the twentieth century. As a technical manager at the Société de l’Acide Nitrique (which funded his research), he was the author of a method for producing nitric acid, which involves fixing nitrogen from the air using electricity. To this end, Mościcki personally constructed and patented high-voltage capacitors, which were not produced at the time, and whose value was estimated at one million francs.
  • In 1907, his devices were used in the transmitting mechanisms on the Eiffel Tower, in the largest capacitor bank in the world. The Polish inventor also won the recognition of Albert Einstein (who was then an expert of the patent office) for developing a technology for the reaction of oxygen and nitrogen in an electric arc, using a rotating flame in a magnetic field, used to obtain nitrogen from the atmosphere.
  • He was the author of over 60 scientific papers.
  • Being a poor hairdresser’s assistant, he did not accept tips, considering it dishonorable. He claimed that the salary paid to him was sufficient.
  • Unfortunately, he invested his money in a kefir factory, which, as it turned out later, was not worth the money he paid for it.
  • After Poland regained its independence, Mościcki founded a fertilizer factory in Chorzów, where his invention increased productivity by 150%.

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Origin:

https://www.biogramy.pl/a/biografia/ignacy-moscicki-prezydent-wiesz

https://dzieje.pl/postacie/ignacy-moscicki

https://ciekawostkihistoryczne.pl/leksykon/ignacy-moscicki-1867-1946/

Ignacy Mościcki – chemik, który został prezydentem

Pick up the radio code 357 to have a great time!

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

You are Olivia’s Resident, visit Olivia’s Star TOP reception from December 21 and get the Radio 357 code there! All you have to do is enter the password “357”. And what’s next?

Here are some tips on what to do to use the materials available exclusively to the Patrons of the radio station for 3 months!Have fun by voting for the most important songs of all time until December 28 in TOP Radio 357! Only with a code from Olivia!

Go to patronite.pl/register and sign up for a free account. Fill in all the necessary fields and click on the blue “Sign Up” button. Or you can sign up using your Facebook, Google, or Apple account. If you already have a Patronite account, go straight to the next step.

Log in to patronite.pl/login and go to patronite.pl/kupony

Enter the code from the voucher and follow the instructions on the screen. The mechanism is protected against automatic code checking, so you may be required to check the “I’m not a robot” box or take a simple picture test.

After clicking ” Redeem Coupon” you will become a Patron of Radio 357 on Patronite for a period paid by the person or organization that gave you the coupon.

Go to the konto.radio357.pl/rejestracja website and create a free Konto 357 account (or if you already have a Your 357 account, click on the orange “Log in” sign in the bottom right corner of the page)

This will take you to the ” Your Account” tab, which you can always return to in the same way.

Now connect your account in the Radio 357 system with your account in Patronite. Click on the “ Connect to Patronite Account” button.

Patronite will verify your account in their system. It may ask you to log in first – note that you will need to log in using the login and password you used in Patronite.pl.

Now you can listen to anything you want!
And vote for the hits in TOP Radio 357 !
You have as many as 57 votes to cast. Let’s do it!

Olivia Centre – this is where you recruit

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

The change in the nature and use of modern offices means that business centres are fiercely competitive, outdoing each other either in terms of lease terms or prices. Olivia has chosen her own path of providing tenants with what they need most. One of these areas is recruitment support.

 

At the beginning of 2022, the real estate market was informed that Olivia’s residents are recruiting nearly 2,000 at the same time. Employees. Soon, companies such as Amazon, Nike and Telus , which provides services for giants such as Facebook, were joined by Capgemini, which announced the construction of its structures at the level of 800 people in the coming months. Such a dynamic development of companies and the resulting needs are actively supported by Olivia Centre, which develops a number of their own and supports the initiatives of consulting companies operating in its buildings, so that companies can acquire the staff they need to achieve business success.

 

It was here that the Tri-City HR Club was established five years ago, currently associating 200 people involved in the recruitment and personal development of employees from all over the Tri-City. The club is a field for the exchange of knowledge, analysis of trends and cooperation with numerous consulting companies and academic centers. It is also a recruitment hub that provides job offers for many employers in one place, which makes the search easier for all interested parties.

 

– Our activities focus on analysing trends and changes in the market situation – says Małgorzata Gwozdz, the initiator of the club and at the same time the director of the HR department at Olivia Centre. – The club provides many benefits for the entire Tri-City HR community. Recent years have introduced huge changes to our environment, especially in the work model, which required HR management departments to work very hard and adapt the organization to the revolution that was associated with the organization’s transition to remote work. Our cooperation during this period allowed us to share experiences, inform about the implemented solutions, and learn and motivate each other. In the post-pandemic period, we are preparing our members for the challenges of hybrid work, ongoing employee motivation, and incentives contributing to their return to the office.

 

Coworking O4 is an organization that not only provides space for startups, but also actively supports developing companies from all over the center in terms of acquiring employees. O4 has established cooperation with the most important universities in the entire agglomeration, thanks to which a speed-dating project was created. Recruitment speed dates, during which students have the opportunity to present themselves to employers and get their dream job before graduation. Speed-dating was intended to be mainly an introduction to the actual recruitment, serving to interest both sides of the process. However, as the experience from the previous 4 editions shows, the initial selection of candidates carried out by the O4 team results in nearly half of the candidates meeting the expectations of recruiters already at the first stage, being offered a full-time job soon after the process is completed.

 

The involvement of O4 Coworking is not limited only to the organization of meetings between employers and students. They are preceded by a series of meetings during which job candidates learn self-presentation, CV development and the ability to extract as many facts as possible from their experience that have a chance to catch the eye of company representatives. In this way, many young people come face to face with a recruiter who is well prepared and fully aware of their value and competences. This practice also affects the satisfaction of future employers, who are faced with well-motivated and trained job candidates.

 

Cooperation with schools also takes other forms. O4’s experience includes career accelerators , during which young people, under the supervision of experienced mentors from leading global corporations and innovative start-ups, work on their own projects for half a year. After the acceleration is completed, the teams present their projects in front of a professional jury, which evaluates them in terms of innovation, chances of success, as well as the ability to present their ideas as a team in front of an audience of nearly 200 people.

 

Olivia also supports a network of consulting and training companies that have been operating in her area for years. One of the most active units is the InfoShare Academy, which trains programmers, and the InfoShare conference, which have been able to count on financial and organizational support for their projects for years. Olivia is also home to the Gdańsk Foundation for Management Development and theTalent Development Centre. The former helps to develop the managerial staff of corporations, being one of the leaders of MBA (Master of Business Administration) courses in northern Poland. The Talent Development Centre organises courses for young people and adults in the field of preparation for recruitment and entering the labour market. Last year, it organized 241 variants of workshops, which were attended by a total of over 4,000 participants. persons (978 adults and 3099 adolescents)

 

Surveys conducted among employees of all companies located in Olivia show that there is something else that they themselves value, and which for them is a big magnet motivating them to come to work. It is the comfort of work and the community they feel a part of. Numerous Events such as summer on the patio with live music, catering and accompanying events, or year-round projects, such as Olivia Yacht Club, photography club, football and volleyball sections, mountain biking, cross-country running or the possibility of yoga training in the Olivia Garden botanical garden are not available in any other office center in Poland.

 

“Our research shows that both employees and employers highly value the projects we initiate, which on the one hand integrate and affect job satisfaction, and on the other hand relieve employers of the need to organize them on their own. –Says Bogusław Wieczorek, Plenipotentiary of the Management Board of Olivia Centre. What’s more, the results of the research also show that a significant proportion of people who change jobs look for it among other Olivia companies, precisely because they do not want to deprive themselves of many everyday amenities. It is a great satisfaction for us and a confirmation that the direction we have chosen is conducive to the development and success of tenants.

 

Olivia Centre is preparing two more buildings

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

After announcing two new projects, Olivia Centre remains the most interesting mixed-use centre. According to the plans, one of Olivia’s next buildings is to be used as an office building, and the other as a residential building for long-term rental (PRS). The investor has just received a building permit for both buildings.

 

The obtained permit confirms the direction of development that Olivia has taken since its inception: a multifunctional centre, open to residents and tourists. The obtained permit is the next stage of the investment and does not mean that the construction will start automatically. Further market analyses will provide an answer as to when the project will be given the green light for implementation, although its shape is already known.

 

The new buildings will be built in the northern part of the centre and will reach a height of just over 50 metres, corresponding to the height of the last investment, Olivia Prime. The first residential building in Olivia, whose working name Olivia Nord is related to the fact that it will be the northernmost building of the centre, will provide the function of long-term institutional lease. This increasingly popular lease formula provides residents with the opportunity to occupy the premises for many years, but also to benefit from standardized service and additional services, which are not available in the case of private rent. On the other hand, the direct location next to the office center calms the traffic in the area and revitalizes the urban fabric for the benefit of the entire district.

 

On the 4th floor of the building with the working name Olivia Nord, a terrace will be arranged, which will serve as a public open space. It will be filled with numerous plants and places to rest. The building will offer 151 apartments of various sizes. The residential part will reach 17 storeys, while the second building will reach 15 storeys, offering 20,000 sqm2 office and service space. The difference in the number of floors is due to the different heights of the apartments, although the height of both buildings is the same. The award-winning Design Anatomy studio will be responsible for the interior design, whose portfolio includes the interior design of 32 and 34 floors of Olivia Centre, over 100,000m2 of offices and apartments in @Home and Olivia Home projects.

The design of the latest buildings is the responsibility of the international architectural studio Epstein, which in the world is implementing such facilities as the O’Hare International airport in Chicago, and in Poland Varso, Chmielna 89 or Mennica Legacy Tower. As Paweł Kochanek , a senior designer from the Epstein studio working on the Olivia Nord and Olivia Nowa project, describes: The building complex consists of two free-standing forms connected to each other by a podium. They are adjacent to a common atrium containing a public space with greenery arranged for public and service functions. The architectural form forms the culmination of the urban layout of the existing form of Olivia Centre on the north side. At the ground floor level, the entrances to the buildings are spatially connected by elements of a roof in the form of a “meander” stretching intermittently along the façade to their southern corner.

 

The introduction of the residential function to Olivia confirms its long-term policy of development towards a multifunctional facility, open to residents and their needs. In the existing buildings of the centre, there are already 12 restaurants, numerous service outlets, a bakery, a two-storey fitness centre, a pharmacy, two medical centres, and a publicly accessible exotic Olivia Garden, where 3.5 thousand PLN have been prepared for guests. plants reaching up to 11 meters in height, representing over 400 species and coming from 5 continents, as well as event and conference centers that can accommodate up to 1000 people in total. Olivia has won numerous awards and distinctions for the implementation of such directions of development, and the proof of its openness to tourists and residents is the award of the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship granted on the occasion of the International Tourism Day in 2020, as well as the laurels of the European Property Awards for Olivia Garden, called the “architectural Oscars” in the industry.

 

Olivia Centre is also a cultural and sports offer available to all interested. The number of events each month reaches several dozen concerts, classes and even theatrical performances staged on the highest stage in Poland.

 

In both buildings, the ground floors will provide further commercial premises, additionally expanding the range of services available in Olivia Centre. These types of mixed-use centres or facilities integrate many urban functions. In recent years, the concept of 15-minute cities has been particularly popular, and Olivia is becoming a regional determinant of this trend. Its premise is to meet most of your daily needs within a 15-minute walk. The result is the creation of lively and fashionable urban districts, which are the center of life of local communities.

 

– The development of Olivia with new buildings is based on the continued high level of demand for its space, and at the same time the development of new functions, which have been signalled by the market for a long time – emphasizes Maciej Kotarski, Director of the Commercialization Department at Olivia Centre. – The introduction of the residential function to our centre is also another important step in the development of Olivia as a fully multifunctional facility, living 24 hours a day. We are very much looking forward to introducing the residential function to Olivia. To numerous cafés, catering outlets and highly rated urban functions, we introduce residential premises in a form previously unavailable in the Tri-City – we provide a combination of comfortable living and working within one facility.

 

In the foreground, the Olivia Nord residential building. Behind it, there is the Olivia Nova office building. Both buildings are connected to each other by a common base.

 

 

 

Olivia Centre in Gdańsk is the largest and most modern mix-use centre in the Tri-City agglomeration and in Poland. Its area currently amounts to 175,000 m.kw, and ultimately it will significantly exceed 200,000 m.kw. The design of the entire centre was created by Konior&Partners and BJK Architects, as well as the designs of individual buildings. Olivia’s largest residents include Amazon, Bayer, Capgemini, Deloitte, Energa, EPAM, Fujifilm, Lyreco, Medicover, Nike, Nordea, PwC, Ricoh, Sii, thyssenkrupp.

In the spring of 2021. Olivia Business Centre has undergone the most restrictive analysis conducted by experts from the International Well Building Institute (IWBI) in New York. The safety of building users was checked, as well as solutions improving the quality of life in the business centre. Olivia received the maximum score of 25 out of 25 points. It achieved this result in 22 basic categories and in 3 new ones related to the innovations implemented in its area. This is the first such result in the world, which confirms that our buildings are among the world’s top business companies. A year later, in a re-verification, Olivia maintained the same level of certification, confirming its membership in the group of the safest, but also user-friendly workspaces.

At the same time, Olivia Centre is much more than buildings. Over 1500 business, educational, cultural and sports events take place here every year. A unique combination of services and amenities for residents, their employees and guests has been created on its premises, which consists of eight restaurants, 4 cafes, a professional two-storey fitness centre, a kindergarten for 100 children, a primary school, a high school, an IT academy, a medical centre, a dental centre, a pharmacy, 5 banks and 5 conference centres, O4 – one of the largest coworking spaces in Poland, but at the same time a vast patio filled with vegetation, fountains and places of relaxation. In the central point of Olivia there is a vast (almost 1000 m2), year-round tropical garden Olivia Garden, which is a regenerative space for residents – it reduces emotional and psychophysiological stress, rebuilds depleted attention resources, has a positive effect on the ability to take on everyday challenges related to professional work and also fosters good social relations, creating a space for meetings.

In July 2019, on the 32nd, 33rd and 34th floor of Olivia Star, the highest building in northern Polish, a project was launched, constituting a unique, additional offer attracting guests from all over the world to Olivia. On On the 32nd floor, a public viewing level has been opened, allowing a 360° view. for the whole Tri-City. It offers not only a stunning panorama of the Bay of Gdańsk, the Tri-City Landscape Park and the Gdynia cliff coast, but also originally designed interiors, catering and recreational facilities. On On the 33rd floor of the building, there are two prestigious restaurants: Arco and Treinta y Tres, run by Paco Pérez, one of the most successful chefs in the world, winner of the 5***** prestigious Michelin culinary guide. On On the 34th floor, at a height of 150 meters above the ground, a multifunctional event and conference centre has been created, located the highest in Poland, allowing for the organisation of events for up to 400 people, where concerts of the greatest Polish stars, theatre performances and business conferences are held. Olivia offers over 1600 parking spaces, a number of electric car charging points, points for storing and charging electric scooters, several hundred bicycle racks and large changing rooms with showers for cyclists in each of the 7 buildings.

IN the SEA of ART in Olivia Garden

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

The Polish Committee of the International Association for Education through Art InSEA and Olivia Centre cordially invite you to relax creatively and discover and develop your own talents. As the organizers of the event convince: thanks to workshops and inspiring meetings in Olivia Garden, everyone has a chance to become a captain efficiently navigating the sea of new opportunities.

 

Visit Olivia Garden on March 11, 2023 (8.00-11.00) to make yourself a gift of mindfulness and self-improvement among the vital, calming greenery. The meeting will be inspired by the colourful, multicultural children’s and youth exhibition “Always Green, Always Blue”, presenting works from 37 countries.

 

Here you can sign up for a workshop of your choice.

 

Dreams with a deadline, or how to learn to plan and achieve personal and professional (school) goals
Hours. 8.00-9.00

Hosted by: Małgorzata Stanasiuk-Mordalska

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Mindfulness in education
Hours. 9:00-10:00

Hosted by: Paulina Walkiewicz-Jasińska

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Choral workshops: music soothes morals
10:00-11:00

Host: Anna Emilia Kapka

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