Art in the dome

Katowice City Hall has started a zł.13.7-million project to construct a dome on Rondo Generała Ziętka, which is a separate contract within the Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa (DTŚ - the Upper Silesian ring-road). Siedlce-based Polimex Mostostal SA is the constructor of the dome, and the project is scheduled for completion in September 2006, along with 2.3km section of Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa.

The City Hall has decided to give over 1,200 sqm within the quarter-sphere building to Katowice's Academy of Fine Arts (ASP). The dome will be situated in a central place and should be connected with culture, arts, and exhibitions." says Stanisław Marczyk, Katowice's proxy Mayor. The building will have four levels with the lowest being designated for technical equipment for the dome and a fountain located in another part of the roundabout, behind the tram rails. ASP will own the top floor and part of the second floor.

"There will be two galleries. In one of them we will presents our students' works and in the other work by well-known artists. We will also have a restaurant there," says Mirosław Rusecki, a spokesperson for ASP.