The political and economic changes in recent years in Poland have resulted in a rapid development of metropolies, but also in the polarization of the society, which has been reflected in architecture. The phenomenon of gated communities has emerged, that is, groups of high-standard dwellings equipped with gates, security guards and security equipment. In Warsaw alone there are currently more than 400 gated communities. The main drives behind the spread of gated communities are the need to feel safe, prestige, and fashion that seems to sprawl at a fast pace. The phenomenon of gated communities has diverse consequences, in both the social and urban context. The process of gating large areas within the urban membrane leads to its dismembering and degradation. Other negative effects include district homogenisation, formalization of social relations, elimination of neighbourly relations, immobilisation of the public life and social segregation. Perphaps the way to ensure, on the one hand, accessibility, and, on the other, the perception of safety for the city dwellers would be to provide them with other choices of new type of dwellings, such as temporary closed residence, or "secured by design" habitation, which can become an alternative to pure-play gating.
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