The Manufaktura is an arts center, shopping mall, and leisure complex in Lodz, Poland. It occupies the space between Zachodnia, Ogrodowa, Drewnowska, and Karskiego Streets. Your time and a right frame of mind are of highest importance to us. At the Information Desk, you will receive all the necessary information about Manufaktura. For your convenience, the Centre has been clearly marked, so you will easily find the place you are looking for. The details concerning shops, attractions and events have been included in information brochures.
Our customers can park their cars in one of the car parks - we offer as many as three thousand free parking places.
We are glad to welcome whole families! Mothers with children may use family rooms, where, in a friendly atmosphere and without any rush or stress, they can change their babies, buy disposable nappies and infant food jars in special vending machines. Moreover, we have not forgotten about feeding chairs and children toilets. Children can also play on colorful and full of attractions playgrounds.
Key tenants: Adidas, badura, CCC, Centro, Chantelle.
Entertainment zone: STRATOSFERA, Cinema City, Jazda!Park, Arena Laser Games, Experymentarium, Bowling.
Manufaktura is located in the center of the city. It has access from all four sides, from the streets Ogrodowa, karskiego, Drewnowska, Zachodnia.
The revival was aimed at preserving the place’s ancient atmosphere, and, therefore, the Manufaktura is now dominated by genuine industrial architecture, with unplastered red brick buildings. The complex’s trademark is the old, five-storey spinning mill in Ogrodowa Street, built between 1877 and 1878 (which explains the name of the complex). In 2009, a four-star Andel’s hotel opened there. All the other buildings of the complex keep a similar style but are of a lesser size. The exception to this is the main shopping hall, which is a brand-new structure made of glass and steel. It is lower than the surrounding brick buildings, and therefore, it cannot be seen from the outside.
One of the entrances to the Manufaktura complex leads through the ancient, triumphal arch-like gate of the old spinning mill. The whole complex, with its concept of mixing the old and the new, was designed by the British firm Virgile & Stone from London, in collaboration with the French architecture firm Sud Architectes from Lyon. The original industrial buildings were designed by the famous Lodz architect Hilary Majewski in 1872.
The mall was opened on May 17, 2006.
