Railway station in Rzeszow – social impact building, building material structure survey

In the body of the article, as a preliminary issue, aspects from the history of the construction of the railroad station in Rzeszow were discussed. The main purpose of the research was to determine the structural characteristics of the materials used in the construction of the railway station along with their selection, use in the construction of the building and their sensory perception. In the course of the research, the chemical and crystalline composition of the sampled stones was determined. Also the origin of the building material was considered in the context of selected facilities of the Charles Ludwig Galician Railway, and the metrics of the building material were interpreted in terms of existing inscriptions/mercs. The realization of the intended objectives caused the selection of research methods. A synthetic analysis of the impact of designed architectural solutions of railway stations on the perception of travelers was carried out. To realize the research tasks, literature analysis was carried out along with an attempt to use specialized research equipment to determine the properties of the stone material used in the construction of the Main Railway Station. The choice of research methods resulted form the specifics of the subject under study.