v ag ances , ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁functional ism ▁( ser ving ▁for ▁a ▁purpose ) ▁was ▁encourag ed ▁by ▁W ład ys ław ▁G om u ł ka . ▁Pref ab ric ation ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁construct ▁tower ▁blocks ▁or ▁pl atten bau ▁in ▁an ▁efficient ▁and ▁order ly ▁manner . ▁A ▁great ▁influence ▁on ▁this ▁type ▁of ▁architecture ▁was ▁Swiss - F rench ▁architect ▁and ▁designer ▁Le ▁Cor bus ier . ▁Mass - p ref ab ric ated ▁multi - family ▁resident ial ▁a partment ▁blocks ▁began ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁Poland ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁their ▁construction ▁continued ▁until ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁although ▁the ▁first ▁examples ▁of ▁multi - d well ing ▁units ▁in ▁Poland ▁date ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁The ▁aim ▁was ▁to ▁quickly ▁urban ize ▁rural ▁areas , ▁create ▁space ▁between ▁individual ▁blocks ▁for ▁green ▁spaces ▁and ▁res ett le ▁people ▁from ▁dens ely - pop ulated ▁poor er ▁districts ▁to ▁increase ▁living ▁conditions . ▁The ▁a partment ▁blocks ▁in ▁Poland , ▁commonly ▁known ▁as ▁blo ki , ▁were ▁built ▁on ▁East ▁German ▁and ▁Czech oslov ak ▁standards , ▁alongside ▁department ▁stores , ▁pav il ions ▁and ▁public ▁spaces . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁ 4 4 % ▁of ▁Pol es ▁res ide ▁in ▁blocks ▁built ▁between ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁Some ▁ground