Mariusz Sokolowicz, Aleksandra Nowakowska, Blazej Ciarkowski

The Ambiguous Legacy of Socialist Modernist Architecture in Central and Eastern Europe (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the unique socialist-modernist architecture built in the 20th century in Central and Eastern Europe, as a source of heritage and of existing and potential value for present and future generations. It focuses particularly on concrete heritage, as this material enabled rebuilding and modernization after World War II.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000875515
• Artikelnr.: 67650144

Autorenporträt

Mariusz E. Sokolowicz is a scholar and urban activist, a Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz (Poland), and is the Chair of the Department of Regional Economics and Environment. He specializes in urban and regional studies, institutional economics, place marketing and economics of proximity. For several years, he worked as a real estate manager and advisor, as well as a local government official responsible for the town centre revitalization project.

Aleksandra Nowakowska is a Professor at the University of Lodz (Poland) in the Department of Regional Economics and Environmental Protection and Head of the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies and Planning. Her main areas of scientific interest are development and local policy, innovative methods and tools for managing the development of cities, smart city and development strategies of cities and regions.

Blazej Ciarkowski is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Art History, University of Lodz (Poland). He is the leader of the research team in the international project "InnovaConcrete - Innovative Materials and Techniques for the Conservation of 20th Century Concrete-based Heritage." His research interests focus on modernist architecture, mutual relations between architecture and politics and preservation and conservation of modernist architecture.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Modernism, socialism and concrete in CEE countries: A
controversial heritage Modernism in architecture - Universal genesis vs CEE
uniqueness Socialist modernism in architecture as part of the modernization
policy in CEE countries Concrete in post-war architecture: New
possibilities for a new society Soc-modernism architecture after socialism:
The problem of dissonant heritage 2 The interdisciplinary character of
heritage value The concept of value in philosophy and economic thought
Value in the theory of monuments Architectural heritage as an urban common
good Architectural heritage as a territorial capital Heritage surroundings
and its value from the societal and spatial order perspective 3 Towards a
methodology of valuating ambiguous heritage The review of research on
valuating soc-modernist architecture Ambiguous heritage and architecture
The classification of heritage valuation methods Cost-benefit analysis as a
response to the complexity of heritage development Warsaw Ochota railway
station, Poland - Valuating soc-modernism in the daily life 4 The
protection of ambiguous legacy in CEE countries: Case studies The railway
station in Katowice, Poland - From destruction to value discourse
Historical background and evolution of object's functions Dominant value
and impact of the surroundings Socio-economic embeddedness and local
uniqueness The Buzludzha Monument, Bulgaria - The struggle of soc-modernism
heritage with nature and political controversies Historical background and
evolution of object's functions Dominant value and impact of the
surroundings Socio-economic embeddedness and local uniqueness Central post
office in Skopje - The memory of the socialist reconstruction in the
process of oblivion Historical background and evolution of object's
functions Dominant value and impact of the surroundings Socio-economic
embeddedness and local uniqueness Palace of concerts and sports in Vilnius,
Lithuania - Sports utility vs difficult history and dissonant heritage
Historical background and evolution of object's functions Dominant value
and impact of the surroundings Socio-economic embeddedness and local
uniqueness Republic Square in Ljubljana, Slovenia - The beginnings of
statehood and every day of the capital's civic life Historical background
and evolution of object's functions Dominant value and impact of the
surroundings Socio-economic embeddedness and local uniqueness Summary
References Index