Definiowanie miasta i miejsca w wizjach architektonicznych. Rozważania na przykładzie Zakopanego i Manhattanu
Journal Title: Anthropos? - Year 2015, Vol 24, Issue 24
Abstract
The paper is an essay showing certain continuity in the process of defining the space of a city and a place. The authoress using examples of American Manhattan and Polish Zakopane, describes two different approaches present in architectural discourse and space design in the first three decades of the XXth century, which promoted defining anthropogenic space in opposition to the nature or as an answer to the challenges arising from the specificity of the geographic context. The visions of the future analysed here can be understood as narrations about ideal ways of the construction of space, not always they have resulted in building certain architectural objects, but they have influenced the imagination of the people of the epoch on the essence of the city and the place, on spaces of home, community and public one, on relations between human being, nature and technology. Historical examples compared to the contemporary visions of the future of cities, such as the concept of smart city (the city packed with sensors and ICT networks) and the concept of postcity (the city which resigns from the dominance of technology in the favor of the ecology and reflection on the role of human being in the urban ecosystem), show that still the nature (its lack or its coexistence) is the important point of reference for contemporary visions of the future, and the element that changes are means of expression, by which designers, architects and urbanists communicate with the public - the users of the urban space. Therefore, it is worth to study the visions which are one hundred years old in order to find their latent narration, having at the same time the consciousness how the visions and technologies evolve before - and if ever - they become reality.
Authors and Affiliations
Anna Maj
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP398374
- DOI -
- Views 67
- Downloads 0
Śląsk zaprojektowany. Jak Nowi Ślązacy budują współczesną tożsamość regionalną poprzez dizajn
This essay is an attempt to examine the phenomenon of semantic design inspired by Silesia's culture and heritage, which, in recent years, have been an important factor in shaping local identity. The essay's primary...
Polacy? Niemcy? O trudnej tożsamości rozbarczan słów kilka
Rozbark, today one of the districts of Bytom, in the past autonomous village, has a rich but difficult history. It was inhabited by both Polish and German people who were loyal to the prevailing authorities, whether it w...
U-chodzić. Pierwsze kroki
Universe reverberates with steps. Once steps fall silent, the world reaches its end. Beginning with this quotation from Vasilij Rozanov we try to investigate walking and its various modalities which constitute also modal...
Na uboczu. Powrót do oikologii
"Return to oikology" is our imperative that tells us what we are obligated to do with home in times of homelessness, migration, and travelling. The domestic thinking can lead us to extension our thought of home and empla...
Tożsamość miejsca
In the last two decades the theatre in Poland is interested in constructing narrative identity, in creating stories of people and places, which are usually an alternative to the official history. On one hand, it is conne...