THE ISSUE OF TRANSIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE AND THE PROBLEMS OF CONSERVATION PROTECTION IN THE SELECTED MODERNIST BUILDINGS
Journal Title: Structure and Environment - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
The issue of permanence and transience in architecture has intrigued both the theorists and the practitioners dealing with the creation of buildings since antiquity. We construct buildings assuming their durability and long life. We give them the sense of timelessness. In point of fact, architecture undergoes permanent transformations which embrace both its significance and material dimension. Once built, architecture gradually loses its material value. It also ages in the moral sense, as the expectations towards the buildings constructed years ago change with time and are not met today. The assessment of the value of an architectural object is frequently the basis for the decisions concerning its survival, conversion or demolition. The article presents two cases, a negative one, where a building of unique architectural value was demolished, and a positive one, in which a structure intended for demolition was registered as an object of cultural heritage and protected by conservation due to an initiative of community and civic groups.
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Lucjan Kamionka
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- DOI 10.30540/sae-2018-004
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