Tradition, loss and confusion : country as the image of the city - Poland after 1945
Author
Urbańska, Marta A.
Release date
2014
Place of publication
Kraków
Publisher
Wydawnictwo PK
Published in
Tradition and heritage in the contemporary image of the city : monograph. Vol. 2, Challenges and responses / edited by Tomasz Jeleński, Stanisław Juchnowicz, Ewelina Woźniak-Szpakiewicz
Pages
137-142
Language
English
ISBN
978-83-7242-797-7
Comments
30th Anniversary of the International Centre of Education
Keywords
Polish manor, tradition, loss, legal confusion, country, city
Abstract
This article was inspired by the photographic project, Underconstructed Houses, which was completed in 2008 by two artists, Associate Professors Agata Pankiewicz and Marcin Przybyłko (both of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.) Descriptions and commentary were made by the author of this essay. While the documentation of the project is still available at www.underconstructed.pl, the situation in the Polish countryside has slightly changed recently, in terms of forms tending towards tradition (albeit often misunderstood) and finishing with recently built or finished (in quite a shocking manner) houses. Still, the concrete, block-like constructions described are spread all over the country in a truly modern paradigm of progress. However, this article discusses further events – a bizarre symmetry of loss of tradition, still caused by bad, draconian laws, to put it mildly – both in the country and in the city.
PKT classification
640000 Architektura
Department
Faculty of Architecture
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