Selected problems of contemporary Polish sacral architecture

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Title: Selected problems of contemporary Polish sacral architecture
Author: Węcławowicz-Gyurkovich, Ewa
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: 59-65
Language: English
ISBN: 978-83-7242-797-7
Comments: 30th Anniversary of the International Centre of Education
Keywords: Polish contemporary church architecture, trend in contemporary architecture in Poland
Abstract: There is no other country in the word that manages to complete 2000 churches in the past 30 years. They were constructed in new housing estates – where the communist authorities thought that they were not needed. The following eruption of such constructions resulted from the need of the Catholic society – one that was unsatisfied for many years. On the other hand, the haste in construction was explained by the fear that “the thaw” as it was called, in the decisions of the communist regime, may be short and that the day must be seized. The highest intensity of construction of new temples occurred in the Eighties. Many Polish churches built during this time show Post-modern solutions, which appeared in Poland quite late, just in the 1980s, after the political changes. Post-modernism hinted at history, it quoted details, interpreting them freely, and transforming them. In Poland, this sentimentalism and nostalgia, turning towards the broadly understood tradition, lasted slightly longer than elsewhere. In the churches that were built in the 1980s, there prevails the traditional material brick or concrete. In those times, glass and steel technologies and high-tech details had not reached Poland yet. However, the great involvement of designers, builders, and of thousand of parishioners was essential. The latter were devoted to this work for free, building a church for themselves, their neighbors, and for the glory of God.
PKT classification: 640000 Architektura
Department: Faculty of Architecture
License: Licencja PK. Brak możliwości edycji i druku.
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