scholarly journals Architecture as palimpsest : a strategy of intermediacy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Leng Tran
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Art Museum ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
New Work ◽  
Historic Building ◽  
Original Intent ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
Evolving Context ◽  
The City

In much of historic preservation work, artefacts are primarily seen as documents of their time and bearing little relevance to how we design buildings and cities today. Consequently, architectural interventions separate the old and new work, unintentionally distancing historic buildings from their evolving context. There are layers of inspiration embedded within an existing site that can enrich architectural creations. The history of architecture is the story of built forms that have been altered and re-created to make space for the continuation of life. This thesis seeks an archtictural strategy that not only complements but also challenges and reveals the history and material character of the original intent, in order to create greater meaning for the historic building. As a hypothesis, the thesis project presents a schema for the conversion of century old public school in the City of Toronto into a contemporary art museum that demonstrates this strategy, arguing that engaging with the existing work can lead to new insights and meanings.

scholarly journals Architecture as palimpsest : a strategy of intermediacy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Leng Tran
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Art Museum ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
New Work ◽  
Historic Building ◽  
Original Intent ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
Evolving Context ◽  
The City

In much of historic preservation work, artefacts are primarily seen as documents of their time and bearing little relevance to how we design buildings and cities today. Consequently, architectural interventions separate the old and new work, unintentionally distancing historic buildings from their evolving context. There are layers of inspiration embedded within an existing site that can enrich architectural creations. The history of architecture is the story of built forms that have been altered and re-created to make space for the continuation of life. This thesis seeks an archtictural strategy that not only complements but also challenges and reveals the history and material character of the original intent, in order to create greater meaning for the historic building. As a hypothesis, the thesis project presents a schema for the conversion of century old public school in the City of Toronto into a contemporary art museum that demonstrates this strategy, arguing that engaging with the existing work can lead to new insights and meanings.

scholarly journals O desenho digital e as paisagens patrimoniais. Convento da Madre Deus de Monchique, no Porto

CEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 57-74
Author(s):  
Tiago Trindade Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Urban Research ◽  
Urban Structures ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
New Research ◽  
The City ◽  
Historical Periods

This article is part of a broader reflection on the digital drawing and new research metho‑ dologies in the History of Architecture. Aiming to reflect on the concept of Heritage Landscape, it starts from the old monastic structure of Monchique, in the city of Porto, as an experimental labora‑ tory for architectural and urban research. It is known that digital technology makes it possible to reconstruct elements from other eras, whose time has transformed or disappeared. In this context, and using digital drawing, the recognition of the built heritage and urban structures is sought through a synchronic and diachronic interpretation, attentive to the different historical periods and their specificities.

scholarly journals It’s All in the Reading

Arts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Déirdre Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Book Production ◽  
Art Practice ◽  
The Arts ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City

It seems inherent in the nature of contemporary artist’s book production to continue to question the context for the genre in contemporary art practice, notwithstanding the medium’s potential for dissemination via mass production and an unquestionable advantage of portability for distribution. Artists, curators and editors operating in this sector look to create contexts for books in a variety of imaginative ways, through exhibition, commission, installations, performance and, of course as documentation. Broadening the discussion of the idea of the book within contemporary art practice, this paper examines the presence and role of book works within the context of the art biennale, in particular the Venice Art Biennale of which the 58th iteration (2019) is entitled ‘May You Live In Interesting Times’ and curated by Ralph Rugoff, with an overview of the independent International cultural offerings and the function of the ‘Book Pavilion’. Venetian museums and institutions continue to present vibrant diverse works within the arena of large-scale exhibitions, recognising the position that the book occupies in the history of the city. This year, the appearance for the first time, of ‘Book Biennale’, opens up a new and interesting dialogue, taking the measure of how the book is being promoted and its particular function for visual communication within the arts in Venice and beyond.

scholarly journals A N-D VIRTUAL NOTEBOOK ABOUT THE BASILICA OF S. AMBROGIO IN MILAN: INFORMATION MODELING FOR THE COMMUNICATION OF HISTORICAL PHASES SUBTRACTION PROCESS

2017 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W5 ◽  
pp. 653-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Stanga ◽  
C. Spinelli ◽  
R. Brumana ◽  
D. Oreni ◽  
R. Valente ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
Digital Documentation ◽  
The City

This essay describes the combination of 3D solutions and software techniques with traditional studies and researches in order to achieve an integrated digital documentation between performed surveys, collected data, and historical research. The approach of this study is based on the comparison of survey data with historical research, and interpretations deduced from a data cross-check between the two mentioned sources. The case study is the Basilica of S. Ambrogio in Milan, one of the greatest monuments in the city, a pillar of the Christianity and of the History of Architecture. It is characterized by a complex stratification of phases of restoration and transformation. Rediscovering the great richness of the traditional architectural notebook, which collected surveys and data, this research aims to realize a virtual notebook, based on a 3D model that supports the dissemination of the collected information. It can potentially be understandable and accessible by anyone through the development of a mobile app. The 3D model was used to explore the different historical phases, starting from the recent layers to the oldest ones, through a virtual subtraction process, following the methods of Archaeology of Architecture. Its components can be imported into parametric software and recognized both in their morphological and typological aspects. It is based on the concept of LoD and ReverseLoD in order to fit the accuracy required by each step of the research.

scholarly journals Interview with Art Historian Chris van Uffelen

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Burganova ◽  
Chris Uffelen
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Personal Space ◽  
Professional Support ◽  
Modern Cities ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
The City

We are pleased to present an interview with an outstanding writer, urbanist and architectural historian, Chris van Uffelen, the author of a number of books on the history and theory of architecture. The space of the city in all its manifestations - from the history of architecture to the analysis of global street navigation, from current problems of adapting the urban environment to a man’s personal space to the aggressive or positive impact of a person on a megapolis, is the sphere of his professional interests. Chris van Uffelen is distinguished by his broadmindedness and takes an active position in the field of a professional and public conversation about architecture. His articles are presented in authoritative publications on architecture. He is an encyclopedist professionally analyzing both the architecture of the Middle Ages and the space of modern cities. Editor-in-chief Maria Burganova talks with Chris van Uffelen about architecture - its purpose, its past, and the future. The topics that concern many of us today - the change in architectural and cultural space, a person who influences a city, and a city that changes a person, are reflected in this conversation. We thank Sophia Romanova for professional support and assistance in arranging the interview with Chris van Uffelen.

scholarly journals Scientific Conference in Memory of Gyula Hajnóczi •

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
János Krähling
Keyword(s):  
Hungarian Academy ◽  
100Th Anniversary ◽  
Scientific Conference ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Standing Committee ◽  
Historic Building ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The Department of History of Architecture and Monument Preservation of the Faculty of Architecture of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and the Standing Committee on the History and Theory of Architecture and Monument Preservation of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences organized an online scientific conference on 12th November 2020, in memory of Gyula Hajnóczi, a recognized and highly respected professor of the department of architecture on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, entitled “Scientific Conference in Memory of Gyula Hajnóczi (Conference of Architectural Historians and Historic Building Researchers III)”. This paper intends to introduce this special issue of the journal with the summary of the conference.A Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem Építészmérnöki Kar Építészettörténeti és Műemléki Tanszéke, a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Építészettörténeti, Építészetelméleti és Műemléki Állandó Bizottsága részvételével Hajnóczi Gyula, a tanszék ismert, elismert és nagy tekintélyű egykori professzora tiszteletére, születésének 100. évfordulója alkalmából „Tudományos Konferencia Hajnóczi Gyula Emlékére (Építészettörténészek és Műemlékkutatók Konferenciája III.)” címmel 2020. november 12-én online tudományos konferenciát szervezett. Az írás röviden bevezeti e folyóirat különszámát.

scholarly journals In the name of housing

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-29
Author(s):  
Sameep Padora
Keyword(s):  
Ordinary People ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Built Form ◽  
Specific Manner ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
Collective Housing ◽  
The City ◽  
Architectural Unit

In his 1925 book Groszstadtbauten, Ludwig Hilberseimertalks about the relation of city form to that of the smallest single architectural unit; a room within a house. This commentary is validated by the fact that the residential fabric of any city comprises most of that city’s built form. For most people, this means the form of housing. This essay focuses on the history of architecture relating to housing in the city of Mumbai. The tie between Mumbai’s form and its inhabitation. Looking specifically at the architectural form of these projects, they become instructive both through the breadth of their variations, as well as the depth of their spatial and formal engagements. Building on the history of housing in Mumbai since the early-nineteenth century the essay presents a typology of housing inhabited by ordinary people and their immediate spatial ecologies which facilitate a specific manner of compressed living. These types are commentaries on technology, lifestyle, and culture are all situated within the particularities of their respective time. Nevertheless, these unique armatures still seem to gravitate around certain emergent commonalities that could provide an armature for the design of collective housing models in the future.

A Reconsideration of the Equitable Building in New York

1990 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally A. Kitt Chappell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
The City

Conventional opinion has held that the Equitable Building (1912-1915) at 120 South Broadway in New York was the embodiment of all that was wrong with skyscrapers, and that it was thus a major cause of the 1916 zoning ordinance which restricted the height, size, and arrangement of buildings in the city. A closer look at the evidence reveals that a blueprint for the zoning regulation was complete in 1913 when the Equitable had just been begun. In the clash of conflicting ideologies surrounding the zoning movement, the Equitable was more a convenient symbol, a handy scapegoat in the heat of contemporary rhetoric, than a principal cause of the new ordinance. The earlier misjudgment has obscured the building's place in two other areas in the history of architecture: elevator engineering, and the adaptation of management techniques to building construction.

scholarly journals Babilónia superlotada: representações de Lisboa na obra de Luísa Dacosta / Overcrowded Babylon: Representations of Lisbon in the Work of Luísa Dacosta

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (62) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
João Cunha Borges
Keyword(s):  
Urban Growth ◽  
Urban History ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
The City

Resumo: Este artigo estabelece paralelos entre textos da escritora portuguesa Luísa Dacosta (1927-2015) e a cidade de Lisboa, onde residiu nas décadas de 1940 e 1950. Tendo a escrita de Luísa sido notada pelo seu pendor autobiográfico e pela sua ligação com géneros literários como a crónica e o diário, identificam-se apontamentos verosímeis para a observação dum período fundamental no crescimento da capital portuguesa, então marcada por processos de urbanização planeada e transformadora. Assim, este artigo confronta textos de Luísa Dacosta com a história do urbanismo português, e particularmente da região de Lisboa. Do confronto entre a literatura e a história urbana obtem-se um retrato físico, mas também humano, da cidade como a escritora a conheceu e percepcionou, encontrando directrizes gerais sobre como a história da arquitectura e do urbanismo podem usar a literatura para compreender as implicações da transformação do espaço vivido.Palavras-chave: Luísa Dacosta; Lisboa; planos de urbanização; crescimento urbano; arquitectura.Abstract: This paper establishes parallels between texts by Portuguese writer Luísa Dacosta (1927-2015) and the city of Lisbon, where she resided in the 1940s and 1950s. Having Dacosta’s writings been noticed for their autobiographical nature and connection with literary genres like chronicle and diary, reliable observations can be identified with respect to a fundamental time for growth of the Portuguese capital, then marked by processes of planned and transformative urbanization. Thus, this paper confronts Luísa Dacosta’s writings with the history of Portuguese planning, particularly in Lisbon. From the confrontation between literature and urban history, a physical and human portrait of the city as the writer knew it is sought after, while finding some general guidelines on how the history of architecture and urbanism may learn from literature the implications of transforming inhabited space.Keywords: Luísa Dacosta; Lisbon; urbanization plans; urban growth; architecture.

scholarly journals Przekształcenia gdańskich obiektów zabytkowych w pierwszej połowie XIX w. w kontekście rodzącej się myśli konserwatorskiej

Porta Aurea ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 62-93
Author(s):  
Magdalena Staręga
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Historic Sites ◽  
Significant Aspect ◽  
Historic Structures ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City ◽  
Substantial Change

The article discusses modifications in antique structures of Gdańsk in the first half of the 19th century. The exact time frame for the phenomenon explored is marked by the seizure of the city by the Kingdom of Prussia as a result of the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, and the early 1860s. It was a highly difficult period in the history of Gdańsk. Terrible economic situation resulted in an extremely small number of new, important architectonic projects being implemented. Instead, the authorities began adapting old buildings to new needs, often not without significant alterations. Other major modifications to historic structures were introduced in the course of repairs and reconstructions of deteriorated and war-damaged buildings. The first half of the 19th century is a time which saw a substantial change in the perception of historic sites and their value. The article highlights the occurrence of this process in Gdańsk. Reconstructions involving classicist stylistic forms, which gave way to the coexistence of old and new formal marks, as well as later ones, introduced in the course of regothicisation, characterised by aiming at stylistic cohesion are examined. The modifications extended to many of Gdańsk’s most important historic buildings. Architects such as Karl Friedrich Schinkel or Friedrich August Stüler were involved in the discussed process. The number and extent of undertaken redevelopments indicates that they constitute a significant aspect of the 19th-century Gdańsk architecture.

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