Polish Modernism’s Essentialist ClaimThe Hansens and Open Form Architecture

This paper traces the continuities between the post-war Polish husband-and-wife architect duo of Oskar and Zofia Hansen, and their predecessors from the interwar avant-garde, the husband-and-wife artist duo of painter Władysław Strzemiński and sculptor Katarzyna Kobro. It argues that the Hansens’ Open Form (1958) approach extended the essentialism of Strzemiński and Kobro’s theory of Unism (1924) to advance a modern architecture. This paper analyzes the design for a memorial at Auschwitz-Birkenau that the Hansens worked on as part of a team for an international competition, called the Road (1958), as the crystallization of Unism’s influence on the theory of the Open Form. The post Polish Modernism’s Essentialist Claim<br>The Hansens and Open Form Architecture appeared first on Architektúra & Urbanizmus - JOURNAL.

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Care – Architecture – Feminism

Liberated Space:Care – Architecture – Feminism121 September 2023 – 28 April 2024Bratislava City Gallery Curator: Petra HlaváčkováCurator of artistic interventions: Nicole SabellaGraphic design: Alina MatějováExhibition architecture: Janica Šipulová (Co

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Preservation Issues of Architecture from the Second Half of the Twentieth Century

Late Modernist architectural works are confronted with an ambivalent situation between heritage acknowledgement and physical destruction. The text aims to explain the growing interest in their protection as a natural evolution of monument preservation, ye

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Architecture and Czech Politics after 1989

The post Architecture and Czech Politics after 1989 appeared first on Architektúra & Urbanizmus - JOURNAL.

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Novinka s galériou

T he term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work

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The Role of Open Spaces in Restructuring the Cerak Vinogradi Housing Estate in Belgrade

The paper’s subject examines the role of open spaces in restructuring the Cerak Vinogradi housing estate, planned and built in Belgrade in period 1977-1985. The paper provides a historical comparative analysis with an overview of spatial processes on the

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