Dylematy rewaloryzacji czyli fasady narodowe

• Authors: Błaszczyk Zygmunt

Title variants

EN

DILEMMAS OF REVALORIZATION, OR NATIONAL FACADES

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

The article by Kazimierz Głowacki concerning Piotrkow Trybunalski was published in no 2 of "Ochrona Zabytkow" (1990), preceded by the editors' call for participation in a discussion. The publication presents two contradictory, in the author's opinion, views as regards the essence of the value and revalorization of the Old Town in Piotrkow. The divergent nature of those opinions can be presented in a slightly simplified way as follows: regarding the valorization of the construction, the author maintains that the nineteenth century was a period of obliteration of the town's historical part due to the expansion of inexpensive and mass scale buildings. His antagonists claim that nineteenth-century architecture is worthy of retention and protection. In the domain of extra-material merits, the author declares that the town played an exceptional role in history, and constitutes a unique urban centre on a national scale, while his opponents do not perceive any of those features. In connection with the methods of subsequent activity, the author proposes to become acquainted with the existing structures and then to select, excavate and reconstrue the most valuable edifices, transformed by nineteenth century architects. Finally, in discussing the effects, the author states that without losing any of its historical strata, the town will gain links of architectural development, essential for its identity, while his antagonists claim that the absence of scientific research or its neglect will be more harmful than profitable, and, therefore, it w ould be best not to embark upon any such undertakings. The arguments, as can be seen, were presented clearly. The prime motive of the publication is to examine the general purpose of revalorization, and especially the premises for its formulation. The article by K. Głowacki is an example of a constricted comprehension of conservation problems connected with the Old Town in Piotrkow, similar to the attitude of which he accuses representatives of different views. The vision of the ultimate form of the town is created by the author mainly upon the basis of archive material, without subjecting them to indispensable critique. On the other hand, K. Głowacki does not polemicise with facts which obstruct the realization of his ideas. The continuum of the spatial development of Piotrkow was interrupted during the outbreak of World War I. Subsequently, the town declined to the rank of a provincial centre. The expansion which took place in the course of the last four decades brought new urban planning solutions, different as regards their scale and programme premises, which totally abandoned centunes-old tradition and caused a certain disturbance in the spatial order. The results of the structural and system-like destruction of the material foundations for the retention of the Old Town buildings and the influence of rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions upon the technical state of the town constitute the prime problems faced by the Old Town in Piotrkow.

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1991
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 296-300

Dates

published

1991

Contributors

author

Błaszczyk Zygmunt

• Wojewódzki Konserwator Zabytków w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim

Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247