Metropolitan

• Autorzy: Kłosiewicz L.

Warianty tytułu

EN

The Metropolitan building

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

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59 years after the total devastation of Warsaw the reconstruction of the city is still being continued, and much remains to be done. A considerable part of the capital., the Old Town and the Royal Route had been raised from ruin already during the first post-war decade. The discussed conception of reconstruction, however, has already become part of a different era and manner of comprehending architecture than the one represented by the generation of builders of Warsaw in 1945-1970. The Metropolitan building raised in recent years on the northern side of the Marszałek Józef Piłsudski Square is an example of a new venture and approach to the reconstruction of the historical city. How are we to assess the Metropolitan today, without prejudice and excessive hopes? It is necessary to take into consideration several fundamental issues, the first being localisation. The next important problem concerns the relation of the form of the Metropolitan towards the architecture in its immediate surrounding. If the original premises stemming from conservation directives were to entail a harmonious reference to the ambience of the site, then the measures applied by Norman Foster proved insufficient for attaining this goal. It would be difficult to attain a composition harmonising with an architecture of a different, although excellent origin, by applying those principles, together with their characteristic consistency, unless one opts for a pastiche. Within the limits of the accepted convention the building designed by Foster displays consistency and perfection.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

architektura

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architecture

• Wydawca: Komitet Architektury i Urbanistyki PAN ; Politechnika Warszawska, Wydział Architektury
• Czasopismo: Kwartalnik Architektury i Urbanistyki
• Rocznik: 2002
• Tom: T. 47, z. 1
• Strony: 81--85
• Opis fizyczny: fot.

Twórcy

autor

Kłosiewicz L.