Refleksje na temat przemyśleń Wojciecha Kalinowskiego dotyczących zespołów staromiejskich

• Autorzy: Rymaszewski B.

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On Reflection by Wojciech kalinowski about Old Town Complwxes

• Języki publikacji: PL

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Wojciech Kalinowski was a universally acclaimed expert on Old Town complexes and the author of numerous valuable publication, assessments and opinions dealing with this field. His characteristic features included a matter-of-fact attitude and realism. Upon a certain occasion, Prof. Kalinowski accused historians of art of being unable to decipher town planning plates. Nonetheless, in the primacy of competence as regards historical monuments and their complexes, he did not forejudge the correctness of either side, but accentuated the necessity of interdisciplinary undertakings. Prof. Kalinowski perceived "the right" to a leading role in the predisposition of character and specialist training, e. g. provided by the Historical Monuments and Conservation Stuties at the Mikoaj Kopernik University in Toruä, or a postgraduate course, i. a. at politechnic Departments of Architecture. His contribution to this domain was considerable. Known as the "Travelling Professor", due to his grrat activity and mobility, he was one of the main organisers of All-Polish reviews of Town Revalorisation, held in Rzesz˘w and Toruä. Involved in the protection of numerous Old Town complex, he was well acquainted with their unsatisfactory state, and polemized with the view, mistaken in his eyes, that it is necessary to focus only on saving the most valuable complexes as a result of insufficient funds which make it impossible to salvage everything. Prof. Kalinowski was also of the opinion that emphasis placed on the contradictions between the needs of a developing city and conservation postulates are exaggarated, and that instance requiring bilateral compromise are few. In his publications, he discussed assorted aspects of historical complexes in Toruä, Lublin, Cracow, Kazimierz Dolny, Pock, Warsaw and CiŠžkowice, devoting particularly considerable attention to plans for developing the mediaeval part of Radom, which he assessed as worthy of support. Despite handicaps following a serious illness, the Professor did not wish to merely profit from his past achievements and submerge himself in reminiscences;he did not resign from profsssional activity or presence in his milieu. Overcoming various difficulties, he continued to give interesting lectures. Among his publications, which included numerous valuable and highly evaluated works, either his own or co-written, the Professor regarded the monumental "Miasta historyczne. Odbudowa i konserwacja" [Historical Towns. Reconstruction and Conservation], which he edited, to be his opus magnum.

Słowa kluczowe

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architektura; urbanistyka

• Wydawca: Komitet Architektury i Urbanistyki PAN ; Politechnika Warszawska, Wydział Architektury
• Czasopismo: Kwartalnik Architektury i Urbanistyki
• Rocznik: 1998
• Tom: T. 43, z. 1-2
• Strony: 67--70
• Opis fizyczny: Przypisy poz. 17,

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Rymaszewski B.

• prac. Katedry Historii Architektury Politechniki Białostockiej