Historical versus modern
Subtitle: identity through imitation?
By: Barbara Engel (ed.) ; with Johannes Blechschmidt, Max Mütsch, Philine Schneider
Publisher: Jovis
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9783868594980
Subjects: Conservation and restoration; Retro (Style); Historicism in architecture; Historic buildings; Architecture and society; City planning; Collective memory and city planning; Lost architecture
Description: All around the world, new city districts are being realized that draw on historical typologies and form languages. In inner cities, new buildings in a historical style are increasingly replacing established existing buildings, in order to bring back long-lost historical ensembles or sought-after images. The phenomenon of retro districts is complex, with different motivations, constellations of involved parties and forms of expression. Apart from the reconstruction of lost buildings, historical structures are simply copied and placed in a completely new spatial and socio-cultural context. This publication examines the phenomenon of historicizing construction, based on 14 international case studies, including the Dom-Römer area in Frankfurt, the Elbing old town in Poland, Hallstatt in China, Poundbury in England, or the Old Town in Dubai. It presents the developmental history and status quo of the projects, as well as the socio-political backgrounds and the debates sparked by the conflicting interests of those involved. Renowned experts define key terminology in a glossary section, supplementing the book that has numerous plans and illustrations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Reconstruction after loss: recovering history. Central district Beirut: antique city of the future ; Elbing's old town: redesigning through retroversion ; Dom-Römer area Frankfurt: inventive recreations ; Quarter no 130 Irkutsk: rediscovering urban qualities; title: Copied spaces: imitation as an urban development principle. Anting new town and Thames Town: satellite cities as copies of cities ; Hallstatt: duplitecture in China; title: New old cities: an invented past. Datong: old town with a new design ; Haverlejj: postmodern historicism in the Netherlands ; Poundbury: neo-traditional model town ; Mercado district Tucson: returning to tradition ; The old town Dubai: an oriental setting; title: Transformation of history: between renewal and destruction. Skopje 2014: Macedonian antiquization ; Tarlabasi 360 Istanbul: illusion of history ; Corredor cultural Rio de Janeiro.