Urbanity. A House as an Infill in the Public Space
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Publication date: 05.2020
Housing Environment, 2019, 29/2019, pp. 34 - 42
https://doi.org/10.4467/25438700SM.19.039.11670Authors
Urbanity. A House as an Infill in the Public Space
The word house describes both a home and a building. Both roles are important in the public sphere. Both build the character of urban space.
Not only function but also the form of the built environment effectuate what we call urbanity. Contemporary development processes redefine the notion of what is urban as the needs of society change. And such differences in the comprehension of the urbanity notion, build the core of the article.
Aldo Rossi, in an iconic book, The Architecture of the City, decidedly redefined the notions of continuity or sustainability with reference to the role of the buildings as objects in the city space. His stance, very personal but also grounded in theory, builds the starting point for an analysis of single buildings and their place in urban continuum, concerning research on a 19.-century post-industrial city (with examples from Lodz in Poland and other European cities with different development characteristics). The research base on the analysis of town quarters and their role in the creation of the urban space character. It also contains elements of building architecture and social roles analysis. In conclusion, it is possible to state that even if existing differences in the development of society nowadays are profound, the role of the buildings in the city structure and urbanity is quite unchanging.
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Information: Housing Environment, 2019, 29/2019, pp. 34 - 42
Article type: Original article
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Urbanity. A House as an Infill in the Public Space
Miejskość. Dom jako element wypełnienia przestrzeni publicznej
Instytut Architektury i Urbanistyki, Wydział Budownictwa, Architektury i Inżynierii Środowiska, Politechnika Łódzka
Published at: 05.2020
Article status: Open
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