@article{4c74b3d3-ce06-45b5-9ac1-7d50815e51ff, author = {Wojciech Jan Chmielewski}, title = {Recreation – contemplation}, journal = {Housing Environment}, volume = {2016}, number = {16/2016}, year = {2016}, issn = {1731-2442}, pages = {66-73},keywords = {Hotel; recreation}, abstract = {Self-preservation instinct of a contemporary human being, an increasing scarcity of natural resources as well as rapid urbanisation of our globe in recent decades have led to individual reactions which result in “invisible investments” in the field of individual, almost intimate, leisure. The tendency to build modern and unique buildings, or even sublime structures within natural landscapes is not a new phenomenon. Probably, the idea was first published by a person who was not even an architect, an american writer Truman Capote, in his famous novel The Grass Harp (1951) which, in reality, is a manifest of personal freedom, freedom of opinion and untouchable, delicate personal zone of human emotions. In America, it inspired many people to start a new fashion of building “tree houses”. The need came back in the recent years in a little bit different form – building structures designed for individual leisure, recreation and contemplation of the most beautiful places on Earth.}, doi = {}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/srodowisko-mieszkaniowe/article/recreation-contemplation} }