Phenomenon of time in architecture ФЕНОМЕН ВРЕМЕНИ В АРХИТЕКТУРЕ
Physical concepts of time in relation to historical and modern architecture are considered in the article. A number of tendencies in the evolution of architectural phenomena and methods of restoration of historical monuments are criticized. Attention to formation of new paradigms associated with ide...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English Russian |
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Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU)
2013
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/1ca275ae0d914e2cbcc305b9a29208b9 |
| Summary: | Physical concepts of time in relation to historical and modern architecture are considered in the article. A number of tendencies in the evolution of architectural phenomena and methods of restoration of historical monuments are criticized. Attention to formation of new paradigms associated with identification of the physical status of time is driven.Comparison of the historic and the present-day information has proven the synchronism of existence of spontaneous and organized beginnings in the creation of the architectural environment, especially now when the government loses control over urban planning programmes that are managed by the private capital.There is an opposition between a traditional vision of an urban environment as the systems of historically stable images and conservative comfortable representations, on the one hand, and actions aimed at sanitation, improvement of public services and transportation networks, on the other hand.An unsuccessful experiment involving the design of Gasprom headquarters in St.Petersburg is a lesson of admissibility. New buildings should not suppress the environment.In the past, architecture appealed to feelings of monumentalism, stability, while present-day fast-to-build structures often look like fake products. Ancient buildings grow old beautifully. Present-day new buildings don’t grow old, their destruction is accompanied by formation of a heap of garbage composed of bent metal stripes, fragments of broken glass and plastic that never loses its bright colors.The problem of preservation of a family of wooden monuments in the Russian North is particularly relevant, as no actions can extend the life span of a wooden structure beyond 300 years. The architectural monuments of the Kizhi island are on the verge of destruction.The pulsation of technological and artistic fundamentals as catalysts boosting new architectural directions has the vector of development focused only onto the future and fixed by the anisotropy of time. Nothing confirms the thesis that «anything new ... |
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