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THE ENDANGERED CITIES OF UKRAINE: A CHALLENGE TO THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HERITAGE
Get PDFIn June 2022, UNESCO General Director, Audrey Azoulay warned that relentless attacks on Ukrainian cultural sites must cease. Yet, those have only further intensified since and as of early November 2022, according to the count made by her organization, 212 cultural sites had been totally or partially destroyed in Ukraine, among which 92 religious sites and 94 landmark buildings, monuments or historical sites, but also 16 museums and 10 libraries. To an organization founded in 1945 upon the rubble of WWII and whose mission notably consists in protecting world tangible and intangible heritage, the return of war in Europe represents a major challenge.
PLASTIC FURNITURE IN POST-WAR BELGIUM: The Case of Meurop (1958-1980)
Get PDFThis paper discusses the production of plastic furniture in post-war Belgium. Plastics were commonly used to imitate wood in order to mass-produce traditional furniture in popular styles. This provoked strong reactions from the traditional furniture industry protecting their trade, and from modernists, who rejected the “dishonest” use of materials. The Meurop company was established in 1958 with a policy to offer good design at affordable prices. Targeting the new European market, Meurop developed its own distribution system of shops that covered Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, France, and Germany. In 1960, it was the first Belgian furniture company to open its own plastics department, designing and fabricating modern designs created by its own art director, and later, by its in-house design studio. Later, as a result of the 1973 oil crisis and a different attitude to plastics, Meurop’s plastic dream ended and the company had to close its doors in 1980
PLASTIC FINISHES IN 1960s BELGIAN OFFICE BUILDINGS
Get PDFThis paper focusses on the presence of visible synthetic materials (plastics) and finishes from the 1960s in the interior of office buildings. Although the ongoing research on synthetic materials as art pieces is well developed, building components from the interior and exterior of Belgian patrimony have not yet been studied, and remain undervalued as integral components of heritage buildings. The research presented in this paper tackles this issue by examining two specialized Belgian journals, namely La Technique des Travaux and La Maison. A selection of case studies from these two journals was examined in-depth to assess general tendencies and obtain a thorough evaluation and validation of the visible plastic materials and finishes in the case studies: the floor, wall and ceiling finishes. The plastic elements of listed monuments have often been removed, and do not receive a similar level of protection to other materials. Plastic heritage is not valued and protected as a relevant part of recent historic architecture. This part of the built patrimony needs to be recognized with equal status and therefore conserved
THE DONALDSON FUTURO: Rescue, Relocation, and Restoration Challenges
Get PDFSpace Age aesthetic was manifest in the 1960s and embodied in plastic, prefabricated houses. After several decades, the acquisition and restoration of Futuro houses can be a challenging process. The freedoms in the implied promise of the Futuro houses are tested against realities of logistical and building codes for which non-standard solutions are required
Plastic Components in Modern Buildings. Researchers and Practitioners Discussed History and Conservation at tu Delft: isc/Technology Seminar tu Delft, the Netherlands, 23 October 2017
Get PDFThe degradation of plastic building components — and claddings in particular — is an increasing challenge in heritage buildings. Research and the development of appropriate strategies for the architectural conservation, restoration and replacement of synthetic building components is still in its infancy. This was reason enough to stage a one-day international seminar, Plastics in Modern Movement Buildings. Conservation and (Re-)design of Synthetic Building Components focusing on the exterior applications in the building envelope and as prefabricated elements. The seminar took place on October 23rd, 2017, at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft, the Netherlands
Adaptive Reuse. The Modern Movement Towards the Future: 14th International docomomo Conference
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Strategies for the Sewoon Arcade: 13th International docomomo Workshop - Seoul, Korea, 2014
No full textWithin the scope of the conference and of its “Expansion & Conflict” theme, the 13th International docomomo Workshop took place in Seoul, Korea, between 19 and 23 September 2014, under the theme “Strategies for the Sewoon Arcade”
Is Aalto just a name for a brand? International docomomo Workshop - August 2–7, 2012
No full textThe Helsinki University of Technology got its present placement and layout in Otaniemi with Alvar Aalto ́s competition winning entry from 1948. Aalto ́s red brick buildings freely grouped in the middle of green revolving around the focus of a Greek theatre, the main auditorium, soon became landmarks of modern architecture. The group of buildings was complete to start as a functioning campus university in the mid–1960s with student housing surrounding the educational buildings. The area has during the decades got additions and alterations but the main features have however re- mained fairly intact