Recenzija, Prikaz slučaja
Helena Knifić Schaps THE ARCHITECTURE OF VELEBIT. PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION IN PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VELEBIT Zagreb, UPI-2M plus, 2013, 443 pages
SANJA LONČAR
Sažetak
The paper provides a review of Helena Knifić Schaps’ book ‘Architecture of Velebit. Public Construction of Northern and Central Velebit’ published in 2013 by UPI-2M plus in Zagreb. The basic structure of the book is reviewed in the paper, the contents of individual chapters are described and a brief overview of the significance of the book and the presented themes is given. The book has an insight to the characteristics, interdependence and the contemporary state of the natural and manmade environment and the life of the population of Northern and Central Velebit. The subject of the author’s research is the architectural heritage of Velebit, which she observes in the context (historical) of the development of the area, the contemporary needs and the possibility of preservation. Therein the aim of the author is not to set up a systematic review and inventory of the architectural heritage of all the sites in the Velebit area, but to determine the basic features and values as a basis for its future interpretation and revitalisation. The book is based to a lesser extent on the display and interpretation of existing interdisciplinary literature about Velebit, and to a greater extent on the material gathered by field research carried out in the period from 2000 to 2005. In the book the author systematised the textual and rich photographic material plus a small number of architectural images and drawings. She presents the historical and social circumstances and resources for the development of architecture; the formation, typology and character of settlements at various above sea level altitudes, the typology of housing and houses, folk terminology, plus moments of everyday life. In a series of examples Helena Knifić Schaps critically points to a contemporary non-comprehension and disrespect of the spatial and natural values of the resulting interaction of man and nature, and to the current ineffectiveness in the preservation of the key elements of spatial identity, questioning therein the direction of the future spatial development of Croatia and the destiny of rural regions.
Ključne riječi
Velebit architecture; public construction; Northern and Central Velebit; Velebit architectural heritage
Hrčak ID:
169255
URI
Datum izdavanja:
25.11.2016.
Posjeta: 1.937 *