Review article
The Typology and Chronology of Traditional Vineyard Hut Architecture on the Podravina Face of North-West Bilogora
Maja Zebec
; Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
From the mid-eighteenth century through the 1970s, vineyared huts built on the Podravina face of north-west Bilogora were inspired by traditional architectural forms as structures that combined functional and residential aspects. Unfortunately, such huts are now quite rare, even in the form of ruins and remnants, which is an alamring indication of the need to preserve them. This building heritage is scarce and practically unknown, which, of course, does not diminish its value. The simple and honest aesthetic aspiration of hut owners and builders has imbued the resulting forms with incontrovertible artistic value. The architecture of these huts stands out for its exceptional stylistic peculiarity, the purity and simplicity of functionally-inspired forms, balanced composition, dimensions tailored to human needs and the very beauty of such proportions. The use of materials found in the immediate natural surroundings and the exceptional skill of rural builders in utilising such materials in line with their properties clearly suggest the links and mutual understanding between people and nature, which eventually results in a highly valuable ambient created as a symbiosis of this well-measured architecture and the tamed landscape. Different formal elements of exterior building design as well as their specific interior design allow us to identify certain types which, at the same time, define the developmental chronology of the artchitecture of Bilogora vineyard huts.
Keywords
traditional architecture; vineyeard huts; Podravina; environment; construction; viniculture
Hrčak ID:
77741
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2010.
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