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- ItemThe Czechoslovak footprint in Subcarpathian Ruthenia(České vysoké učení technické v Praze, 2024-01-01) Loutocká, VlastaNot long after the end of World War I, the then young Czechoslovakia was joined by Subcarpathian Ruthenia and a period of about twenty years began, during which many important buildings were constructed in this new part of the republic, whole new districts were created, as well as a number of industrial and transport buildings. Leading Czechoslovak experts worked on the projects, among them Adolf Liebscher, an architect, urban planner and teacher. Adolf Liebscher was not the only Czechoslovak architect to work in Subcarpathian Ruthenia. However, this promising development was forcibly interrupted in 1938 and this short historical phase fell into oblivion. Today, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the inhabitants of the former Subcarpathian Ruthenia are again becoming interested in the time when they were part of Czechoslovakia, and a number of associations are working, which commemorates the Czechoslovak trace, especially in Uzhhorod. Unfortunately, this process is currently being violently interrupted by the war unleashed by an aggressive Russia.
- ItemEvolution of public library architecture as based on the work of Alvar Aalto and the extension of the Seinäjoki library(Wydawnictwo Politechniki Krakowskiej, 2024-12-02) Šlapeta, Vladimír; Gierbienis, MarcinThe paper discusses how library architecture has evolved over the centuries on the case study of the extension of the public library in Seinäjoki. Finnish city is also known for the work of Alvar Aalto, who created a civic centre that also became the site of one of the most interesting libraries. Aalto was passionate about this form of use, which accompanied him through various stages of his career. Given that the old building and the new one were built less than half a century apart, it is interesting from a research point of view to compare their architecture, aesthetics and approach to spatial organisation.
- ItemUndeveloped Areas and Landscape Evolution of the Oppida in Porrey and Bibracte(2023-12-18) Adamec, EmilThe case studies of two French oppida, Porrey and Bibracte, open the way to unanswered questions related to their functions. The field research carried out within the Oppidum as Urban Landscape program represented a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the area and the reopening of two ancient test pits in the sectors of Porrey and Verger, two areas favorable for the construction of settlements but lacking convincing evidence of occupation. Also, the evolution of the landscape around the Bibracte oppida from the Late Iron Age to the post-medieval period was related to the sudden emergence of a network of large fortified towns, known as oppida. The trench excavations at the Bibracte oppidum and the operations in the Porrey and Verger sectors were accompanied by geophysical surveys of the adjacent test pits of the summit mound dating from the mid and third quarter of the 1st century BC. The archaeological excavation of the oppida, dating from the Late Iron Age to the Early Roman period, has focused exclusively on the original areas. The sediment sequences mark human- induced erosion and geomorphological changes in the 4th-1st centuries BC.
- ItemBaťovany – Partizánske: The Contemporary Re/invention of the Heritage of a Baťa Company Town(Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i., 2024-06-25) Vacková, Barbora; Bartošová, NinaThe text focuses on the re/construction of identity and heritage conservation in the Slovak town of Partizánske. The town was founded as one of the industrial towns of the Baťa company at the turn of the 1930s and 1940s. Despite the efforts of experts, neither the town’s urban plan nor any significant part of it (except for the modernist church) is institutionally protected to this day. In this text, we offer an alternative approach to the re/construction of historical heritage and its institutional protection. In addition to qualities deemed valuable by art historians, this approach is informed by the current collective memory on which the town’s inhabitants base their relationship to historical heritage. We anticipate that focusing on the inhabitants’ current relationship and understanding of the city’s history and broadening the focus beyond the founding firm and its activities can support efforts to institutionalise local heritage conservation
- ItemA Garden Of Hesperids? A Case Study From Morocco: Specific Location And Suitable Environment(2023-12-13) Adamec, EmilThe Garden of the Hesperides may have been located at the westernmost tip of the Mediterranean Sea in North Africa, near the Atlas Mountains, on the edge of the world ocean, in present-day Morocco. Whether or not these sites are more accurately described, model studies have emerged that are of interest for understanding patterns in Moorish and Roman northwestern Morocco and suggest that they ideally explore the relationship between sites, subsistence, access to the sea, and agriculture. They also examine location and distance from the sea and the relationship to maritime trade with the Mediterranean. These models are examples of successful ecosystem ensembles that can be used to determine the distribution of settlements based on environmental resources and cultural factors. In this study, 30 sites are examined. Other locations are also mentioned in connection with the Hesperidek garden. For example, the Sicilian Greek poet Stesichorus in his poem "Song of Geryon" and the Greek geographer Strabo in the third volume of his book Geography mention that the Garden of the Hesperides was located in Tartessus in the south of the Iberian Peninsula. However, in the light of this independent study and other sources, it is possible that some of the 30 sites studied in north- west Morocco may be the mythical Garden of the Hesperides.