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Papers by Magdalena Żmudzińska

ICERI2012 Proceedings, 2012

ICERI2015 Proceedings, 2015

Emerald Group Publishing Limited eBooks, 2011

The scope of this chapter is place and its identity in view of global changes. The ground for und... more The scope of this chapter is place and its identity in view of global changes. The ground for undertaking the topic is the belief that by conscious activity undertaken to protect the value of places we are capable of facing modern changes involving the homogenization of space. Today we are witnessing a rapid destruction of the existing urban forms, leading to fading legibility of the city structure, destroying the state of subtle balance between space and place, and shaking the sense of identity of city inhabitants. The values of identity, legibility, and a traditional network of meanings and symbols are fading away. The space of flows supplants the space of places, evoking essential changes in the functional structure of cities, almost all over the world. Is it possible to preserve the tradition and identity of place under globalization conditions? It is a challenge for architects, urban planners, decision-makers, investors, and inhabitants. One potential role of the urban planner is perceived as active participation in creating new qualitative social attitudes, as well as undertaking mediating, promotional, and educational activities. Tools that could be helpful in shaping a new model of place involve comprehensive discussion and education in the field of the value of space, shaping social awareness and grounds for social development. It may be concluded with some caution that such comprehensive discussion will contribute to raising the level of knowledge about the world and the sense of the value of space.

Sustainability

The modernist architecture of the twentieth century, often referred to as the International Style... more The modernist architecture of the twentieth century, often referred to as the International Style, exhibited diverse forms and urban layouts shaped by local cultural, economic, and political factors. To comprehensively understand the architectural heritage of this era, it is essential to consider both universal and local principles. This paper explores the adaptation of modernism within a local context by analysing the urban layouts of housing estates in Izmir (Turkey) and Tychy (Poland), constructed during the latter half of the twentieth century. The aim is to enhance our understanding of the architectural heritage of this modernist period through a comparative analysis. The selection of these examples is based on their shared formal similarities, despite the vastly different contexts in which they were built. While the circumstances surrounding the two cases were starkly dissimilar, the scale of the buildings and the spatial arrangements exhibit similarities. This study employs a...

INTED2014 Proceedings, 2014

Journal of Urban Technology, 2006

THERE is no need to convince anyone that political systems and ideology are major and decisive fa... more THERE is no need to convince anyone that political systems and ideology are major and decisive factors of space creation. Throughout history, the city has always been a material and spatial reflection of the social system that created it. The scope of this study is to illustrate how particular political and economic systems, predominating ideologies, and social mechanisms in the successive periods of postwar Polish history have affected the creation of urban space and the image of the city. Henri Lefebre, whose theory posits that space is created “socially,” perceives space as inseparable from the social relations therein. According to Lefebre, space is the subject of continuous transformation in time, an effect of the summation of past actions, where particular spatial arrangements are the products of political practices, social systems, divisions of labor, and methods of manufacturing. Manuel Castells

Journal of Urban Technology, 2003

meeting human needs and expectations. Numerous theoretical and design works have made attempts to... more meeting human needs and expectations. Numerous theoretical and design works have made attempts to create an ideal, or at least optimal built environment for human beings. Undertaken with the same purpose in mind, the attempts, characteristically, represent diverse, and sometimes completely different approaches, depending on ideology, fashion, conceptions, and levels of technological, civil, and social development. (Such attempts stretch back from the times of Vitruvius, via the “Ideal Cities” of the Renaissance; Scamozzi’s, Vasari’s, Filarete’s, etc., via the Enlightenment; C. N. Ledoux’s and E. L. Boulee’s projects, up to the twentieth century; Howard’s “Garden City,” Sant Elia’s “Citta Nuova,” Garnier’s “Cite Industrielle,” Le Corbusier’s “City of Tomorrow,” and very many others.) Nevertheless, most of the concepts almost entirely eliminated man as an individual who perceives and experiences space. In reality, ideas about how to make the human environment better assumed the form of a utopia; however, their implementations often turned harmful. The concept of architectural design based on projections and standards, as well as planned resentment of tradition and humanistic values,

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

The paper concerns the area of a historic village named Wigancice (formerly Weigsdorf) in Lusatia... more The paper concerns the area of a historic village named Wigancice (formerly Weigsdorf) in Lusatia, on the Polish-Czech-German border. The village has been completely displaced and demolished in the 1990s as a result of mining activity of the nearby Turów Coal Mine. That unprecedented destruction of cultural heritage has led to liquidation of hundreds of historical wooden houses typical for Upper Lusatia region. Currently a community of former village inhabitants, spread out in different places of Poland, supported by social, institutional and academic partners, has triggered the process of revitalizing the area. They deeply believe that the value of their little homeland” is possible to be revived. The project of the concept of revitalization of the rural area includes the area digital survey and 3D modeling, conservation research and examination, as well as formulation of guidelines for the further concept. The project has been developed using digital techniques and tools with the ...

Tangible and intangible heritage are inextricably linked with the physical area in which they fea... more Tangible and intangible heritage are inextricably linked with the physical area in which they feature, and with the community that cultivates them and passes them on to future generations. The challenging historical, political and social histories of areas touched by wars, devastation and the displacement and extermination of their populations, lead to huge problems with the redefinition and acceptance of heritage. The aim of this paper is to analyse the complexity of this issue and to demonstrate the redefinition and acceptance of heritage as a palimpsest of valued cultural assets, using the example of Poland’s Upper Silesia, whose complicated history has left behind cultural stratification of its many nationalities and communities. The heritological research of J.E. Tunbridge and G.L. Ashworth and the critical approach initiated and developed by L. Smith constitute, amongst others, the theoretical perspective behind this work. The starting point for these considerations is the Sec...

Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, 2018

Thermal diagnostics of historic buildings in most cases requires the application of non-destructi... more Thermal diagnostics of historic buildings in most cases requires the application of non-destructive testing methods. They are needed to carry out historical analysis of walls in historic buildings as well as to assess their level of thermal insulation. One of the most commonly used methods of measurement is infrared thermography. It allows visualisation, recording and interpretation of temperature distribution on the surface of tested walls. Diverse thermal imaging methods can be used, including passive and active thermography. In this article selected results of infrared thermography of external walls of historic workers’ residential buildings localised in Upper Silesia are presented. The scope of the tests was to diagnose the condition of the buildings and to formulate guidelines for their protection consistent with recommendations of the conservator. Numerical analysis was performed with Therm 7.4 software, based on the finite-element method.

Recebemos artigos do Brasil, da Itália, do Japão, da Polónia, de Portugal, da Suécia, da Ucrânia,... more Recebemos artigos do Brasil, da Itália, do Japão, da Polónia, de Portugal, da Suécia, da Ucrânia, do Reino Unido e dos Estados Unidos da América. Todos os trabalhos submetidos foram avaliados por pares, por uma avaliação "cega", antes de serem selecionados para apresentação nesse congresso e

BUILDER

Housing architecture – multi-storey houses, housing estates, and their urban layouts – of the sec... more Housing architecture – multi-storey houses, housing estates, and their urban layouts – of the second half of the XX century is a spectacular representation of the transformation process from traditional to modern architecture. Modernism, referred to as the “International Style”, created numerous variations depending on local conditions. The main thesis of this study is to reveal that the reception of the Modern Movement known as “International Style” in local contexts results in differences in the form of apartment buildings and their urban layouts, among others. We study this phenomenon by examining and comparing examples of housing estates. The effects of global Modernism in the local context will be compared with selected examples from Izmir, Turkey and the Upper Silesia Agglomeration, Poland in the second half of the XX century. Analyzing how two different regions adopted modernism under different conditions, their differences and similarities, are an important point of the rese...

Utopia(s) – Worlds and Frontiers of the Imaginary, 2016

Polish Journal of Surgery, 2013

The architectural heritage of the former Eastern Bloc (behind the Iron Curtin), including Poland,... more The architectural heritage of the former Eastern Bloc (behind the Iron Curtin), including Poland, was until recently treated as a "dissonant" heritage of Communism. Increasing time distance allows an objective look at the indisputable values of this architecture and to reject of the political connotations. Conservatory protection of this architectural heritage is very difficult and complex, particularly referring to individual residential houses of those times. Currently, such sites, remaining in the hands of private owners, undergo uncontrollable transformations leading to their irreversible deformations. The objective of the presented project was to develop the methodology of their conservation on a precisely selected example of a building located in Katowice, Upper Silesia. The obtained results may be used as the basis for creation of a model procedure related to the studied individual residential houses and for preparing a package of conservation guidelines and recommendations for their upgrades and adaptation to modern standards.