Reconstruction of modernist railway buildings: the example of Havířov station.

Reconstruction of modernist railway buildings: the example of Havířov station.

Článek WoS

The article presents a reflection on the loss of historical and cultural heritage caused by the pursuit of energy efficiency reduction of buildings. The paper will present the post-war construction development in the Ostrava region, especially the completion of the railway network with the implementation of new railway stations. It is these stations, whose architecture refers to the success of the Czechoslovak Expo 58 pavilion in Brussels, that have faced increased interest in the last few years from conservators seeking to preserve these cultural assets for future generations. The author illustrates this with the example of the inappropriate reconstruction of the railway station in Havířov. The scientific method used is mainly the communication of the author’s own activist experience in saving the railway station from demolition and his own observations during the recent reconstruction of this object. The response to the activities of the Důl architektury association was very topical at the time and led to the production of a documentary by Czech Television titled Requiem for the Station (Hollander, 2015) from the series My Private War.

The article presents a reflection on the loss of historical and cultural heritage caused by the pursuit of energy efficiency reduction of buildings. The paper will present the post-war construction development in the Ostrava region, especially the completion of the railway network with the implementation of new railway stations. It is these stations, whose architecture refers to the success of the Czechoslovak Expo 58 pavilion in Brussels, that have faced increased interest in the last few years from conservators seeking to preserve these cultural assets for future generations. The author illustrates this with the example of the inappropriate reconstruction of the railway station in Havířov. The scientific method used is mainly the communication of the author’s own activist experience in saving the railway station from demolition and his own observations during the recent reconstruction of this object. The response to the activities of the Důl architektury association was very topical at the time and led to the production of a documentary by Czech Television titled Requiem for the Station (Hollander, 2015) from the series My Private War.

Czech Republic, architecture, railway station, Czechoslovakia, Havířov, Ostrava, culture heritage, Expo 1958 Brussels

Czech Republic, architecture, railway station, Czechoslovakia, Havířov, Ostrava, culture heritage, Expo 1958 Brussels

GUZDEK, A.

2024

20.08.2023

Polish Academy of Sciences

Kraków

Urbanism and architecture files of the Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków Branch.

2450-0038

Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury

50

Polská republika

377

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http://teka.pk.edu.pl/index.php/numery-czasopisma/tom-l-2022/