Derelict, dilapidated buildings in various states of ruin have always been present in our built environment. Theoretical approaches to the issue of ruins within the field of architecture have been ...changing continuously in response to shifting social, political, economic, and cultural conditions. Although origins of the debates on ruins can be traced centuries back, the topic came into focus with renewed intensity following the mass destruction in the wake of World War II. This paper discusses relevant perspectives on the phenomenon of decay in architecture from the 1950s to the 2020s, and offers a critical synthesis of their diverse viewpoints, thus enabling further formulations of contemporary positions and design strategies concerning this increasingly significant subject matter.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Zagreb witnessed the appearance of a new building typology meant to accommodate various sorts of monetary institutions: banks, savings banks, insurance ...companies and stock exchanges. This paper presents one important early example of that type – the seat of the Croatian Escompte Bank in Zagreb. It was designed in 1898-1899 by the Vienna-based studio Fellner and Helmer for a prominent location at 3 Ilica Street and it heralded the defining features of the new building type, such as the union of diverse facilities within a single structure, imposing architectural features and overall grand appearance, and a highly prominent role in the urban fabric of the city.
In particular, it contributed to the definition of a spatial and formal scheme for commercial corner buildings, as the most exposed and attractive segments of downtown city blocks. In that sense it served as a productive model for a number of corner buildings intended for business purposes that were to follow.
The article examines the actuation characteristics of different basic structural schemes—basic body plans—for soft modular pneubotics in architecture are investigated. Eight basic body plans are ...translated from abstract expressions into their corresponding modular structures and (re)constructed in their physical form using up to 12 soft unit elements in the shape of a cube. Reconstructed basic body plans are then examined through a qualitative analysis of their ability to actuate and change the shape of the structure. Through adaptive manual inflation of an individual element, a group of elements, or all elements at once, motions and transformations are produced and evaluated. The results show that five out of eight basic body plans have higher actuation capacity while three show a less pronounced capacity to change shape. Based on the most pronounced characteristics of the examined basic body plans, design opportunities for potential architectural applications are proposed. These include structures that can self-erect, lift, tilt, bend, change thickness, curvature, etc. What is also shown is that basic body plans could be combined into one complex structural body.
Rad analizira kvantitativnu i kvalitativnu prilagodbu hotela u Hrvatskoj recentnim promjenama u turizmu. Opseg prilagodbi analiziran je na temelju podataka o kategoriziranim hotelima Ministarstva ...turizma Republike Hrvatske. Analizirana je promjena broja kategoriziranih hotelskih soba od 1* do 5* u razdoblju od 2005. do 2017. godine i promjena broja kategoriziranih hotela od 1* do 5* u razdoblju od 2005. do 2017. godine. Istraživanje je potvrdilo povećanje broja hotela i broja hotelskih soba visokih smještajnih kategorija te dominantan prijelaz hotela iz kategorije 3* u kategoriju 4*. Rad se osvrće na arhitektonske zahvate koji su posljedica promjena u kategoriji hotela analizom primjera hotelskih zgrada u uvali Čikat.
This paper analyzes quantitative and qualitative adaptation of hotels in Croatia to recent changes in tourism industry. The scope of alterations has been analyzed on the basis of the data about the categorized hotels provided by the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Croatia. The analysis has taken into account changes in the number of the categorized hotel rooms (from 1* to 5*) and in the number of the categorized hotels (1* to 5*) between 2005 and 2017. The research has confirmed an increase in the number of hotels and hotel rooms in high accommodation categories and the prevailing transition of hotels from the 3* category to the 4* category. The paper looks into the architectural interventions by analyzing the hotel buildings in the Čikat cove.
Članak donosi teorijski model za projektiranje mekih pneubotskih konstrukcija koje se mogu konstruirati i pokretati koristeći jedinični modularni volumenski element. Analizom konstrukcije mekih ...robota, pneumatski prilagodljivih i reagirajućih konstrukcija te umjetničkih instalacija, dobiven je set od četiriju osnovnih tipova tjelesnih nacrta kao apstraktnih izraza za projektiranje složenih modularnih pneubotskih konstrukcija u arhitekturi.
This article introduces a theoretical model for the design of pneubotic structures that can be constructed and actuated by using the modular unit volume element. Through analysis of construction of soft robots, pneumatically adaptive and responsive structures and art installations, a set of four basic body plans is proposed, as abstract expressions that form a base for the design of soft modular pneubotics in architecture.
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