Miasta wielokulturowe Łódź, Wilno, Lwów : śródmiejska zabudowa mieszkaniowa z przełomu XIX

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Lodzė; Vilnius; Lvovas; Architektūra; Lodz; Vilnius; Lvov; Architecture.

ENThe monograph's title is "Multicultural Cities: Łódź, Vilnius, Lviv. Architecture of inner city buildings from the turn of the 19th/20th century. Similarities and Differences" The author focuses on inner city housing architecture, specifically the tenement house, which is the essay's main objective. At the turn of the century, the tenement house was the most common housing solution, which came to be either based on already present functional and formal typology, or through an adaptive process applied to already existing buildings. This was the result of merging smaller plots of land, and adapting to the original urban arrangement. Keeping in mind that, regardless of their architectural value, until recently buildings which were erected in the decade preceding the World War I did no undergo maintenance. The primary deciding aspect when it came to their survival was their technical condition. The author attempts to characterize the tenement house in Łódź, Vilnius and Lviv, complementing this characterization with a wealth of archival materials and photographic documentation. Increasing one's knowledge of buildings from the turn of the century in Łódź, Vilnius and Lviv becomes important when trying to present the clearly arranged architectural structure of these cities, which is tied to their spatial arrangement.The monograph also underlines the importance of the fact that at the turn of the century the cities chosen by the author were inhabited by many nationalities, and that these cities were multicultural. This played a role in the way that architecture formed in the period discussed. The essay came to be as result of thorough research consisting of reviewing relevant literature, research of local archives in Łódź, Vilnius and Lviv, field interviews, and collecting an abundance of photographic documentation, partially supplemented with measurements. Due to the disappearance of many source materials, the authors research also has potential as a source. Familiarity with turn of the century architecture of Łódź, Vilnius and Lviv has significance for adequate city landscape recognition of Central-Eastern Europe, and the objective of this work is to get the reader acquainted with research pertaining to the architecture of this time period, and with smaller, lesser known objects which, especially in Vilnius, are less recognizable. Much time had to pass for the past to be appreciated and respected in a post war reality. Remembrance and rebuilding of the past become purposeful, because we should remember the achievements of communities which, in spite of the differences dividing them, brought so much into the development of these cities, all while maintaining elements of cultural and historical heritage. [From the publication]