The impact of Worlds' Exhibitions on landscape and development of cities. Urban, architectural, park and symbolic legacy of Expos / Izabela Sykta // W: Problems of protection & sharing / vol. eds. Piotr ... więcej

The impact of Worlds' Exhibitions on landscape and development of cities. Urban, architectural, park and symbolic legacy of Expos / Izabela Sykta // W: Problems of protection & sharing / vol. eds. Piotr Kołodziejczyk, Beata Kwiatkowska-Kopka ; Institute of Archaeology. Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Institute of Landscape Architecture. Cracow University of Technology. – Kraków : Institute of Archaeology. Jagiellonian University in Kraków : Institute of Landscape Architecture. Cracow University of Technology, 2016. – (Cracow Landscape Monographs : landscape as impulsion for culture: research, perception & protection, ISSN 2451-1692 ; 3). – S. 71-87. – Bibliogr. s. 85-87, Abstr. – ISBN 978-83-942469-6-9

The Worlds’ Exhibitions have been creating the special circumstances favoring an implementation of extremely original architectural forms and objects. In time they have become significant dominants or ... więcej

The Worlds’ Exhibitions have been creating the special circumstances favoring an implementation of extremely original architectural forms and objects. In time they have become significant dominants or landmarks in the urban landscape of hosting cities. Exhibition sites became a kind of testing grounds where the latest technical inventions, new constructions and forms were presented and tested, unhindered by views of the traditionalists, commonly shared tastes and aesthetic habits or determinants of urban context. Sometimes, despite the presumed temporariness of exhibition structures, they have remained at the exhibition areas, often radically changing cityscape. Very often – as Eiffel Tower or others – they have become icons or symbols of a much broader sense. Expo-cities were built in the areas within existing city field reserves as parks, commons or river waterfronts or on neglected and abandoned terrains, degraded by industry. After the Exhibition they were restored to the city with new infrastructure and multi-purpose buildings, contributing to development of the city. This article is an analysis of urban, landscape, architectural and symbolic legacy of Worlds’ Exhibitions, based on selected case studies.