Przestrzenne zróżnicowanie i cechy charakterystyczne krajobrazów Polski w ujęciu fizjonomiczno-estetycznym : założenia klasyfikacji i oceny = Physiognomic and aesthetic approach to spatial differentiation ... więcej

Przestrzenne zróżnicowanie i cechy charakterystyczne krajobrazów Polski w ujęciu fizjonomiczno-estetycznym : założenia klasyfikacji i oceny = Physiognomic and aesthetic approach to spatial differentiation and characteristic features of Polish landscapes : assumptions of classification and assessment / Zbigniew Myczkowski // W: Klasyfikacje i oceny krajobrazów Polski drugiej dekady XXI wieku = Classification and evaluation of Polish landscapes in the second decade of the XXI ct / red. tomu Tadeusz J. Chmielewski ; Polska Asocjacja Ekologii Krajobrazu. – Lublin : Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Lublinie ; Warszawa : Polska Asocjacja Ekologii Krajobrazu, 2015. – (Problemy Ekologii Krajobrazu = The Problems of Landscape Ecology, ISSN 1899-3850 ; 40). – S. 135-144. – Bibliogr. s. 144, Abstr. – Na egz. błędny ISBN z t. 37. – ISBN 978-83-88458-12-5

Spatial diversity has become a resonant and catchy phrase in discussions and discourse on landscape architecture, geography and related fields. As the immanent factor has appeared the identity of landscape ... więcej

Spatial diversity has become a resonant and catchy phrase in discussions and discourse on landscape architecture, geography and related fields. As the immanent factor has appeared the identity of landscape which first came across it in a dissertation by Janusz Bogdanowski on architectural and landscape regionalisms, where the author claims that the sense of identity with, or attachment to, a site, region and country is essential for his newly proposed, scientific approach to landscape architecture. Typically for all buzzwords or much-talked-about concepts, identity soared into popularity. Perhaps not on the same scale as ecology once did but the risk is it may turn into a field everybody feels an expert in, like medicine or architecture in Poland. The concept of identity grew to be interpreted in various and correct ways by the architectural milieu. Applying the aforesaid, commonly accepted definitions of identity to landscape as our field of research, in particular landscape in protected areas, we assume that identity is the deepest relationship with the landscape (surroundings) perceived by man, with its historical layers of content (the culture and tradition of a place) and form (the canon of a place). An evaluation of change in time should be the keynote of deliberations on place identity. Basing on the current status of research, a review of specialist literature and the author’s experience to date, the above definitions and terms may be referenced to talk about “former” and “new” place identity, especially if we acquiesce to what is termed “the culture of a place” that originates in love for it and willingness to participate in the act of creation that has been launched upon the site. The former identity of a site is a sum of man’s approaches to the area which we identify and rank according to its landscape-and-architectural interior (or unit), which measures the degree of saturation with and readability of the tangible and intangible elements of the natural and cultural environment. So defined, it becomes a starting point (or reference) for defining a new identity of a site, by which we understand the totality of contemporary meanings, forms and functions expressed in landscape, which either continue or consciously dismiss the tradition, culture or canon of the site, both in its tangible (material and visual) and intangible (ideological and conceptual) dimension. The new identity of a site is a sum of the contemporary man’s approaches reflected in his activity with respect to a given area, measured again according to its landscape-and-architectural interior (or unit). The spatial diversity and characteristic factors of landscapes in Poland in aesthetic and physiognomy aspect are strict connected with above defined identity of place. Both – the natural and the cultural ones, as well as mixed, create the mosaic “picture of country”, which reflects its wellness and beauty together with proper management.