Between the tangibility of (historical) architectureand the intangibility of its meanings and symbols / Andrzej Kadłuczka // W: Protection of tangible and intangible cultural heritage – contemporary ... więcej

Between the tangibility of (historical) architectureand the intangibility of its meanings and symbols / Andrzej Kadłuczka // W: Protection of tangible and intangible cultural heritage – contemporary development directions / sci. ed. Piotr Dobosz [et al.]. – Kraków : AT Wydawnictwo, 2020. – Pamięć USB. – S. 15-24. – Bibliogr. s. 23-24, Summ. – ISBN 978-83-66445-16-1

Architecture affects the viewer via functional-spatial solutions defined using a material substance, but it is also a vehicle for ideas, symbols and meanings that make up its intan-gible value. The continued ... więcej

Architecture affects the viewer via functional-spatial solutions defined using a material substance, but it is also a vehicle for ideas, symbols and meanings that make up its intan-gible value. The continued existence of architecture in space-time is a dynamic process, as its transformation takes place not only in the physical structure of the edifice – the form – but also in its semantic layers – the content of which is of key significance in the shaping of the cultural heritage conservation doctrines. The Nara Document of Authenticity (1994) brought revolutionary changes in the understanding of the authenticity of historical substance as well as a new ontological status for monuments which shifted the priority from protecting a building’s material substance to the area of protecting and preserving the memory of the past. This is aided by the current changes in the contemporary world, in which a surplus of novelties leads to a monument’s rapid aging and is conducive to the spread of the musealisation of the public space. In this way, a new orientation for so-cieties is created, one that perceives cultural heritage as a form of capital and that can be used in sustainable civilisational development. The basis for this development is the indi-vidual and collective mentality of both individuals and societies as the inheritors and care-takers of cultural heritage. They need to be aware of the need to preserve the intangible memory of the past which facilitates the protection of existing relics and the restoration of lost or forgotten historical artefacts in the existential space of contemporary humans.