The Ascension Church in Warsaw-Ursynów – Postmodernism and the Nation in Late Socialist Poland

Urban, Florian

The Ascension Church in Warsaw-Ursynów – Postmodernism and the Nation in Late Socialist Poland

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Urban, Florian (2019) The Ascension Church in Warsaw-Ursynów – Postmodernism and the Nation in Late Socialist Poland. In: Spaces of Un-Nationalism, 7-8 November 2019, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany.
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Creators/Authors:

Urban, Florian

Abstract:

The Ascension Church, built 1980-85 in a postmodern style in the housing complex of Warsaw-Ursynów to a design by Marek Budzyński and Piotr Wicha, exemplifies the paradox of a “national architecture” under socialism, and the tensions between national narratives and international exchange in late socialist Poland. Taking cues from a pre-modernist, spiritual idea of a nation on the one hand and from generic postmodern architecture and urbanism on the other, the building evidences a “national” space, which was very different from that associated with nineteenth-century nation building, and which in Poland and beyond remained influential to date

Uncontrolled Keywords:

nationalism, architecture, modernity, resistance, nation building

School/Academic Area:

Mackintosh School of Architecture > History of Architecture & Urban Studies (HAUS)

Dates:

Date

Date Type

7 November 2019

Published

7 October 2019

Accepted

Status:

Published

Event Title:

Spaces of Un-Nationalism

Event Location:

Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany

Event Dates:

7-8 November 2019

Output Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Output ID:

7074

Date Deposited:

18 Nov 2019 10:49

Last Modified:

18 Nov 2019 10:49

Deposited By:

Florian Urban

Staff Profiles

Florian Urban

Head of History of Architecture and Urban Studies (HAUS)

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