The Ascension Church in Warsaw-Ursynów – Postmodernism and the Nation in Late Socialist Poland
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 |
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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 |
Output Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | nationalism, architecture, modernity, resistance, nation building |
Schools and Departments: | Mackintosh School of Architecture > History of Architecture & Urban Studies (HAUS) |
Date: | 7 November 2019 |
Event Title: | Spaces of Un-Nationalism |
Event Location: | Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany |
Event Dates: | 7-8 November 2019 |
Output ID: | 7074 |
Deposited By: | Florian Urban |
Deposited On: | 18 Nov 2019 10:49 |
Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2019 10:49 |
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