UKRAINIAN IDENTITY IN BUILDINGS OF IVAN LEVYNSKYI’S COMPANY

Dyda I.;

doi:10.23939/as2020.01.032

UKRAINIAN IDENTITY IN BUILDINGS OF IVAN LEVYNSKYI’S COMPANY

Architectural Studies ◽

10.23939/as2020.01.032 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 32-40

Author(s):

Dyda I. ◽

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Creative Methods ◽

Unique Possibility ◽

Architecture And Design

The diversity of styles of the architectural environment at the outset of the 20 th century gave a unique possibility to express the national identity of a building in its forms and details. The Ukrainian identity was not only present in the buildings of the Lviv but also equally competed with other styles, thanks to the creative methods of interpretation of compositional solutions that were traditional for the Ukrainian architecture and design, implemented by the company of Ivan Levynskyi. Buildings designed and constructed for the Ukrainian community contributed greatly to the preservation and purposeful formation of the Ukrainian architectural image of Lviv. They present a valuable foundation for the creative rethinking and use in conditions of the current architectural process in Ukraine.

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The Sanctuary of a sacred nation: National discourse in the style and décor of the Licheń Sanctuary

Nationalities Papers ◽

10.1080/00905992.2015.1087990 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 319-339

Author(s):

Piotr Kisiel

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Catholic Church ◽

Religious Community ◽

National Discourse ◽

Close Analysis ◽

The Creation ◽

Architecture And Design ◽

The Church ◽

Insight Into ◽

The Catholic Church

The Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń, located near Konin in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, provides a unique insight into a nationalistic discourse in contemporary Poland. It was created not only as a Catholic shrine but also as a place of patriotic indoctrination. This paper examines not only the architecture and design of the Church and the surrounding Sanctuary, but also the ideas of Rev. Eugeniusz Makulski, the site's founder, and Barbara Bielecka, its architect, in order to understand one of the important currents in a debate on the Polish post-Communist identity. A close analysis of this religious shrine is intended not only to understand this particular site but also to examine how national identity is (re)defined in architecture. As this paper shows, the employment of symbolic devices allows the creation of a coherent story of the Polish nation as a religious community with a history intrinsically linked to the Catholic Church. However, the annexation of the lay sphere (nation) by the sacred one (religion) leads to problematic results when it comes to the universality of the religion and the “nationalization” of the Catholic Church itself.

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The role of modern architecture and interior design in the Latvian brending

Arts and Music in Cultural Discourse Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference ◽

10.17770/amcd2013.1280 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 147

Author(s):

Andra Irbīte

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Interior Design ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Structural Level ◽

Spatial Form ◽

Semantic Level ◽

Country Analysis ◽

Urban And Rural Areas ◽

Architecture And Design ◽

Contemporary Architecture

The national identity or the originality of expression of a nation`s culture is an important factor that is confining identification of a numerically and geographically small country in the age of globalization, with an inestimable role in the nation's self-maintenance. The respect for cultural heritage and valuable contemporary architecture and interior design have invaluable importance in forming national identity. The main issues of Architecture and design about the functional and aesthetic, form and materials, arrangement and integrity have always been and currently are important. Each successive step is the continuation of previous experience. Then the language of Architecture and interior design semantics, which is the visible consequence of certain functions, exposed in a spatial form, is revealed both in the structural level and in the overall environmental quality of the conceptual context – global semantic level. Latvian contemporary architecture and interior design are not considered in isolation from the processes in the world, so the purpose of this research is to identify and analyze the examples characterized by the spatial quality as well as the objects that claim to have a semantic message:the state culture signs, with the assumption, that the cultural tourism in Latvia could be entertaining both for people who live in Latvia and for guests of the country. Analysis of selected examples demonstrates that in both urban and rural areas in Latvia are buildings, their interiors and arranged environment, that might be interesting for travelers.

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