Postmodern Architecture in Socialist Poland : Transformation, Symbolic Form and National Identity (Paperback)

Introduction Postmodern Architecture Across the Iron Curtain Architectural Innovation Under a Weakening Authoritarian Regime Private Houses and Small Cooperatives Sacred Architecture and the Influence of the Catholic Church Methodology Literature Chapter Structure Chapter 1: Architectural Debates in Late Socialist Poland Poland around 1980 International Postmodernism and the Polish Discourse The Polish School of Historic Conservation In Search for Truth Expressing National Identity The Post-functionalist City Chapter 2: Churches, Semiotics and Patriotism The Ascension Church in Warsaw-Ursynow A House of Prayer in a Socialist Complex Semiotics and Patriotism Resourcing "Outside the Plan" Łazienkowska Street Church, Warsaw Immaculate Heart of Mary in ?rodborow near Warsaw Our Lady Revealing the Miraculous Medal, Zakopane Our Lady Queen of Poland, Głogow St Jadwiga, Krakow Seminary of the Resurrectionist Congregation, Krakow The Postmodern Church and the Functionalist Block Chapter 3: Bottom-Up Village Churches Neo-historicism in the Countryside St Lucia in Rembertow: Pastiche Deconstructivism St Michael the Archangel in Kamion: Neo-historicism as Criminal Offence St Francis of Assisi in Mierzowice: A Neo-medieval "Decorated Shed" Church Building and Disobedience Traditional and Forward-looking Chapter 4: Postmodern Mass Housing Complexes Humanising the Housing Complex Łod?-Radogoszcz-East and the Spirit of Structuralism Łod?-Rojna and the Customised Panel House Pozna?-Ro?any Potok and the Revised Modernist City Extension Krakow-Na Skarpie and the International Context Postmodern Mass Housing Chapter 5: Postmodernism from the Spirit of Historic Conservation ? The New Old Town of Elbl?g A Postmodern Old Town Rebuilding Through the Backdoor The Unrealised Neo-historical Panel Plan Elbl?g Old Town and the Nikolaiviertel in East Berlin Postmodernism from the Spirit of Historic Conservation Momentum at the National Level Fledgling Market Capitalism The Realised House-by-House Design Completing the Old Town of Gda?sk Postmodern Reconciliation Chapter 6: The Urban Context Warsaw Infills The Ursynow Arcades in Warsaw Socialist Gentrification in Wrocław “Tooth fillings” in Łod? Historical Pastiche in Krakow Medieval Gables in Upper Silesia New Urbanism in Zielone Wzgorza near Pozna? Conclusion Bridging Contradictory Desires Beyond Compliance and Dissidence Increasing Individual Agency National Narratives Symbolic Representation of Community Urban Regeneration Postmodernism Across the Eastern Bloc Postmodern Architecture, International Exchange, and Fluid Meaning Pronunciation of Polish Names Index of Buildings Index of Architects Index of Subjects