The Place and Role of Religious Architecture in the Formation of Urban Space

Gil-Mastalerczyk, Joanna

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.802

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“…There have been recent studies on the relationship between religious architecture and cities. For example, Gil-Mastalerczyk (2016) presented religious architecture's influence on the development of the urban structure and layout of Kielce, Poland by analyzing sacred objects and the associated functional environment; Liu and Wan (2022) highlighted the interactions between Buddhist temples and socio-political factors in Hangzhou by combining spatial analysis on a GIS platform with the reading of literal materials; Zhao et al (2022) revealed the correlation between the religious landscape and the rulers' ideologies in the Northern Wei Dynasty and Tang Dynasty by comprehensively analyzing the spatial relationship between the two temples, nearby capitals, and topographical elements. It is pointed out in these studies that religious architecture plays an important role in cities.…”

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confidence: 99%

Formation of a Sacred Urban Landscape: Study on the Spatial Distribution of Pagodas in Mrauk-U, Myanmar

Zhou,

Jiang,

et al. 2024

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Studying the correlation between religions and cities is conducive to understanding the role of worship in shaping human settlements. Mrauk-U, the capital of the Arakan Kingdom in Southeast Asia during the 15th–18th centuries, was once a regional Buddhist center, and the pagodas distributed throughout this city demonstrate the visible influence of Buddhism. The purpose of this study is to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the significance of Buddhism in Mrauk-U by exploring the correlation between the pagodas and the urban space. Based on first-hand spatial data, historical maps, and archaeological studies, the spatial distribution characteristics of the pagodas in Mrauk-U were analyzed using the methods of spatial and literature analysis. Their relationships with the urban structure, mountains, water systems, and open space were visualized and examined using the GIS platform; then, the hidden historical mechanisms were investigated. This study concludes that Mrauk-U’s pagodas, as urban images, have shaped its sacred urban landscape system, revealing that Buddhism played an important role in shaping Mrauk-U’s physical space and social and cultural characteristics.

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Formation of a Sacred Urban Landscape: Study on the Spatial Distribution of Pagodas in Mrauk-U, Myanmar

Zhou,

Jiang,

et al. 2024

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“…During disasters religious values are being instilled. In XX century religion was eliminated from the global social issues by the science [15]. Survival challenges may require high level of social morality and ethics and need for the current and new types of religious architecture [16].…”

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COVID-19 –global transition to a new architecture and urban development paradigm of the environment?

Aidarova

Aminov

2021

E3S Web Conf.

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New trends in the social life at crucial points mean applying to the past experience and looking for new development models. COVID-19 has marked a global transition to a new architecture and urban planning paradigm of the environment in accordance with the sanitary, hygienic requirements and rational forms. In accordance with the current challenges it becomes necessary to reevaluate the concepts of urbanism and disurbanism redefining urban planning, existing typology, structural and functional organization as well as to search for new ways of architecture and urban development. Urban structures and sociology are expected to be reconsidered leading to reduced capacity of all public buildings, disappearance of some of them and replacement by recreation zones. Inexhaustible ideas and resources of past design approaches may be featured in the buildings styles. We could predict appearance of significant signs of new ethics in the new aesthetics which will mark the arrival of the third global «superstyle» which features have been already seen in the rigid construction approaches, in the social movements activities. Methods of architecture education are expected to be modified: in particular, the importance of advanced techniques in the educational process will increase and teamwork in the architecture projects will became vital.

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“…Sacral architecture object has become permanent components of urban structure. They have formed inseparable part of the city, and quality that is unique in the composition of modern urban environment [10]. As a valuable element of spatial arrangement that includes streets, squares, city parks and other features, they affect the attractiveness of urban space, and thus the quality of city life and variable standards of urbanity.…”

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Historic Church of the Holy Cross in Kielce – Valuable Substance and Cultural Heritage in the Space of the Modern City

Gil-Mastalerczyk

2017

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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Abstract. In the frequently modified city fabrics, sacral architecture still plays an important role defining aspects of spatial forms and their compositional relations to the surroundings. The historic church of the Holy Cross in Kielce (1903Kielce ( -1939 has been a characteristic sight, a landmark and a contributing factor to the structure of the modern city. Large dimensions and dominant vertical shapes give a sturdy, recognizable form to the church architecture. The body of this Neogothic church, original and distinguishable from its surroundings, has been highly appreciated by the community members. The church provides an example of the aesthetics of the time in which it was built, it also documents changes in the people's lives and attitudes. It shows Poland's economic, legal and social transformation. The church has gained a status of one of the symbols of the city.

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The Place and Role of Religious Architecture in the Formation of Urban Space

Cited by 12 publications

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Formation of a Sacred Urban Landscape: Study on the Spatial Distribution of Pagodas in Mrauk-U, Myanmar

Formation of a Sacred Urban Landscape: Study on the Spatial Distribution of Pagodas in Mrauk-U, Myanmar

COVID-19 –global transition to a new architecture and urban development paradigm of the environment?

Historic Church of the Holy Cross in Kielce – Valuable Substance and Cultural Heritage in the Space of the Modern City

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