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<p>The Athens Charter was published by CIAM in 1943 and it has constituted one of the most important guidelines for architects for many years. Although it was published eighty years ago, it still remains as one of the most important source for the building regulations in some Eastern European countries, including Poland. On the other hand, its demands have been criticized many times for creating spaces in which the mental condition of residents is not taken care of. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified society's contemporary mental problems related to loneliness and social belonging. One way to counteract these problems is to create sociopetal spaces that encourage people to interact and gather together. The aim of this article is to identify the most important postulates of the Athens Charter and the features of sociopetal spaces, compare them and demonstrate the contradictions between them. In addition, a practical use of the sociopetal architecture's postulates was demonstrated via the example of Plac Wolności in Łódź. The authors used the analytical and interpretive and comparative analysis methods. The area of the research is design theory. The scope of the research concerns the urban and architectural scale.</p>
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The Athens Charter was published by CIAM in 1943 and it has constituted one of the most important guidelines for architects for many years. Although it was published eighty years ago, it still remains as one of the most important source for the building regulations in some Eastern European countries, including Poland. On the other hand, its demands have been criticized many times for creating spaces in which the mental condition of residents is not taken care of. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified society's contemporary mental problems related to loneliness and social belonging. One way to counteract these problems is to create sociopetal spaces that encourage people to interact and gather together. The aim of this article is to identify the most important postulates of the Athens Charter and the features of sociopetal spaces, compare them and demonstrate the contradictions between them. In addition, a practical use of the sociopetal architecture's postulates was demonstrated via the example of Plac Wolności in Łódź. The authors used the analytical and interpretive and comparative analysis methods. The area of the research is design theory. The scope of the research concerns the urban and architectural scale.

Sociopetal space in the context of the demands of the Athens Charter

Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering

Środowisko Mieszkaniowe/Housing Environment

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The Athens Charter was published by CIAM in 1943 and it has constituted one of the most important guidelines for architects for many years. Although it was...

Sociopetal space in the context of the demands of the Athens Charter

Publié en ligne: 24 juil. 2024

Pages: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/he-2024-0011

Mots clés
sociopetal space, Athens Charter, Le Corbusier, housing environment, Plac Wolności

© 2024 Filip Zamiatnin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Sociopetal space in the context of the demands of the Athens Charter

Publié en ligne: 24 juil. 2024

Pages: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/he-2024-0011

Mots cléssociopetal space, Athens Charter, Le Corbusier, housing environment, Plac Wolności

© 2024 Filip Zamiatnin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
sociopetal space, Athens Charter, Le Corbusier, housing environment, Plac Wolności