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Churches from former factories – conversions and controversies Cover

Churches from former factories – conversions and controversies

Open Access
|May 2020

Abstract

This paper focuses on architectural transformations of some post-industrial objects into sacral functions. The discussed works mainly relate to churches, chapels and parish houses of various Christian denominations, mainly Protestant. Such transformations provoke questions about the limits of acceptance for adaptation works in the context of objects associated with a religious cult. The doubts that arise are connected primarily with the theological-liturgical dimension, that means the interpretation of the sacrum space. As far as conservation work is concerned, the analysed examples confirm the thesis of high architectural potential inherent in post-industrial objects. They also show a wide spectrum of possible interferences in a given structure during the conversion process.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.118.11334 | Journal eISSN: 2353-737X | Journal ISSN: 0011-4561
Language: English
Page range: 99 - 120
Submitted on: Nov 4, 2019
Published on: May 16, 2020
Published by: Cracow University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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