Traditional architecture of Golęczewo and its impact on contemporary buildings

Abstract

The work presents the results of research investigating traditional architecture in Golęczewo – a village near Poznań – and its impact on contemporary buildings. The analysis, which is one of the stages in the research on vernacular architecture of Wielkopolska, was performed using the author’s innovative method, which allows to determine the value of a building on the basis of the parameters of its architectural form and location. Its main goal was to identify traditional elements of buildings in Golęczewo and to confront tchem with modern forms of residential buildings erected after World War II. The research also aimed to define the relations between traditional and contemporary architecture, as well as search for best examples of modern architecture which invoke local building traditions. The author tries to answer the question whether today, when catalogues with standard house designs are widely available and guidelines are often not sufficient, contemporary buildings still seek to resemble the traditional architecture of region.