AR / 2015/1

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Articles

Matej Blenkuš, Saša Popovič
THE USE OF STATISTICAL METHODS IN FLEXIBLE HOUSING DESIGN
Weronika Dettlaff, Tadeja Zupančič
SENSITIVITY OF PUBLIC PLACES IN GDAŃSK OSOWA DISTRICT
Tuna Tasan-Kok
CREATING 'SPACES FOR DIVERSITY' FROM 'SPACES OF MODERNITY': THE CASE OF THE JANE-FINCH NEIGHBOURHOOD, TORONTO (CANADA)
Rifat Alihodžić, Svetlana Perović
CONTRIBUTION OF SLOVENIAN ARCHITECTS TO THE MONTENEGRO ARCHITECTURE IN THE1960-1990 PERIOD
Andreja Benko
REASONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF RESPONSIBILITY LACK DURING CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES
Leon Debevec
ARCHITECTURE OF THE LITURGICAL VESSELS
Fernando Vegas López-Manzanares, Camilla Mileto
SUBSIDISED HOUSING UNITS IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE OF VALENCIA, SPAIN

Review

Franc Kuzmič
HARANGLÁB, ZVONIK, HOLZGLOCKENTURM

Workshops

Mina Hiršman
INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL WORKSHOP "MELFI – EXPANDING ART"

Editorial

Papers published in this issue of AR journal cover a wide angle field of architecture, from statistical methods in flexible housing design to target personal design of liturgical elements. The common premise of the papers is in the relation place-time. Authors eagerly describe problematics, present analytical tools and develop fruitful discussions with firm conclusions. The most common answer to given research questions is the point of view (POV) here-now to the POV here-past time for POV here-tomorrow. Papers do not remain at basic location of research. They pass the limits of place and present results as generic (there-tomorrow) – applicable at any space with common parameters. Scholar papers in AR are not only just Slovene, Dutch, Italian, Polish or Spanish, they become worldwide and may contribute to better knowledge based on architectural management. Using www on-line PDFs, the papers become part of an open access base for any researcher at any place in the globe.

Assist. Prof. PhD. Matej Blenkuš and Saša Popovič describe the design tools that were developed using common statistical methods. This theme is part of architecture and technology of construction. Research parameters were selected: light, noise, vivacity, size and privacy. Architecture design is an answer to needs of clients and users combined with the given parameters of environment.

Young researcher Weronika Dettlaff was a guest doctorate candidate at UL FA Prof. PhD. Tadeja Zupančič. Paper presents sensitivity of public places in Gdańsk Osowa district. As authors point out: “The results include the incremental methodological contributions to the methods used as well as the interpretation of place sensitivity as the starting point of the intervention potentials of the case study itself.” This is the point of joint venture research teams, to develop generic there-tomorrow tools.

Relatively similar theme describes Prof. PhD. Tuna Tasan-Kok. Jane-Finch neighbourhood in Toronto is the result of modernist planning. The area has all the symptoms of modernist planning results and shows differences from theory to practice. The paper presents new changes with evoking participation of people within the neighbourhood.

Assit. Prof. Ph.D. Rifat Alihodžić and Ph.D. Svetlana Perović present an anthological paper of Slovenian projects in Montenegro from 1960 to 1990. Along the interesting projects authors develop, they discuss the term of "architecture in Montenegro". Presented Slovene projects built in Montenegro are per se out of context in Montenegro; however they influenced other Montenegro architectural structures and became a prehistorical base of architecture. This may be called an assimilation process of place-time.

Dialectics of responsibility in single-family housing project is presented by Andreja Benko. This paper is part of a doctoral thesis. Author presents reasons and consequences of the lack of responsibility during construction. The duality of responsibility provokes several antagonisms among controlled parameters and variability of real space. Author will present final conclusions in the doctoral dissertation.

With love from Valencia could be the working title of the paper of Fernando Vegas López-Manzanares and Camilla Mileto. Authors present their own project of subsidised housing units in the historic centre of Valencia, where they have followed the principles of integrated design. Social responsibility and awareness of the influence of the built environment were combined with the traditional architecture of Valencia. Project is not just a fine composition of voids, it literally follows the premise here-tomorrow.

For Assist. Prof. PhD. Leon Debevec is personal targeted design in liturgy a rule. Architecture as spatial design process sublimes in design of elements including archetype of sacral complexity using general and specific parameters.

Vernacular architecture is a combination of general and specific parameters, too. The book Harangláb, zvonik, Holzglockenturm presents wooden bell towers in the Pannonian area of Slovenia, Austria and Hungary. The book is a result of in-depth field research of Prof. PhD. Borut Juvanec and Andreja Benko.

And last but not least, the AR journal has entered in a new design era. The layout is refreshed and tuned towards a better reader experience. I wish you all the best in your research field and pleasant reading moments.

The Editor