This paper deals with ‘post-war infills’ built in the Castle District of Budapest which emerge today as retroactive wounds in the historical townscape. In light of architectural revisionism, it presents how their perception changed from ‘contextual masterpieces’ to ‘ill-fitting intruders’. Tracing the respective debate back in time, it proposes a critical reading of journal articles from ‘Hungarian Architecture’ which aims at highlighting the criticalities of contemporary memory politics.
Retroactive Wounds in the Townscape of Budapest. Contemporary Debates on Post-war Interventions in the Buda Castle District
F. Bittenbinder
2023-01-01
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This paper deals with ‘post-war infills’ built in the Castle District of Budapest which emerge today as retroactive wounds in the historical townscape. In light of architectural revisionism, it presents how their perception changed from ‘contextual masterpieces’ to ‘ill-fitting intruders’. Tracing the respective debate back in time, it proposes a critical reading of journal articles from ‘Hungarian Architecture’ which aims at highlighting the criticalities of contemporary memory politics.File in questo prodotto:
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