Spisz “House pod Jedlami”: A Case of Regional Neo-vernacularism

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1506-6541.31.06

Keywords:

regional architecture, vernacularism, neo-vernacularism, architectural style, cultural legacy, tradition, heritage

Abstract

Traditional regional architecture, often referred to as vernacular, has always been one of the topics of interest and exploration in ethnology. However, attention to this area of material culture is gradually decreasing as it undergoes intense changes. Namely, older architectural forms, strongly characterized by cultural localism, are being replaced by solutions that are universal or completely styleless. Only some traditions have found a creative development of their specificity, e.g. the Zakopane style. The traditional architecture of Spisz also has its originality, as illustrated by the few objects on both sides of the Polish-Slovak border. Based on their inspiration, the Spisz Guesthouse in Kacwin was designed and built, which is the only relatively complete implementation of the adaptation of old local architectural patterns to modern requirements. On the analytical level, the discussion of this case is intended to illustrate a possible research overview of various forms of regional neo-vernacular architecture, and on the pragmatic level, it is intended to highlight the existing potential in the field of contemporary architectural design based on regional inspirations.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Appadurai A., The Future as Cultural Fact. Essays on the Global Condition, London 2013.
Google Scholar

Asquith L., Vellinga M., Introduction, [w:] Vernacular Architecture in the Twenty-First Century Theory, Education and Practice, red. L. Asquith, M. Vellinga, London–New York 2005.
Google Scholar

Barański J., Praktykowanie spiskości. O dyskursie regionalnego dziedzictwa kulturowego, cz. I, „Prace Etnograficzne” 2022, t. 50.
Google Scholar

Barański J., Praktykowanie spiskości. O dyskursie regionalnego dziedzictwa kulturowego, cz. II, „Prace Etnograficzne” 2023, t. 51.
Google Scholar

Chmielewski W.J., Regionalizm współczesnej architektury reakcją na procesy globalizacji, Kraków 2017.
Google Scholar

Fabian J., Time and the Other. How Anthropology Makes Its Object, New York 2003.
Google Scholar

Gottdiener M., Theming America. Dreams, Visions and Commercial Spaces, Boulder 1997.
Google Scholar

Grabski M., Budownictwo drewniane, [w:] Kultura ludowa Górali Spiskich, red. U. Janicka-Krzywda, Kraków 2012.
Google Scholar

Heath K.Wm., Architecture and Cultural Design: Cultural Process and Environmental Response, Oxford 2009.
Google Scholar

Hoelscher S., Heritage on Stage, the Invention of Ethnic Place in America’s Little Switzerland, Madison 1998.
Google Scholar

Knothe J., Architektura neowernakularna – geneza. Od Erdmannsdorf do Pensjonatu „Maryja”, „Budownictwo i Architektura” 2017, t. 16.
Google Scholar

Krier L., Architektura wspólnoty, Gdańsk 2011.
Google Scholar

Oliver P., Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World , vol. 3, Cambridge 1997.
Google Scholar

Ryttel G., Wernakularna, czyli jaka? Uwagi semantyczne na marginesie tematu konferencji, „Budo­wnictwo i Architektura” 2015, t. 14.
Google Scholar

Szewczyk J., Regionalizm w teorii i praktyce architektonicznej, „Teka Komisji Architektury, Urbanistyki i Studiów Krajobrazowych” 2006, t. 2.
Google Scholar

Tarnowski J., Wernakularyzm i neowewrnakularyzm: zamiast wstępu, [w:] Wernakularyzm i neowernakularyzm w sztuce, literaturze i myśli o sztuce, red. E. Kal, Słupsk 2019.
Google Scholar

Tradycja wynaleziona, red. E. Hobsbawm, T. Ranger, Kraków 2008.
Google Scholar

Vellinga M., Engaging the Future. Vernacular Architecture Studies in the Twenty-first Century, [w:] Vernacular Architecture in the Twenty-First Century Theory, Education and Practice, red. L. Asquith, M. Velliga, London–New York 2005.
Google Scholar

Winskowski P., Wernakularyzm w architekturze współczesnej: lokalna oczywistość, egzotyczna nisza, wszechobecny aspekt, [w:] Wernakularyzm i neowernakularyzm w sztuce, literaturze i myśli o sztuce, red. E. Kal, Słupsk 2019.
Google Scholar

Architektura wernakularna. Czy wciąż istnieje we współczesnym świecie?, „Builder” 2019, t. 30, http://www.barycz-saramowicz.pl/news/images/awer.pdf
Google Scholar

Ingarden K., Nowa klasyfikacja polskiej architektury, „Architektura” 2017, https://architektura.muratorplus.pl/krytyka/nowa-klasyfikacja-polskiej-architektury-aa-R1A-9H2B-othb.html
Google Scholar

Rafacz R., Przemiany formy architektury pensjonatowej w Zakopanem po 1989 r. na tle rozwoju historycznego, praca doktorska, Kraków 2015, https://repozytorium.biblos.pk.edu.pl/redo/resources/26240/file/suwFiles/RafaczR_PrzemianyFormy.pdf
Google Scholar

Turkušić E., Neo-vernacular Architecture – Contribution to the Research on Revival of Vernacular Heritage through Modern Architectural Design, 2011, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297469746
Google Scholar

Published

2025-12-16

How to Cite

Barański, J. (2025). Spisz “House pod Jedlami”: A Case of Regional Neo-vernacularism. Zeszyty Wiejskie, 31, 131–163. https://doi.org/10.18778/1506-6541.31.06

Issue

Section

Articles