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NON-ANTHROPOCENTRIC TYPOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DUNA BIRD OBSERVATORY.

Mgr. art. Martin Uhrik, PhD. Ing. arch. Tibor Varga

Abstract

The article deals with the non-anthropocentric background in architecture design. The whole process of designing the experimental bird observatory - Duna - was used as the case study. This is a public bird observatory in the Bratislava agglomeration recreation area. When selecting the final concept, which continued with the stage of architectural study and the implementation project until project realization, an issue of quality arose, which should have been decisive for the design. The suppression of the established architectural practices preferring the standard typology and focus on the relationship between the observer and the observed has shown to be the best approach. Thus, an experimental typology originated, based on the perception of the environment and architecture by birds. The approach confronts the opinions on the task and position of the human in an environment rich in various types of biotops. By closer exploration of the particular environment, the authors' approach to the established anthropocentric architectural tools is changing and an intersection between the view of the birds and the architects is created. The result is an object, meeting the needs of the human as well as the surrounding environment and biotops to the same extent.

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DOI resolver: doi.org/10.5593/sgem2017h/63/s27.117

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