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New Europe: place(s) without a sense of place?
Author(s) -
Croci Valentina
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.259
Subject(s) - synchronicity , consistency (knowledge bases) , sense of place , member states , political science , point (geometry) , law , sociology , international trade , european union , economics , social science , epistemology , computer science , artificial intelligence , philosophy , geometry , mathematics
The 10 new member states of Europe are united by no more than historic synchronicity ‐ a single point of entry into the EU in May 2004. Guest‐editor Valentina Croci introduces this title of AD by explaining both the circumstances that some of these countries share, particularly those of the ex‐Soviet bloc, but also the very different conditions the nations grapple with as separate entities. Despite the many disparities between countries, she finds an underlying consistency in the concerns voiced by the local contributors, as the respect for individual national identities and a sense of place emerge as paramount. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.