Open AccessAdaptation of Ecclesiastic Heritage: Do Non-Offensive New Uses Exist?
Author(s) -
Anastasiia Sedova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1079/2/022073
Subject(s) - offensive , globe , adaptation (eye) , variety (cybernetics) , architecture , emptiness , world heritage , political science , history , geography , engineering , law , operations research , computer science , archaeology , epistemology , tourism , psychology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , neuroscience
The current trends, affecting religions worldwide, have led to the wide-spread “emptiness” of ecclesiastic architecture that forms a part of the backdrop and fabric of our lives, cities, and countryside. These changes have forced scholars and practitioners from many walks of life to seek adaptation solutions for these endangered structures, which influence the public image of their respective religions and nations. Through the analysis of the Church’s public image in different countries, a study of the increasing numbers of obsolete and abandoned religious buildings across the globe, and by examining different adaptation strategies worldwide, this paper seeks to illustrate the variety of adaptation solutions, and answer which of them can be defined non-offensive.