Open AccessDumitru Rusu, An Analysis of Socialist Modernist Heritage in Romania and the Republic of Moldova through Case Studies: Utilitarian Buildings and Industrial Facilities
Author(s) -
Dumitru Rusu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
plural : history. culture. society = istorie. cultură. societate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2345-184X
pISSN - 2345-1262
DOI - 10.37710/plural.v8i2_12
Subject(s) - period (music) , architecture , ideology , socialist republic , modernism (music) , eastern bloc , political science , cultural heritage , sociology , economic history , law , communism , history , aesthetics , archaeology , art history , politics , art
The “Socialist Modernism” Project is part of an initiative by B.A.C.U. Association focused on protecting built heritage in the former socialist bloc. In that respect, we have launched a campaign for the preservation of buildings that are specific to the socialist modernist period (1955–1991). The architecture of the socialist period, more precisely the modernisttendencies in 1955–1991, is a specific trend in the evolution of architecture in the former socialist bloc. There is increasing international awareness for this trend, as indicated by the creation of scientific communities (the SocHeritage Platform, part of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for the 20th century). The chosen period in our study was set by historic events that led to this new architectural tendency. At the time, the approach was inspired by modernist architecture, which came to the capitalist states inWestern Europe with a set of principles. In socialist countries, modernist trends first influenced the professional sphere, and through that influence, they were able to penetrate borders and the limits imposed by ideology.