To Know and to Build. Continuities of urban expertise illustrated by the case of Bratislava in the "short" twentieth century
2022
Abstract
The main aim of this study is to analyse the development, planning and construction of Bratislava throughout the entire period of the existence of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992), while pointing mainly to the continuities and connections that go beyond these political upheavals. The study focuses on a largely Slovak epistemic community of architects and urban planners inspired by modernism, who were active in Bratislava or influenced its development during the researched period.
The author analyses the relationship between the urban experts of several generations, as well as between the urban experts and other important actors who influenced the development of Bratislava.