2014 From control to co-evolution. Utrecht/Delft, 9-12th July

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    Procedural facade scenarios as a tool for modernism heritage protection. Case study of zus housing estate in Lodz, Poland
    (AESOP, 2014) Zasina, Jakub
    The paper presents an experimental method based both on procedural modelling and survey research for analysing modernism facade transformations. The method was designed as a tool for supporting decision making in the process of modernism architecture renovation. Cities in Europe face a question of modernism legacy protection. A key to this discussion are facades of buildings characterising the communal and the modular nature of modernism housing. The second life of these buildings is visible because changes in facades affect the quality of urban landscapes. New colours, materials and patterns appear and the old ones dissolve. The difference between an official good conservation practice and the deeds of the inhabitants shows many conflicts in renovating modernism housing estates. However, a new digital tool i.e. procedural modelling of architecture allows comparing these two visions with an original building appearance. The method described in the paper was tested in the case study of ZUS housing estate in Lodz, Poland. The data obtained from interviews conducted among stakeholders was collected and used for procedural visualisations of a chosen facade.