Housing as a Living Part of Industrial Heritage:  Contemporary
Approach in Company Town of Zlín

J 2025

Housing as a Living Part of Industrial Heritage: Contemporary Approach in Company Town of Zlín

VACKOVÁ, Barbora a Nina BARTOŠOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Housing as a Living Part of Industrial Heritage: Contemporary Approach in Company Town of Zlín

Autoři

VACKOVÁ, Barbora a Nina BARTOŠOVÁ

Vydání

STUDIES IN HISTORY AND THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE-STUDII DE ISTORIA SI TEORIA ARHITECTURII, ROMANIA, EDITURA UNIV ION MINCU, 2025, 2344-6544

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50902 Social sciences, interdisciplinary

Stát vydavatele

Rumunsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.000 v roce 2023

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Organizační jednotka

Pedagogická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

workers’ housing; employee housing; Baťa; modern architecture; historic preservation

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 9. 3. 2026 17:29, Mgr. Barbora Vacková, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

T he article explores employee housing as a part of industrial heritage through the case of Zlín (Czech Republic), the company town of the Baťa Shoe Company, where thousands of people live in the original residential districts of houses built by the company mainly in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Although these housing areas are a part of Zlín urban conservation area, and stand as outstanding witnesses of industrial society’s values, and organizational principles, they are still homes to today’s residents. The text aims to show how local institutions (municipality, museum professionals, architects, NGOs, etc.) work with this heritage. The core of the text focuses on the critical evaluation of the activities of the “InfoPoint” and “Zlín Architectural Manual,” where local experts introduce the topic of employee housing (and the city planning of industrial cities) to the public, both as architectural historical heritage and as an object of responsible adaptation to contemporary housing standards. Based on the data obtained in our research work, we identify three aspects of the ways Zlín is presented to the public. We discuss (1) the importance of the language used in presenting the Baťa houses, (2) the ethical issues connected with presenting the inhabited houses, and (3) the character of professional work we label “expert activism” (e.g., the activity of professionals in “InfoPoint,” not the activities of “traditional” memory and research institutions). T he research methods are mainly based on our long-term participative observation, document analysis, and in-depth interviews with actors involved.

Citovat

VACKOVÁ, Barbora a Nina BARTOŠOVÁ. Housing as a Living Part of Industrial Heritage: Contemporary Approach in Company Town of Zlín. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE-STUDII DE ISTORIA SI TEORIA ARHITECTURII. ROMANIA: EDITURA UNIV ION MINCU, 2025, Neuveden, č. 13, s. 140–156. ISSN 2344-6544.

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VACKOVÁ, Barbora a Nina BARTOŠOVÁ. Housing as a Living Part of Industrial Heritage: Contemporary Approach in Company Town of Zlín. \textit{STUDIES IN HISTORY AND THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE-STUDII DE ISTORIA SI TEORIA ARHITECTURII}. ROMANIA: EDITURA UNIV ION MINCU, 2025, Neuveden, č.~13, s.~140–156. ISSN~2344-6544.

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