Urban roofscapes in transition - the case of Graz/Austria

Walter Zsilincsar

doi:10.4312/dela.21.505-518

Avtorji

Walter Zsilincsar University of Graz, Institute of Geography and Regional Science, Heinrichstraße 36, A-8010 Graz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/dela.21.505-518

Ključne besede:

Roofscape, cultural heritage, conservation, roofing material, transformation, dormer window, roof truss

Povzetek

By the example of the Austrian city of Graz whose old town has been declared a world he-ritage site in 2000 attention shall be focused on the more or less “unnoticed” changes of the historic roofscape that can be observed and that should attract more interest from a geogra-phical (creation of new living space, attraction of new social groups to the city-center), pla-nning and urban zoning (redevelopment of the building and functional structures) or archi-tectonic (urban conservation) perspective.