The title makes references to the famous definition of Le Corbusier that “architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in light” and discusses the most interesting examples illustrating this definition from the past and from the present. The special case of G audi’s architecture is examined in detail and subjected to analysis; this architecture can be defined as “game and play” conducted in a masterly manner in the world of elementary solids.
Article draws attention to the evolution of museums from the times of the Antiquity to the present day. The paper recalls that according to researches by historians of architecture that the ancient Museion served as a particular scientific, scholarly and intellectual centre. The modern concept of a museum has reduced these functions, insisting on protection and presentation of the collections. Only as late as at the end of the century a new philosophy − new museology and the concept of Ecomuseum were introduced as a new form of use and presentation of heritage in the transition process taking place in a specific area in the landscape and in the environment taking into account man and his culture as the fundamental factors for sustainable development.
Author addresses the issue of sustainability of the market square formula in the historical cities as public space, which to this day remains an attractive urban form. Against this background, it outlined the theory has been the continuity of composition of the city based on the balance between creation and cultural heritage.
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