Reconstruction and revitalization of the complex Senara, within The Monastery Hilandar, in order to adapt to modern trends and social changes
Authors
Ivanović-Šekularac, Jelena
Čikić-Tovarović, Jasna

Šekularac, Nenad

Contributors
Fikfak, AlenkaVaništa Lazarević, Eva
Fikfak, Nataša
Vukmirović, Milena

Gabrijelčič, Peter
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The Holy Mount Athos is the cultural heritage of mankind. Until the mid-20th
century the Holy Mount Athos had been visited only by rare pilgrims. Strict rules
of monastic communities limited the number of potential followers. The monastery
complex provided the accommodation for all visiting pilgrims. Modern life and
significant social changes have increased the number of the people interested in
visiting this monastic land. The endless flow of visitors and their frequent visits
eventually began to disturb the lives of monks. That was one of the reasons that led
to creating new accommodation capacities outside the monastery complex in order
to provide the neccesary peace for the monks.
The Monastery Hilandar, the fourth monastery in the hierarchy of the Holy Mount
Athos monasteries and one of the most significant spiritual and cultural center of
the Serbian people, was founded in 1198. In the immediate vicinity of the monastery
of Hilandar walls there are abandoned and demol...ished facilities: stable,
mulekeepers’ house and heybarn. These facilities were built in the beginning of the
19th century. Ten years ago, the reconstruction of the facilities started in order to
restore the buildings and provide them with additional accommodation space for
potential visitors.
This paper presents the methods of reconstruction through a multidisciplinary
approach based on architectural solutions and the aspects of comfort as well as
the aspects of psychological and sociological mutual influence between two groups
– the monks and the visitors. In this way, the carried out reconstruction revived the old facilities and gave them a new function that is adaptable to modern trends and
social changes.
Keywords:
Cultural heritage / Reconstruction / Revitalization / Social changesSource:
Keeping up with technologies to make healthy places : book of conference proceedings / [2nd International Academic Conference] Places and Technologies 2015, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, 2015, 575-581Publisher:
- Ljubljana : Faculty of Architecture