DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-963-1-0381

VISUAL POLLUTION PROVIDED BY BUILDINGS WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF DECAY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE URBAN LANDSCAPE: A CASE STUDY OF BRĂILA CITY CENTER

Darius Nestoriuc¹, Ioana Voinea¹, Adrian-Nicolae Jipa¹, Camelia Teodorescu¹, Aurel Gheorghilas¹

¹ University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, Bucharest, B-dul N. Balcescu, no.1, Romania

The Danube’s citys have a long history, a specific culture and an architecture capable of expressing their entire past. Braila is one of these cities, whose commercial history is visually described by a series of buildings whose functionality has ceased, remaining only a message immortalized in walls and ornamental details on the facades. The study tries to show the contrast between the importance that many buildings in the Braila harbour had, their multicultural expressiveness and the unpleasant aspect of their current state of decay. The method of analysis is the empirical one of the questionnaire, applied on a number of 137 respondents regarding the visual pollution and the unpleasant aspect offered by them. The results of the study confirm the role played by these buildings, some of them considered "symbol" by the residents, the unpleasant appearance and the need for reabilitation. The shortcomings mentioned are the lack of local government funds and the legislation related to their form of ownership, many being privately owned.

Keywords: historical buildings, Danube trade, neoclassical style, stucco, rehabilitation

pages: 381-385, Published: 2024, online: 2024