Interrupted Architectures: Unfinished Medieval Buildings between Failure and 'Open Work' (11th-14th century)
Workshop
- Online event via Zoom
- Beginn: 03.03.2021
- Ende: 05.03.2021
- Vortragende(r): Workshop
- Kontakt: rossi@biblhertz.it

At the same time, attention to unfinished works has increased in Italy as a reaction to the huge number of unfinished and abandoned public buildings that dot the territory. In these contexts, the tendency has been mainly to present the phenomenon as typical of the contemporary age.
The history of medieval architecture is, however, studded with episodes of abandonment of construction sites, often among the most daring projects. Grounds and modalities of building interruptions represent an interesting research field, but an unfinished building site also offers a sort of still image of its construction process, allowing information to be gathered on building techniques and practices.
This
workshop aims to draw attention to the unfinished works of high and late Middle
Ages in Europe from the points of view of disciplines such as the history of
art and architecture, archaeology, the history of restoration, and other
related historical disciplines.
For participation via Zoom, please find the link HERE
Scientific organization: Tanja Michalsky and
Margherita Tabanelli
PROGRAM
Wednesday, 03.03.2021
14:30
Brief Welcome by Tanja Michalsky
(Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte)
Introduction
by Margherita Tabanelli (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Chair: Tanja Michalsky
15:00
María Bendito (University of Barcelona)
The Aesthetics of the "Unfinished" and "Ruin" in Medieval Images of Babel-Babylon. A Necessary Disambiguation
15:40
Beatrice
Messeri (ICOMOS Italia)
Affrontare "l’incompiuto" nelle Carte del Restauro.
La conservazione una sfida verso l’autenticità
16:20 break
16:30
Jens Wietschorke (Universität Wien)
Theorie des Torso. Zur komplexen Temporalität unfertiger und verfallener Architekturen
17.10
Miloš
Kosec (Birkbeck, University of London)
Sacred Passivity: Architectural Reluctance
as an Updated "Vita contemplativa"
17:50
Andreas
Waschbüsch (RWTH Aachen University)
Ungebaute Vorhallen an
mittelalterlichen Kirchen. Fragmentarische Zeichen mit Vollendungspotential?
Thursday, 04.03.2021
Chair: Margherita Tabanelli
14:30
Alessandro
Taddei (Sapienza Università di Roma)
A Middle Byzantine Riddle in Central
Greece: The Church of Hagios Nikolaos at Kambià
15:10
Jose Miguel Remolina (Colegio Arquitectos de Cantabria)
Walls
and Fortresses in Medieval Castile. Analysis and Interpretation of Unfinished
and Continuously Reconstructed Architecture
15:50
Kai
Kappel (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Normannitas als fragiles Erbe. Die
Incompiuta von Venosa
16:30 break
16:40
Caroline Bruzelius (Duke University), Lucas Giles (University of
Cambridge)
Mendicants and the Culture of Incompletion
17:20 Christian
Freigang (Freie Universität Berlin)
Kalkulierte Bauruinen im späten
Mittelalter (vor allem in Südfrankreich)
Friday, 05.03.2021
Chair: Klaus Tragbar
(Universität Innsbruck)
14:30
Stefano
Roascio (Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica)
Il Castrum Caetani
sull’Appia Antica (1302/1303). Una villa nova mai nata?
15:10
Marie-Ange
Causarano (Università di Padova)
Cantieri interrotti e cantieri incompiuti
nella cattedrale di Siena durante la prima metà del Trecento (1317-1357)
15:50 break
16:00
Pedro Redol (Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória – Batalha,
Direção-Geral do Património Cultural)
The Unfinished Chapels of the
Monastery of Batalha, Portugal: Glorification and Oblivion
16:40
Fabio
Coden (Università di Verona)
Il santuario incompiuto di San Giacomo di
Grigliano (Verona): un progetto fallito come fonte per la storia dell’edilizia
medievale
17:20 break
17:30 Final remarks / Round Table