Using the Legacy of Alexandria's Kampir-Tepe for Contemporary Traditionalist Architecture

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English

The lecture "Using the Legacy of the Alexandrian Kampir-Tepe for Contemporary Traditionalist Architecture" was given in English at Charles University, Institute for Classical Archaeology, as one of the other parts of the dissertation "Traditionalism in Architectural Education" and alternative developments in sustainability in archaeology, anthropology and traditional architecture. The historical monument of Kampir-Tepe in Bactria is one of the most important built wall complexes of unburnt bricks from the time of Alexander the Great and is called "Pompeii of Central Asia". Building on previous related research on the Minoan Palace at Knossos, Crete, where Evans' reconstruction of the palace is one of the most visited archaeological sites, the author also proposes the use of contemporary artificial intelligence tools and presents an alternative vision for the future preservation of archaeological building monuments in the form of physical completion and resuscitation of the original architecture. The author presents this as a successful example of reconstructed walls in Kampir-Tepe made of unburnt bricks. In addition, he also raises the question about the resuscitation of other archaeological monuments, e.g. in Rome, or Pompeii, etc. The reconstruction of the walls of Alexandria's Kampir-Tepe proves that the completion of archaeological building monuments is a possible alternative. The presentation also included the aforementioned reconstructed palace at Knossos, or the visualisation of the various anticipated additions at Pompeii. The author of the presentation points out that this approach of resuscitation in archaeology can also be used as an educational process to learn traditional building techniques and the arts and crafts details of architectural decoration for the design of contemporary traditionalist architecture. Furthermore, attention was also paid to the ancient marks made on the unfired bricks at Kampir-Tepe and the comparison with similar brick markings in other sites, e.g. the unfired bricks at Jericho, or marks on fired Roman bricks, Chinese bricks, or even later fired bricks from the Austro-Hungarian period. At the end of the lecture, the author also mentioned his research on artificial intelligence (on ARM platforms MacOS and Linux) as an auxiliary tool for creating the assumed form of original buildings and for the resuscitation of archaeological monuments. At the end there was a trailer for the International Workshop on AI in Anthropology. A subsequent discussion with the international students present addressed the question of whether or not to implement traditional extensions on original archaeological ruins. The outcome from the dicussion certainly did not condemn the proposed idea for the resuscitation of archaeological monuments.

Kampir-Tepe; Traditionalist Architecture; Resuscitation; Pompeii; ADOBE brick; Artifical Intelligence;

ADAMEC, E.

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