7.2 Contribution to knowledge

7.2 Contribution to knowledge

The thesis aimed to identify the main typologies related to touristic accommodation structures during the evolution of tourism and in the political, social and economic context by extracting the political and architectural influences. This process is actualized with a documentation in the territory, which gives a clear view of this communist patrimony.

The first phase is considered the primary important step to have the proper inventory of this heritage in order to develop further steps in the emphasis of these structures in the cities, in terms of architectural and historical enlightening, as well as a point of interest in the tourism industry, considering the history as well as the possibility for accommodation that they contain.

The main focus after the general framework and the most representative and clear type of touristic establishment is considered Hotel “Turizmi”, from which the knowledge of their relation with the urban morphology, the ideologic symbolism and the exterior architectural language are explored.

Evaluation of their form and volume is defined by establishing denominative patterns. Their façade has been evaluated on the observed variables of rhythm, symmetry, proportions, linearity, repetition and analysis of the openings in the façade.