FIELD NOTES / SVK / Eastern Europe
Slovakia
Mining landscapes & civic squares.
START WITH A PLACE
Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
Banská Štiavnica connects a historic mining town with technical remains in its surrounding landscape. Civic buildings and public spaces grew alongside the infrastructure of extraction and metallurgy.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in form and precision.
Compare the formal space of a town square with the practical geometry of mining infrastructure. Trace the economic relationship between them.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Workshop paper#e5e8e4oklch(0.928 0.006 137.774)
Brushed silver#a5b4b1oklch(0.757 0.017 182.554)
Oxide blue#4e6777oklch(0.500 0.039 236.658)
Brass note#b3925coklch(0.678 0.082 79.031)
Graphite ink#282e34oklch(0.298 0.014 248.289)