The (Post-) Soviet Built Environment: Soviet–Western Relat ions in the In dustrialised Mass Housing and its Reflections in Soviet Lithuania

Drėmaitė, Marija

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“…There is a difference in the size of HEs, as well. Due to the Soviet construction scheme, planning of HEs was based on microrayons (residential complexes), and the housing estates were built in the large empty areas around the city core in Vilnius (Drėmaitė, 2011). The HEs are more dispersed in Budapest, there are 151 HEs there and half of them are small (less than 1000 dwellings).…”

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The impact of social structure and physical characteristics on housing estate renovation in postsocialist cities: Cases of Vilnius and Budapest

Szabó¹,

Donatas²

2020

Geogr. Pol.

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The article aims to analyse the renovation of housing estates in postsocialist cities. Two cities with different share of housing estates and public support system, Vilnius and Budapest are in the focus of the analysis. The renovation of housing estates is a new process in both of them; it started only in the 2000s and its outcome is far from spectacular. The most important and most common type of renovation activities is the insulation of blocks of flats because it significantly decreases the utility costs. The article investigates whether and how the social and physical characteristics of housing estates influence their renovation. The size, age, type, spatial location all have some impact on the renovation level. The authors point out that the necessity of renovation and its costs depend on the physical characteristics of the buildings but the opportunity for renovation derives from the ability to finance it. Consequently, the social status of the inhabitants and the availability of state support are of crucial importance. The findings of the analysis indicate that different combinations of state support and social status result in very different renovation activities in the two cities.

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The impact of social structure and physical characteristics on housing estate renovation in postsocialist cities: Cases of Vilnius and Budapest

Szabó¹,

Donatas²

2020

Geogr. Pol.

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“…Industrialised housing construction was accompanied by a new type of urban planning, the microrayon (micro-district), a Soviet version of the basic neighbourhood unit (Drėmaitė 2010;Kosenkova 2013). The model of the Soviet microrayon was developed after the architectural competition of Socialist countries in 1960 for the development of the south-western area of Moscow.…”

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The Exceptional Design of Large Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries

Drėmaitė

2019

The Urban Book Series

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This chapter discusses Baltic (mostly Lithuanian) mass housing estates as winners of Soviet urban planning and housing competitions; the role of the architect in the field of standardised design; and Western architectural influences in Soviet Baltic housing estate design. In the field of industrialised and standardised housing construction, the role of architects and one-off design is of special interest, because industrialisation and standardisation in Soviet mass housing brought tension between planners of standardised large housing estates and master architects who drew up unique designs for public buildings. Despite the Communist Party declaring in 1955 the importance of mass housing, the Soviet Union's most prestigious state award-the Lenin Prize-was only ever conferred upon one model site: the Lazdynai large housing estate in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1974. This chapter thus focuses on the involvement and experimentation of Baltic architects in the planning of standardised housing estates; on professional acknowledgment and on the fulfilment of ideological requirements. Keywords Microrayon Á Lazdynai Á Mass housing Á Baltic modernism 4.1 Introduction Reflecting the current interest in regional differences in large processes and phenomena, peripheral histories open up the possibility of seeing other dimensions, local variations and regional adaptations, and are able to change the established narrative frames. Comparative research in postwar mass housing has shed new light on uniformity and standardisation processes by adopting a more focused approach towards regional differences in the former Socialist countries, especially in the areas of East-West technological relations, the appropriation and rejection of Soviet directives, and the importance of local expertise (Kalm and Ruudi 2005;

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“…These analyses were based on classical methodologies of art criticism concentrating mainly on the objects with higher architectural values and focusing on the issues of architectural-urban composition. The new generation researchers working in the field of architectural history and devoting some attention to urbanism, including V. Petrulis, M. Drėmaitė, J. Tutlytė [3]- [5], ground their research on socio-historical and art criticism approaches. Researchers with architectural education working in the field of art criticism have analysed the peculiarities of development and changes of individual urban settlements and particular urban spaces that had emerged during the Soviet era [6], [7].…”

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Integrated Socio-Spatial Analysis of Soviet Era Modernist Urbanization and Its Consequences in Lithuanian Cities: Methodological Outline

Zaleckis

Gražulevičiūtė–Vileniškė

Vitkuvienė

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Architecture and Urban Planning

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The massive modernist urbanization of the Soviet era in Lithuania had brought new urban lifestyle models, caused the expansion of builtup areas and affected previously organically developing urban structures. Hence, its analysis and understanding are essential for further sustainable urban development. The research presents an outline of methodology for complex analysis and evaluation of modernization of Lithuanian cities during the Soviet era and its influence on Lithuanian past and present urban development as a socio-spatial phenomenon. Keywords -Content analysis, integrated socio-spatial analysis, Lithuania, modernist urbanization of Soviet era, multi-modal network model, network analysis, sociotop map.Jolita Sinkienė (Kaunas, 1974). Associated professor at

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The (Post-) Soviet Built Environment: Soviet–Western Relat ions in the In dustrialised Mass Housing and its Reflections in Soviet Lithuania

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The impact of social structure and physical characteristics on housing estate renovation in postsocialist cities: Cases of Vilnius and Budapest

The impact of social structure and physical characteristics on housing estate renovation in postsocialist cities: Cases of Vilnius and Budapest

The Exceptional Design of Large Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries

Integrated Socio-Spatial Analysis of Soviet Era Modernist Urbanization and Its Consequences in Lithuanian Cities: Methodological Outline

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