A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Highlights ► St. Petersburg’s transition from central planning to market has been accompanied by dramatic economic and social upheaval. ► That transition has included spatial change and disruption in St.Petersburg’s built environment. ► Loss of the architectural ensemble of the city’s historical center is impending. ► Heritage loss is one of the most critical issues of public discussion and heightened concern among city residents today.
Abstract St. Petersburg is the Russian Federation’s second major city and arguably its cultural capital. Western influences have shaped St. Petersburg’s origins and cultural life, including its architectural style and built fabric, more than any other Russian city, yet its full transition to a globalized and modern European city remains in question. St. Petersburg’s transition from Soviet central planning to market economy during the last two decades has been accompanied by dramatic economic and social upheaval, and spatial change and disruption in its built environment. This profile focuses on the city’s architectural inheritance, built fabric and the rapid transformation and impending loss of the ensemble of the city’s historical center as one of the most critical issues of public discussion and heightened concern among city residents today.
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Highlights ► St. Petersburg’s transition from central planning to market has been accompanied by dramatic economic and social upheaval. ► That transition has included spatial change and disruption in St.Petersburg’s built environment. ► Loss of the architectural ensemble of the city’s historical center is impending. ► Heritage loss is one of the most critical issues of public discussion and heightened concern among city residents today.
Abstract St. Petersburg is the Russian Federation’s second major city and arguably its cultural capital. Western influences have shaped St. Petersburg’s origins and cultural life, including its architectural style and built fabric, more than any other Russian city, yet its full transition to a globalized and modern European city remains in question. St. Petersburg’s transition from Soviet central planning to market economy during the last two decades has been accompanied by dramatic economic and social upheaval, and spatial change and disruption in its built environment. This profile focuses on the city’s architectural inheritance, built fabric and the rapid transformation and impending loss of the ensemble of the city’s historical center as one of the most critical issues of public discussion and heightened concern among city residents today.
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Trumbull, Nathaniel S. (author)
Cities ; 31 ; 469-490
2011-05-05
22 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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