A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Research Program on Renovation 1986-1988. Summary Report 3. Town and Neighborhoods as an Object of Renovation
In the research program on renovation activities carried out in the Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT) emphasis has been placed on those problems affecting postwar buildings and areas. This third sub-study consists of various studies aimed at an examination of area renovation activities in cities and neighborhoods. Like a single house, a city has a nature of its own and should be viewed as a totality. Comprehensive renovation activities carry with them the danger of damaging a city's integrity. Analysis concepts and methods by which the parameters of such activities could be defined without endangering valuable city integrities have been developed in the study: A city as an object of renovation activities. With regard to neighborhoods, the point at issue is the need for technical repairs and renovation resulting from aging and deteriorating structures as well as the necessity for improving and altering both buildings and environments. At a broader level, the question is one of enhancing living conditions within neighborhood units. In order to obtain more comprehensive knowledge of neighborhoods, an enquiry concerning suburban areas and their characteristics was carried out. Based on the results of this enquiry, general information about neighborhoods will be presented. In relation to the improvement of neighborhoods, the possibilities and restrictions regarding local residents' independent activities have also been considered in this study. In addition, an element of experimentation was featured in the research - its emphasis lying on the development of local residents' independent initiatives. The experiment was carried out in Suvela, Espoo. The costs involved in renovation activities in residential areas have also been considered in the study. The final shape of the estimation model will be resolved through testing it in practice.
Research Program on Renovation 1986-1988. Summary Report 3. Town and Neighborhoods as an Object of Renovation
In the research program on renovation activities carried out in the Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT) emphasis has been placed on those problems affecting postwar buildings and areas. This third sub-study consists of various studies aimed at an examination of area renovation activities in cities and neighborhoods. Like a single house, a city has a nature of its own and should be viewed as a totality. Comprehensive renovation activities carry with them the danger of damaging a city's integrity. Analysis concepts and methods by which the parameters of such activities could be defined without endangering valuable city integrities have been developed in the study: A city as an object of renovation activities. With regard to neighborhoods, the point at issue is the need for technical repairs and renovation resulting from aging and deteriorating structures as well as the necessity for improving and altering both buildings and environments. At a broader level, the question is one of enhancing living conditions within neighborhood units. In order to obtain more comprehensive knowledge of neighborhoods, an enquiry concerning suburban areas and their characteristics was carried out. Based on the results of this enquiry, general information about neighborhoods will be presented. In relation to the improvement of neighborhoods, the possibilities and restrictions regarding local residents' independent activities have also been considered in this study. In addition, an element of experimentation was featured in the research - its emphasis lying on the development of local residents' independent initiatives. The experiment was carried out in Suvela, Espoo. The costs involved in renovation activities in residential areas have also been considered in the study. The final shape of the estimation model will be resolved through testing it in practice.
Research Program on Renovation 1986-1988. Summary Report 3. Town and Neighborhoods as an Object of Renovation
C. Bengs (author) / I. Harmaajaervi (author) / P. Lahti (author) / H. Lehtonen (author) / M. L. Seppaelae (author)
1989
135 pages
Report
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English
Research programme on renovation 1986-1988. Final report
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