Urban Environment Renovation: A Shift in Professional Focus

Abstract

The article analyzes the research of the "post-socialist city" in domestic science and foreign authors, in Russian and the countries of Eastern Europe in connection with large-scale renovation. Renovation in the Russian cities is carried out on residential areas of the 1960-1980s panel housing constructions, that is up to 30% of the housing stock of cities, associated with the doctrine of a socialist city (sotsgorod). Changes in the requirements for the modern environment of the city, guidelines for professional activity in this regard are investigated. The results of the study of modern methods of urban renovation are resented. This process is assumed to be a product of renovation, reconstruction, restoration without destroying the integrity of the urban structure. It was concluded that the urban integrity should be considered regarding the development trends, existing in the residential areas, the accumulation of qualities and processes occurring simultaneously and non-simultaneously. There is quite sophisticated comprehension of renovation strategies' aims, as well as firm and flexible elements of the city structure, and the design process components, such as methods, sequence, driving forces, and "efforts" of active