Lithuanian Folk Architecture Research as a Repository for the Study of Urban Form

Matas Cirtautas,Inesa Alistratovaitė-Kurtinaitienė,Dalia Dijokienė

doi:10.2478/aup-2022-0001

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https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2022-0001

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Abstract Despite the increasingly global orientation of urban morphology, there still remain countries whose achievements in the field of urban form research are underrepresented. Although the attempts to study settlement form in Lithuania were rather early, the second half of the 20th century was the most productive period. The article presents context, process and findings of the folk architecture research, which became the nurturing environment for the establishment of contemporary urban form studies in Lithuania.

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In the recent decades, the global focus of urban morphology has become increasingly evident [1]
The article is a concise summary of the main achievements of folk architecture research, which could be related to the emergence of contemporary study of urban form in Lithuania
One of the major achievements of the study of Lithuanian folk architecture during the second half of the 20th century is the retrospective classification of rural settlements

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The global focus of urban morphology has become increasingly evident [1]. In this rapidly evolving field, there are fewer opportunities to present and discuss the urban form studies in smaller countries, especially, distinguished by relatively late urban development. These remaining ‘blind spots’ may become distinct cases of urban development trajectories, as well as reveal specific achievements within the broader landscape of urban morphological research. The realities of the socialist period urged an interest towards national architecture and, subsequently, local urban forms [3]

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