SECURITY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE OBJECTS ON THE EXAMPLE OF HOSPITAL COMPLEX OF SAINT-PETERSBURG

Abstract

The paper concerns the preservation of the cultural heritage objects and their adaptation to modern usage which highly depends on their unique properties and the adaption process. Research into and systematization of the cultural heritage are necessary to create a flexible system of adaptation and preservation specificity of the cultural heritage and ensure the sustainable development in this field. The purpose this work is to systematize the existing cultural heritage objects, analyze their components, and classify according their types. The typology of the main characteristics of cultural heritage objects is based on these data to propose a hypothesis of the components to be protected for each type of cultural objects. The paper concern is the definition of the components to be protected in accordance with the current legislation on the cultural heritage preservation, such as a hospital complex in Saint-Petersburg. The hospital complex infrastructure includes administrative buildings, prosecutorial, mortuary, pharmacies, apartments for doctors, poorhouses. Their spatial structure and architecture composition reflect their specific functions on the one hand, and esthetic, architectural and urban characteristics on the other. The analysis is given to the publications on this issue and the integrated systematization of the components to be protected is proposed, including more or less problematic aspects, such as urban planning and intangible dimensions. The hospital complex components are proposed for the protection taking into account their characteristics, location in the urban environment, compositional components, visual directions and intangible characteristics.