ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST POST-WAR DECADE IN BELGOROD

Abstract

The quarters of low-rise residential buildings of the first post-war decade in Belgorod form the basis of the architectural heritage of the “Stalin era”. This study is aimed at analyzing the architectural features of residential development in the first post-war decade in the city of Belgorod on the example of a block bounded by B. Khmelnitsky Avenue, Shevchenko and Parkovaya Streets. The study is based on an integrated approach, the work uses the methods of retrospective, urban planning, and compositional analysis. The features of the time period indicated in the work for the history of Soviet architecture and Belgorod as an urban entity are shown. The current state of the quarter and its location in the urban structure of Belgorod are considered. The role and place of the quarter in the transformation and further development of the planning structure of the city in the post-war period are determined. The composition of the space-planning construction of the quarter and the front of its development is analyzed. The features of the interaction of block development with its surroundings and terrain are determined. The article touches upon the development of standard projects of residential buildings and the technology of erecting buildings for mass development in the post-war period. The main series of standard projects and the design organizations involved in their development are indicated. The main typical projects of residential buildings used in the development of the quarter were identified. The structural, planning, compositional, architectural features of residential buildings of the quarter are analyzed.