Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU), Belarus’
Архитектура и вызовы общества
Architecture, as an activity focused on organizing the human living environment, has always been closely linked to the structure and form of human society itself. This activity largely depends on the class and professional composition of society, the system of governance, the scale of capital invested in architecture, dominated religion.
These dependencies and connections are manifested in architecture itself through:
- The material, physical volumes of various structures;
- The planning solutions of objects and their placement within specific development systems;
- The external images and stylistic features of structures.
- The construction of new or destruction of old rulers' palaces;
- The demolition of temples belonging to certain religious denominations and the construction of new ones;
- The erection of buildings for new, emerging classes (e.g., merchants, artisans);
and others.
New ratios in development areas have emerged. Attention to the cost of these areas has sharply increased.
The most recent period, driven by financial considerations, сhallenges of market is sometimes characterized by a disregard for the historical architectural integrity of developments in terms of their ensemble harmony, as well as a reduction in recreational space areas. Such examples can be found in Belarus, Russia, and other countries of the former socialist bloc.
