Sociologinis aspektas tiriant sovietmečio rekreacinės architektūros kokybę

Abstract

The soviet period is one of the sorest questions in the history of Lithuanian architecture that needs to be evaluated from today’s perspective. After the restitution of independence the changed political, social and economic situation of Lithuania had an effect upon the development of Lithuanian health resorts. Many recreational buildings (rest-houses, sanatoria) of the soviet period are deserted; some of the valuable ones are even destroyed. The situation gives a very urgent motive to be in time for fixing and evaluating those buildings. The newness of the investigation is mostly determined by an interdisciplinary point of view. Along with the study of recreational buildings, a qualitative sociological investigation was carried out in order to find out the usability of the analysed buildings and their correspondence to recent demands. The aim of the paper is to disclose the main theses of the investigation – to define the object, goals and tasks of recreational architecture and recreational building types, to illuminate the peculiarities of recreational activity and architecture in the former USSR and to present generalized conclusions of qualitative sociological investigation carried out in different health resorts of Lithuania [...].