Žvėryno užstatymas ir pastatų stilistinė charakteristika (iki 1940 m.)

Abstract

Žvėrynas district has developed by itself in the unique natural surroundings within a very short historical period (1898-1940). Its originality is manifested by the fact that within the period of 40 years the district has been the suburban recreational locality and the residential district of the city at the same time. In these years the essential break took place m the world architectural development. Though late as it was this break has found the reflection in the building up of Žvėrynas. That is why certain buildings of Žvėrynas are probably not so unique in the general context of architectural heritage of Lithuania, however it is interesting to investigate the whole its complex as the variety of architectural means within two historical periods. The development of building up of the district as well as its paculiarities are analysed in the paper and stylistic characteristics of buildings are discussed. The district comprises the buildings possessing such styles and characteristics of architectural trends of nineteenth and twentieth centuries: historism, modernism, eclecticism, constructionism, neoromanticisim, neoretrospectivism. According to their architectural significance the buildings are devided into four certain groups as well as quantitave percentage of these groups is determined in building up of the district. They are as follows: the group of unique buildings include 45 per cent, the group of uncommon buildings include 115 per cent, the group of typical buildings include 39 per cent, and the group of mass buildings include 45 per cent.