Synthesis of historical environment and modern society

Abstract

Historical centres of (owns constitute heritage of the modern man. Historical urban structures inevitably develop further, as this change is the engine of the town's life. The question is, however, whether the modern man is able to speak one language with the historical environment and whether contradictions between material structures and life's social requirements do not destroy the urban heritage, which has formed throughout centuries. The ideas presented in this research are illustrated using the examples of historical parts of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, by briefly reviewing their urban development, changes of the built-up that were clone during last century and that are happening nowadays, and by analysing the impact of the local community on the development of these historical parts of town, Also comments are provided on a number of projects (drawn up by both professionals and students) of conversing derelict buildings in these territories.