Urbanistinė akupunktūra sveikatai: Vilijampolės (Kaunas) istorinės dalies regeneravimo koncepcija. (Lithuanian)

Urban Acupuncture for Health: Conversion Concept of Vilijampole's (Kaunas) Historic District. (English)

Urban planning is one of the key factors in shaping the urban environment, while also having a huge impact on the health and well-being of the urban population. The concept of urban acupuncture may be applied as a strategy for creating a healthier urban environment. The main goal of this research is to analyse the concept of urban acupuncture, which is an object of this study, as an urban planning strategy and discuss possibilities for its application in historical district of Kaunas - Vilijampole. The methodology of this research combines the following principles of qualitative analysis: 1. The theoretical concept of a healthy city in urban history is contextualised by a discussion of historical sources and scientific publications selected on the basis of the criteria assessment, overview and discussion. The main criteria used to select publications were as follows: discussion of relationship between urban solutions and health and analysis or discussion of health benefits of urban vegetation. 2. The insights of theoretical analysis are summarized by presenting the regeneration project of the historical part of Vilijampolė and its main concepts. Although currently public health is one of the main concerns of sustainable city planning, some of the health related problems within urban environment still remains unresolved. Research-based evidence of human well-being and health due to contact with nature encourage to integrate elements of the natural environment into everyday-life urban environment. Concept of urban acupuncture is likely to promote healthy living because its interventions usually have features of urban vegetation and it is also orientated towards everyday-life environment of the city. The activity of Kaunas' residents was noticed in abandoned urban spaces, where residents voluntarily established non-traditional public spaces. Research examined those kind of intervention postulating that interventions known as urban acupuncture would be successful in such environment and residents would get involved in their creation. Site's revitalization strategy of historical district of Vilijampole (Kaunas) is based on principles of urban acupuncture. It is shaped as a network system consisting of pocket public spaces and elements of landscape architecture. The project focuses on locals and their everyday-life environment. One of the main goals of this project is to create possibilities for residents and passers-by to experience the historical and natural environment and to encourage the movement of people in the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urbanistinė akupunktūra - tai urbanistinė koncepcija, kurioje miestas suprantamas kaip gyvas, nuolat kintantis organizmas. Mieste urbanistinės akupunktūros intervencijos - tai nedideli taškiniai architektūros ar kraštovaizdžio architektūros sprendimai kruopščiai parinktose urbanistinio audinio vietose. Remiantis teorija, tokios intervencijos gali atgaivinti miesto visumą. Ši koncepcija glaudžiai susijusi su ekologinėmis idėjomis bei gali būti taikoma kaip taikoma kaip sveikesnės aplinkos kūrimo miestuose strategija. Straipsnyje analizuojama urbanistinės akupunktūros koncepcijos samprata bei pristatomos šios teorijos taikymo koncepcinės galimybės sveikesnės aplinkos kūrimui Kaune, Vilijampolėje. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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