Indre Grazuleviciute-Vileniske

Kaunas University of Technology · Department of Architecture and Urbanism

Tyrimo tikslas - atskleisti kultūrinės darnaus vystymosi dimensijos vietą šiuolaikinėje kraštovaizdžio architektūroje teoriniu ir praktiniu požiūriais. Tyrimas apima teorinę, metodinę ir eksperimentinio projektavimo dalis. Teorinėje dalyje aptariama kultūrinė darnaus vystymosi dimensija, jos vieta teoriniuose kraštovaizdžio modeliuose ir aktualizav...

Empathy - the projection of a subjective state into an object using one’s imagination, so that the object appears to be infused with this state - can be experienced not only on an interpersonal level but also with animals, machines, ecosystems and places. The importance of empathy in design and other place-related practices is currently acknowledge...

The emerging application of AI-based tools in creative practices encourages analysing how these tools could be integrated into ecological architectural design. This research was aimed at identifying the possibilities of applying AI-based tools and approaches for shape-finding in the field of biophilic architectural design. The research encompasses...

Straipsnio tikslas – pristatyti teorinę kraštovaizdžio urbanizmo koncepciją tvaraus miesto doktrinos kontekste ir eksperimentiniu projektu iliustruoti šios koncepcijos praktinio taikymo galimybes. Straipsnis sudarytas iš teorinės ir praktinės dalių. Teorinėje dalyje pristatoma kraštovaizdžio urbanizmo koncepcija, apžvelgiami naujausi mokslo darbai...

Vis dažniau iškylantys ekologijos ir gamtos saugojimo iššūkiai skatina mąstyti apie darnų vystymąsi. Vadovėlį parengę mokslininkai teigia, kad pagrindinė darnaus vystymosi idėja – suvokti, kaip žmonija turi gyventi tenkindama savuosius poreikius ir turėdama itin ribotus išteklius. Leidinio autoriai – skirtingų mokslo krypčių atstovai, todėl darnaus...

Biophilic design approach aims at creating favorable conditions for humans in various types of anthropogenic environments, while at the same time restoring broken human–nature connection. The biophilic design guidelines and principles are general and flexible and allow wide array of architectural expressions. In order to better understand the archi...

This research focuses on the historical development of sustainable architecture. The study highlights the dynamic interrelation between ethics and aesthetics, it identifies the key concepts, trends that are relevant today in order to achieve harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. The article consists of six chapters that chronologically...

Biophilia hypothesis - human innate emotional affiliation with nature and the necessity of access to nature for healthy human physical and psychological development - encourages integrating the qualities of natural environment into designed spaces and artificial environments. The biophilic design that had evolved out of the biophilia hypothesis is...

Growing environmental awareness and emerging design and performance requirements related with the implementation of sustainability goals inevitably have an influence on construction, architecture, urban design and the development of our built environment in general. This influence is reflected both in the increasingly efficient ecological performan...

The ongoing discourse on air quality and climate changes positions walkability as a pivotal point of sustainable urban planning. Urban studies examine a city’s walkability in terms of pedestrian flows, design qualities, and street network topology, leaving walkability comparative frameworks under development. Building on the space syntax theory, th...

Although consensus exists among researchers that the quality of the indoor environment can adversely impact human health, few studies have evaluated indoor air quality, thermal comfort and health among elderly individuals. With the demographic shift on the population aging worldwide, investigation in this topic will help to develop effective interv...

The study focuses on the origins and characteristics of traditional Japanese landscape design and its features. A comparative analysis of historical Chinese and Japanese horticultural traditions is carried out, as a result of which it is proved that in both cases the basis was religious syncretism with regional characteristics. A comparative analys...

This theoretical study examines the role of aesthetics in the assessment frameworks of sustainable architecture. The article is organized into two main sections: a general literature review and the results. The results section encompasses an analysis of the place of aesthetic quality in the understanding of sustainable architecture, and an overview...

Statyba – viena iš aktyviausiai besivystančių sričių pasaulyje. Lygiagrečiai šiam sektoriui vystosi ir architektūra - neatsiejamai svarbi projektavimo dalis. Šių dviejų veiklos sričių sąveika, praktinė reikšmė bei pasaulyje egzistuojančios aplinkosaugos problemos skatina progresą žaliųjų tendencijų link: bandoma ieškoti sintezės tarp aukštųjų techn...

Anotacija Tyrimo tikslas-atlikus mokslinės literatūros duomenų bazių ir darnios architektūros pavyzdžių apžvalgą, susisteminus darnios architektūros raidą ir problematiką pasaulyje bei situaciją Lietuvoje, per kiekvieno dešimtmečio, pradedant 1980-aisiais, progresą ir regresą ieškoti alternatyvių sprendinių šiandieninei darnios architektūros situac...

Darbe pristatoma senėjimo savo gyvenamojoje aplinkoje koncepcija, išskiriamos su jos realizavimu architektūrinėmis priemonėmis susijusios problemos ir galimybės. Šios koncepcijos realizavimo galimybės Lietuvoje, miesto ir kaimo sąveikos zonoje iliustruojamos eksperimentiniu senėjimui savo namuose pritaikyto kvartalo projektu. Eksperimentiniam proje...

Heritage and historic buildings deserve attention not only as a significant part of the building stock or from energy efficiency or carbon emissions points of view. They constitute and shape historic urban landscapes that are an integral part of sustainable urban development and sustainable development in a broader sense of humanity in general. How...

Architecture, as a mean of art and as a factor that physically shapes the environment, undoubtedly serves as a form of expression of ethical attitudes. It combines ethical values and responsibility for solving environmental problems with aesthetic qualities of the built environment. The holistic approach is gaining ground in the paradigm of sustain...

For sustainable development, it is important to ensure healthy life and well-being for all ages, promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, productive employment and decent work, take urgent action to combat climate change and its effects and protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems. Taking into account the neg...

Sustainable development-development that meets the needs of the present-day societies without compromising the possibilities of the future societies to meet their needs-became the predominant paradigm of planning policies. This concept with its environmental, social, economic and cultural dimensions has been applied to the field of architecture sin...

The article focuses on the notion of Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) introduced by the UNESCO in 2005 and 2011 responding to the expanding understanding of cultural heritage and the urgent call to reconcile heritage preservation and contemporary urban developments and re-introduce heritage as a driver of urban and overall societies development. The...

Sustainable development has been a paradigm for the development of world societies for several decades. There are the goals and objectives of sustainable development set by the United Nations for the states of the world, international and national documents present and implement sustainable development strategies. A large part of the sustainable de...

Purpose The purpose of the article is to develop the concept of forecasting futures using the past by integrating the concept of heritage in it. Design/methodology/approach This paper demonstrates the process of development of the total heritage approach and its application. The process consists of the following steps: the review of the selected u...

Anotacija. Tiek išsivysčiusiose, tiek besivystančiose pasaulio šalyse nuolat ilgėjant gyvenimo trukmei didėja ir pagyvenusių žmonių skaičius. Ši socialinė-demografinė tendencija kelia naujus gyvenamosios aplinkos projektavimo iššūkius. Aplinkos prieinamumui didinti vis plačiau taikoma projektavimo visiems (universalaus dizaino) koncepcija, o pagyve...

The paper presents the overview and comparative analysis of landscape cross-cultural and sub-cultural perception research methodologies in order to develop hypothetical methodological framework of interdisciplinary evaluation of cultural differences in landscape perception. The landscape research methods used for the analysis of impact of socio-cul...

The paper presents the overview and comparative analysis of landscape cross-cultural and sub-cultural perception research methodologies in order to develop hypothetical methodological framework of interdisciplinary evaluation of cultural differences in landscape perception. The landscape research methods used for the analysis of impact of socio-cul...

The aging population presents numerous challenges and the design and management of living environments are not an exception. This literature review and analysis brings together topics related to the living environment of the aging population and the concept of sustainability. The article presents the review of the existing design concepts that are...

The article demonstrates the development and application of activities with serious play and serious game features for the facilitated process of content analysis of images of urban public spaces. The study involves accumulation of the material for the analysis, develops the coding categories and their visual representations – pictograms, analyzes...

The urban economists have stressed the importance of various amenities for the attractiveness of urban areas for residents and businesses and built cultural heritage can be considered as one of such amenities, the benefits of which should not be overlooked. This research was aimed to analyze the influence of heritage aspect including the heritage s...

The content analysis approach is well-established and acknowledged sociological research technique, although it is constantly evolving and its field of application is expanding. The aim of the article is to demonstrate the possibilities to use the content analysis method in urban studies. It includes the analysis of literature and the example of me...

Socio-economic benefits of built heritage are undoubtable and identified in many research works and reports. However, their integration into actual heritage preservation processes remains a challenge due to the lack of comprehensive application methodologies. This research aims at developing the methodology for the assessment of socio-economic bene...

This paper presents the methodology and results of the research aimed to identify the current and potential functions of open public spaces in post-Soviet modernist urban districts in the context of sustainable urban development. The research is based on the sociotope mapping methodology facilitating the identification and interpretation of functio...

The concept of urban acupuncture, which has been gaining ground in recent decades, is based on the activation and revitalization of urban environments using small architectural or landscape architectural interventions in precise carefully selected locations of urban fabric. However, the rapid and unexpected design solutions of urban acupuncture, ba...

Today's cities face a variety of development, rehabilitation and preservation challenges. Historical built environment deserves particular attention in this regard. Urban regeneration projects are particularly complex here because of the dense urban fabric and the risk of damage to the heritage values. In order to understand how to overcome these c...

This research demonstrates the potential of content analysis method in urban research in the context of the study of modernization of Lithuanian cities during the Soviet period and its influence on contemporary urbanism. The content analysis of visual material (photographs, postcards and other images) is integrated as one of the methods of the stud...

The concept of sustainability has been established by the requirement of the preservation of the natural resources, which would form a balance between the environment and nature that can be transferred to the future generations. Nevertheless, it is possible to observe the same idea in architecture and urban development of the cities. However, in th...

Adjusting environment for elderly, creating conditions which are comfortable for dignified aging at home, with the possibility to work and be a valuable part of the community is a top concern of most European Union (EU). Based on “The 2018 Ageing Report”, EU population will increase from 511 million in 2016 to 528.5 million in 2040 and then will de...

Buildings of European countries use almost 40 % of the global energy, by generating the 40–50 % of the total output of greenhouse gases. The heating requirement is responsible for almost 80 % of the energy demand in houses. Since historic buildings constitute 25 % of the European built environment they have a role to play in delivering CO2 emission...

Building renovation and the improvement of their energy efficiency are currently relevant both in the European Union member states and elsewhere. It is argued that building renovation should not be limited to the renovation of structure and building insulation, but should take into consideration the surrounding environment, aesthetic, social, econo...

The urban acupuncture aims to affect the whole “organism” of the city by small-scale interventions in carefully selected spots. Ecology is very important composite part of urban acupuncture; even such sub-trends of urban acupuncture as urban ecopuncture, aquapuncture, biophillic urban acupuncture exist. The lifestyles of contemporary urban populati...

The article focuses on sociocultural, socioeconomic and environmental sustainability dimensions with respect to heritage buildings and built heritage management knowledge transfer between two European countries – Lithuania and Cyprus. These countries had joined European Union in 2004 and since then had achieved some advancements in implementing the...

The massive modernist urbanization of the Soviet era in Lithuania had brought new urban lifestyle models, caused the expansion of built-up areas and affected previously organically developing urban structures. Hence, its analysis and understanding are essential for further sustainable urban development. The research presents an outline of methodolo...

Apart from its priceless cultural value, Europe’s architectural heritage gives to her peoples the consciousness of their common history and common future. Its preservation is, therefore, a matter of vital importance (The Declaration…, 1975). A primary objective for managing heritage is to communicate its significance and need for its conservation t...

Regarding the undeniable positive influence of greenery and green areas on the quality of urban living environment and public health, this work concentrates on urban nature as a qualitative aspect of urban environment and the possibilities to create ecologically valuable and aesthetically acceptable landscape architecture in the city. In order to r...

The article is devoted to the topic of urban nature as the object of landscape architecture and the links between the ecology and aesthetics in sustainable urban landscape architecture. The first section of the text presents the most widely known landscape aesthetics theories and discusses the possibilities to apply them in designing landscapes in...

The management of rural-urban interface areas must take into account their local peculiarities including heritage features and, vice versa, the management of cultural heritage in the rurban zones should consider the unusual dynamic and heterogeneous character of these areas. The document under analysis in this research-the National Landscape Manage...

The research focus is the territorial planning documents of different level valid in the territory of Lithuania, and the phenomenon of rural-urban interface reflected in them. The methods applied include the desktop study aimed at determining the presence of rural-urban influence , the character of rurban landscapes, their potential, current state...

Rural-urban interface areas attract the increasing interest of researchers and planners as the distinctive landscape type. Territorial planning documents is a way to develop these areas more sustainably. The analysis of the existing territorial planning documents very well reflects the situation of rural-urban interface in the country. Consequently...

Despite the enormous scale and pace of impact of modern humans on the environment, the landscapes that are not well comprehended by the contemporary society and the research community still exist; in this research the term " relatively unknown landscapes " was applied to define these environments including the emerging new types of landscapes, the...

The article deals with the possible reuse of the relicts of the Soviet rural landscapes in the areas of rural–urban interface of a postcommunist country using the Lithuanian example. It presents the short review of the development and features of the Soviet rural landscape in Lithuania; the analysis of the sociocultural, economic, ecological, and a...

The focus of research is rapidly emerging rurban landscapes. In this research we apply the concepts of resilience of socio-ecosystems, landscape sustainability, alternative landscapes etc. in order to formulate general guidelines for rurban landscape management. The formulated guidelines for rurban landscape management consist of: the basis for man...

Landscape planning as one of the most important spheres determining the lifestyle environment and the framework of the societal organisation, being a complex process dealing with hardly predictable future, numerous variables and interested parties, involves a high degree of uncertainty. Dynamic, mutable and hard to define rurban landscapes emerging...

Our research concentrates on the countries, which had emerged after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the possible distinctive influence of the social and institutional environment of these countries on the process and outcomes of city center regeneration. The theoretical section includes the definition of the main concepts used in our research....

The disintegration of the Soviet Union has totally changed the territorial and urban dynamics of the Baltic countries including Lithuania. Their territorial changes are characterised by an intense process of urban dispersion, suburbanisation, and urban densification. The construction and the renovation of the Via Baltica constitute one of the major...

The social dimension is gaining an increasing importance in the fields of shaping our environment, such as territorial planning and architectural design. In order to create the living environment, which would be not only comfortable, but also aesthetic and psychologically acceptable, it is important to analyze the experience and possibilities of ap...

In the era of massive urbanization and suburbanization the urban fringe is no longer the clear line separating urban and rural or natural landscapes, but often the continuous fragmented mix of rural and urban features. These territories of rural-urban interface - rurban landscapes - become the everyday living and working environment of the increasi...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the historical, cultural, and social significance and the role in landscapes of Lithuanian villages with churches and to formulate the hypothetical framework for their revitalization and consequent sustainable development of country's rural landscape. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology o...

The ongoing territorial urbanization changes the character of the rural-urban interface both in the so-called devel-oped/developing countries and post-Soviet territories in transition as Lithuania. Even if the rurban landscapes, having the features of both urban and rural environment, are the global phenomenon, the local-national, regional, local e...

In the course of present intensive transformations of rural, urban and natural environments new types of dynamic and complex landscapes emerge which possess both rural and urban features. These unseen and problematic types of landscape not only require deeper understanding, new terms, and categorizations, but also represent the concentrated manifes...

Urban sprawl and the increasing adoption of urban lifestyles and values are the global trends; however, their local aspects determined by geographical situation, historical circumstances, social, cultural, political, economic and other factors need not to be overlooked. Thus the aim of this research was to demonstrate the local peculiarities or rur...

Urban sprawl and management of rural-urban interface remains the relevant area of research of the last decades. Urban sprawl usually absorbs such relicts of rural environment as the residencies of former manors, fragments of rural settlements, individual buildings. Intensification of concentration of the anthropogeneous processes, shifts in ecologi...

The article is aimed to discuss and reconsider the concept and challenges of the social housing in the world and in Lithuania. The research consists of three major parts. In the first part the evolution of social housing from the 18th century until nowadays was analyzed and evaluated and the main trends of architectural expression of social housing...

House was probably the first freestanding building of the prehistoric humans. This field of architectural design and construction remains of crucial importance from the social, cultural, economic, and environmental points of view until today. Take, for example, the influence of housing construction sector on the environment due to the development o...

Due to rap id urban expansion the limits between the urban and rural areas became b lurred and hardly distinguishable; Traditional rural environ ment is also changing rapidly fro m the social, economic, and cultural points of view at the beginning of the 21 st century. These changes, although presenting numerous opportunities for increasing quality...

From the 18 th century the creation of parks in manor residencies became increasingly popular in Lithuania. Trakų Vokė manor residence with the park designed by the French landscape architect E. Andre is a good representative of landscape style parks of the 19 th century. The ensemble has passed through the dramatic shifts of the 20 th century and...

The built heritage began to be seen not only as a real estate property and an object of cultural value but also as a multifaceted and multidimensional cultural good in the second half of the 20 century. It has increasingly attracted the interests of economists, who attempted to measure not only its economic impact, but also the total economic value...