Preservation Scenarios for Post-War Concrete Architecture: The Case of Lithuania

Aušra Černauskienė

doi:10.2478/aup-2023-0020

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Preservation Scenarios for Post-War Concrete Architecture: The Case of Lithuania

Architecture and Urban Planning

Volume 19 (2023): Issue 1 (January 2023)

By: Aušra Černauskienė

Open Access

|Dec 2023

Abstract

Post-war concrete architecture is a valuable part of the 20^th-century heritage spread worldwide with specific preservation challenges. This paper analyses three possible preservation scenarios: conservation, comprehensive upgrade, and adaptive reuse based on a broad legacy of post-war concrete architecture in Lithuania and the sustainability aspect. Even though several significant concrete objects are listed, they are protected very formally, and no comprehensive preservation is applied.

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