Irkutsk regionalism as a trend of Soviet modernism
https://doi.org/10.21285/2227-2917-2024-2-383-397
EDN: IWWETQ
Abstract
The article investigates the monuments of Irkutsk Soviet modernism and early postmodernism in order to reveal their identity and peculiarities, to determine the significance of these structures for the specific urban environment of the Eastern Siberian capital, as well as for the history of modern architecture as a research discipline. The research involved a review of bibliographic sources, a full-scale survey of objects belonging to the mentioned periods, and in-person interviews with the architects of the buildings under study and other Irkutsk citizens. Along with attracting interest to the urgent problems of cultural significance, objective assessment, and modern appearance of the heritage of the second half of the 20th century, the authors clarified the chronological framework of the main stages in the development of the modern city and provided a scientific definition of the Irkutsk regionalism term. As a result, it was established that the response to the challenges of the late Soviet years became a recognizable architectural segment, which, although rapturing the fabric of historical urban environment, reassembles it for functional aspiration for the future. The Irkutsk architecture, having an industrial beginning, has nevertheless remained authorial, and even uncompromising in the doctrines of Vladimir A. Pavlov and his followers, who supported his initiatives in the following era of postmodernism.
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Supporting agencies: The author expresses special gratitude to the citizens of Irkutsk: architectural journalist T.P. Zhukova for her consulting assistance in preparing the article, as well as architect O.B. Badula for providing project materials and expert assessment of historical information.
About the Authors
N. S. Eremin
Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nikita S. Eremin, Student
4, 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St., Saint Petersburg 190005
Author ID: 1247226
M. V. Zolotareva
Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Milena V. Zolotareva, Cand. of Architecture, Associate Professor of the Department of History and Theory of Architecture
4 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St., Saint Petersburg 190005
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Eremin N.S., Zolotareva M.V. Irkutsk regionalism as a trend of Soviet modernism. Izvestiya vuzov. Investitsii. Stroitelstvo. Nedvizhimost. 2024;14(2):383-397. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21285/2227-2917-2024-2-383-397. EDN: IWWETQ
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