The dissertation explores the peculiarities of changes of functional mutation phenomenon. The subject of research covers mutations and transformations in the functional structure of downtown areas of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda in the period of different social orders (1960 2009) and technological inventions. Urban functions are an important element in the urban structure reflecting problems of the structure and factors influencing them. The detailed research based on the case study of Vilnius city reveals the issue of complexity and multiplicity of functions. The main objective of the dissertation is to evaluate the peculiarities of mutations and transformations formed in the functional structure of the downtown parts of Lithuanian cities (Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda) and their determining factors. The dissertation also aims at disclosing the regularities of urban functional structure, mutations and transformations. The dissertation consists of an introduction, three chapters, conclusions, lists of bibliography and the author’s publications on the dissertation subject, as well as addenda. The introductory chapter introduces and discusses the research issue and relevance of the work, describes the research subject, formulates the purpose and tasks of the work, defines the research methodology, scientific novelty of the work and theses to be defended. By the end of the introduction, three author’s articles on the dissertation subject that have earlier been published in peer... [to full text] / Disertacijoje nagrinėjami funkcinių mutacijų reiškinio kaitos ypatumai. Pagrindinis tyrimo objektas – Vilniaus, Kauno ir Klaipėdos miestų centrinių dalių funkcinės struktūros mutacijos ir kaita skirtingų visuomeninių santvarkų bei technologinių atradimų laikotarpiu 1960–2009 m. Urbanistinės funkcijos yra svarbus urbanistinės struktūros elementas, atspindintis urbanistinės struktūros problemas ir jas veikiančius veiksnius. Detalus tyrimas Vilniaus miesto pavyzdžiu atskleidžia funkcijų kompleksiškumo ir daugiafunkciškumo problemą. Pagrindinis disertacijos tikslas – įvertinti susidariusių funkcinės struktūros mutacijų ir transformacijų centrinėse Lietuvos miestų (Vilniaus, Kauno ir Klaipėdos) dalyse ypatumus ir jas lemiančius veiksnius. Disertacijoje taip pat siekiama atskleisti miesto funkcijų struktūros, mutacijų ir transformacijų dėsningumus. Disertaciją sudaro įvadas, trys skyriai, išvados, naudotos literatūros ir autoriaus publikacijų disertacijos tema sąrašai bei priedai. Įvadiniame skyriuje pristatoma ir aptariama tiriamoji problema, darbo aktualumas, aprašomas tyrimų objektas, formuluojamas darbo tikslas ir uždaviniai, aprašoma tyrimų metodika, darbo mokslinis naujumas ir ginamieji teiginiai. Įvado pabaigoje pristatomos autorės paskelbtos publikacijos disertacijos tema recenzuojamuose leidiniuose, skaityti pranešimai konferencijose ir disertacijos struktūra. Pirmasis skyrius skirtas literatūros apžvalgai. Jame nagrinėjama urbanistinių mutacijų samprata. Šiame skyriuje... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

Public space has been an important social and political space throughout the history. Although there are various definitions of the term public space in the literature, it can be defined as a place of interaction and social contact among different groups and individuals. Besides, the meaning, form and function of public spaces differ due to different socio-cultural structures of societies. The form of a public space is an essential urban design issue. Moreover, the meaning and function of a space have been also considered as the urban spatial form through the urban design processes. Since the period when Ankara has been conceived and designed as a spatial project of the Turkish Republic in 1924, Hacibayram Square has been transformed within the historical meaning, urban function and spatial form. Through changing contradictions and actors, these transformations have been experienced. Hacibayram Square with its meaning, function and form in the 1930s shows differences from Hacibayram Square in the first map of Ankara (1839), which is drawn by Von Vincke. However, although the meaning, function and form of the Square have been transformed with the effects of every urban project, the political character of the square transformed but protected itself. Through this study, it is aimed to analyze how the historical meaning, urban function and spatial form of Hacibayram Square have been transformed within a historical perspective.

In Turkey, by 1980, a transformation has been observed on both the character of the societal opposition and the meaning, function, and spatial form of public spaces, which were characterized to be essential political spaces of a period. Kizilay Square was &lsquo / the preferred space&rsquo / by the opposition during the struggle against Democrat Party in 1960&rsquo / s / however demonstrations were expelled out of the square by legal regulations and sanctions. On one hand, legally, Kizilay Square could not be the scene of societal opposition / on the other hand the meaning on the base of being a &lsquo / political scene&rsquo / has continued. However, spatial implementations, regulated by Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, occurred as an attempt to turn the square from a possible pedestrian zone to a junction. Since the period it has been conceived and designed as a socio-spatial project of new established republic in 1925, Kizilay Square has been transformed within its (historical) meaning, (urban) function and (spatial) form through changing contradictions and actors within political, social and economic context. This transformation has been experienced through political contradiction and struggle. Between the years 1960 and 1980, during which the societal opposition arouse, with respect to differentiating actors and movements, the conflict over meaning, function and form of the square also has differentiated from the meaning, form and function determined in the nation state construction process. Through this research, it is aimed to examine how the political contradiction and struggle on three dimensions of Kizilay Square has been transformed, within a historical perspective.