Townscape: Concept and Research Origins

Abstract

Townscape research in the context of urban morphology research is a new direction. To understand the scope and need of research, first, you need to answer the question of what townscape is and how it can be understood in the context of research of various directions, what is the object being studied. It is important to understand why there was a need for research in such a direction and what influence it had on urban planning and design. The article aims to name the concept of townscape in the eyes of different researchers, to describe the possible ways of understanding and researching the townscape, to reveal the origin and need of townscape research in area of today’s urban design. The main goal of the article is to refine the definition of the concept of townscape.

Shaping a Modern Townscape in The City Centre Area: The Case of Vilnius

“…According to the author's perspective, a townscape is formed within a specific historical period and is directly influenced by political, economic, and social decisions. It is characterised by a collection of architectural aesthetics that serve as its physical manifestation [15]. Applying this definition of townscape, these complexes can only be considered as part of the New Town district, as they do not fulfil the requirements for constituting a new urban structure in terms of their territorial scope and architectural expression.…”