Dinamica dezvoltării arhitectural-urbanistice a oraşului Soroca în secolul al XX-lea

• Main Author: Vitalie Iaţiuc
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Inst. Patrimoniului Cultural (IPC) 2016-10-01
• Series: Arta
• Subjects: development of Soroca; urbanism of Soroca; architecture of Soroca; Valentin Voiţehovski; Johann Heinrich Muntz; the Great Synagogue in Soroca; Master Plan of Soroca
• Online Access: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_MPkqI9kqE1VDZXdjVoSHRMaEE/view

The article is dedicated to the study of architectural and urban development of Soroca between 1900 and 1990. The development of the city during that period took place in four different states: the Russian Empire, the Romanian Kingdom, Soviet Moldavia as part of the USSR and the Republic of Moldova. From 1812 to 1918 the city developed according to the Russian town-planning and architectural tradition, based on classical European urban planning culture. The Romanian period enriched the city with buildings in the spirit of „neo Roumanian” architecture and Art Nouveau. The Soviet period is characterized by strong state centralization of urban development functions. The introduction of industrial construction methods transformed the one-floor town into a city with multi-story blocks of typical design. The author provides a critical analysis of the architectural and urban development of Soroca during the above-mentioned period.