The architectural environment authenticity preservation in the updating and renovating urban space context (on the example of the Rostov-on-Don city)

The article discusses the aspects of maintaining the urban space authenticity in the territories’ updating and renovation context. The improvement process was examined by us from the point of view of the social stratification theories by Sorokin P. A., authenticity and the “spirit of the place” as the historical foundation of the Rostov-on-Don city, relevant for the city. The conditions of the city’s preservation historical image are considered taking into account the general actualization of spaces on the example of the renovation and capital works’ photo-analysis in Soborny lane, Sadovaya street, the parks “Osenny” and “Levoberezhny” as well as the design proposals of the linear park Temernik” Rostov-on-Don. Using the photo-analysis method of the territories “before” and “after” renovation, we were able to find positive trends in spatial changes. In our work, we draw attention to similar features of the city’s architectural fabric authenticity, which can be correlated with the “spirit of the place” united by the Rostov streets’ historical foundation preservation vector. We tried to form a conclusion about the updating possibility of the architectural space without losing its historical content. Through a description of the urban “fragment” and its positive changes. A number of modern and historical publications, as well as the informative works on the research topic have been used as the analytical and theoretical basis.