Building Space and Myth at the Edge of Empire

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1、BuildingSpaceandMythattheEdgeofEmpire:iSpaceSyntaxAnalysisofSt.Petersburg:1703-1913KennethJ.KnoespelGeorgiaInsitituteofTechnology0.0Abstract:ThefoundationofStPetersburgin1703involvesatensionbetweenScandinavianandSlavicidentity.Byreviewinggridmapsoveraperiodoftime,itispossibletodiagramconnectionsbet

2、weenauthorialstructuresandshowhowtheynotonlycomeintotensionwithmythologiesbeingassociatedwiththecitybuthowtheyalsocontinuetogenerateamythosforthecity.Drawingonspacesyntaxanalysisoffivestageofevolutionofthecity,Ishowhowtheongoingbuildingofthecitycannotbeseparatedfromtheconstructionofanevolvingmental

3、modelofthecity.Themythicassociationsattributedtothecityatherfoundationstandinstarkcontrasttotheongoingproblemsofnotonlycreatinganidealizedplanbutinbuildingacitythatwasrapidlybecomingthemajorarchitecturalandcivilengineeringprojecttakingplaceinthenorth1.0Introduction:Approachestotheimperialcityfounde

4、dbyPetertheGreatontheGulfofFinlandin1703haveoftensplitthestudyoftheurbanplanbetweenthehighlydevelopedmythosassociatedwiththecityanditsactualconstruction.TherepeatedreferencetothepsychologicalforceofthecitysoevidentinworkbyPushkin,Gogal,Dostoevsky,tomentiononlyafew,standinharshcontrasttothetechnical

5、accountsofcanalandbridgebuilding,thecity’sextensiontowardtheGulfofFinland,thebuildingoftheworld’sdeepestmetrosystem,theindustrializationofthecityduringtheSovietperiod,andtherebuildingofthecityafteritsdestructionintheSecondWorldWar.Myobjectiveinthe12followinginvolvesaconsiderationoftherelationbetwee

6、nthemythosofthecityanditsconstructionthroughtheuseoftoolsprovidedbyrecentworkinspacesyntax.Althoughreferencewillbemadetodifferentperiods,myprimaryobjectivewillbetolookattheearliestplansforthecityandtoiinoticestheirimportanceforanemergingmentalityofthecity.Afurtherargumentforthisstudyappearsintheabs

7、enceofanydetailedanalysisofSt.Petersburgfromthevantagepointofspaceiiisyntaxandinthefactthatthisyearmarksthe300thanniversaryofthefoundingofSt.Petersburg.EarlyMapsoftheNevaBasinConsiderationofPetersburg’sorig