PROBLEMS OF PRESERVING LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL INTERCONNECTIONS OF THE HISTORIC CORE OF ST. PETERSBURG
The article presents the results of a landscape-visual analysis of the interaction of high-rise buildings with the environment of historical urban space. A toxic impact of high-rise buildings to the existing urban landscape was analyzed and documented. The next stage in the reconstruction of historical cities, which was started in many European countries at the end of the 20th century, has begun in Russia since the beginning of the 21st century. In Russia the reconstruction of historical sites and territories has become one of the leading areas of architectural activity. Therefore, the problems of the interconnection of the old city and the new high-rise construction appearing in the historical centers are extremely relevant for Russian architects. Many of Russian high-rise constructions raised up in the visual boundaries of historic cities repeats the urban errors common for Europe in the second half of the twentieth century. The construction of high-rise buildings in close proximity to the historical centers of cities violates the existing scale and destroys the historic urban silhouette.