“Habitus of the city” as a sign of the invariance of the historic city and the variability of its structure

• Main Author: Idak, Yuliya
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cities; Habitus; Historical structures; Morphology
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0123187

The study is based on a combination and generalization of existing scientifically based knowledge about the form and structure of the material structure of historically formed cities in Europe. It is constructed a concept of a typical city of a certain historical epoch (linked to a specific territory). It is known as habitus of the city. Such generalized knowledge can be described by the morphology of the city and its habitus. It is a certain innovation aimed at determining the formal features which are typical for a certain era and area. The meaning of this term is variable and depends on the living conditions, age and stages of development of the object under study. Therefore, it is proposed to consider ancient cities in different ways in the conclusion of the study. The habitus of the city may be a form of the material structure of the ancient settlement that is typical for a certain historical epoch and culture. There may be even modern historical cities, where habitus is a physical form and morphological structure, which expresses the uniqueness of the historically formed city in a particular area. Fifty historic cities are described in this study. The value of historically formed cities of the western region of Ukraine is emphasized. Their habitus is determined. It generalizes and defines the predominant type of their material structure on a morphological basis.