Lost in transition: fabrication of the urban concept of a medium-sized city identity in Lithuania (case of Utena)

Throughout its evolution, a city undergoes various phases of growth, stagnation, and even economic decline, each reflecting the city's identity or highlighting its absence.

This work seeks to develop a methodology to help identify the lost aspects of a city's identity and propose ways to reinterpret them. The main goal is to contribute to the visual and structural re-creation of the city's image, both regionally and nationally, and to ensure its long-term vitality. The project focuses on experimenting with the historical urban fabric of Utena, identifying the city's key growth phases and the most successful urban transformations during these periods. In the selected area, the core idea revolves around the historical spatial network and the physical and socio-economical transition from one period of time to another.