ABC-keskused ja Mustamäe mikrorajoonide identiteedid. (Estonian)

This article studies the imagery of local commercial centres (the ABC-centres) in Mustamäe - the first post-war prefabricated housing area in Estonia. We argue that the ABC-centres functioned not just locations for shopping and services, but also 'identity spots': many residents identified their neighbourhood by their local ABC-centre. Today, the status and the identities of former ABC-centres have been considerably transformed. The framing idea of the article is to find common features between architectural history and cultural geography: ABC-centres are seen as urban landscape with specific historical context and tangible architectural qualities, at the same time being culturally meaningful on the level of social representations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Artiklis uuritakse Eesti esimese modernistliku suurelamurajooni Mustamäe mikrorajoonikeskuste ehk ABC-keskuste kuvandit ning selle muutust võrreldes ehitusjärgse ajaga. Väidame, et nõukogude ajal toimisid ABC-keskused vabaplaneeringulises elamupiirkonnas mitte üksnes ühiskondlik-olmeliste keskustena, vaid neil oli linnaosa märgistamisel oluline roll kanda, mis tänaseks on märgatavalt teisenenud, viidates piirkondliku identiteedi muutusele. Uurimus asetub arhitektuuriajaloo ning kultuurigeograafia puutepunktidele, mis käsitleb ABC-keskusi kui spetsiifilist linnamaastikku nii materiaalsel tasandil arhitektuurilise kujunemise kaudu kui ka representatsiooni ja identiteediloome tasanditel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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