RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND CONVERSION OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT (FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF PENZA)
The article offers a specific method of pre-project research and transformation of the historical environment of the city on the example of the city of Penza. The analysis of urban planning conditions of the existing development of the reconstruction area is based on the graphoanalytic method. The main directions of harmonization of the historical urban environment are defined. The use of the recommended method makes it possible at the initial stage to determine the main directions of reconstruction: the restoration of the lost qualities of the building, with the inclusion of new elements.