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The objective of the article is the investigation of architectonic structure transformations occurring in single-family housing districts, resulting from individual actions of owners of particular properties. The transformations particularly concern several tens of years old (and older) houses with a low cubic capacity. For the purpose of adjustment to modern standards and needs, they are subject to often very extensive transformations. The selected study area was the Z.O.R. na Kole district (located in Warsaw, in...

Urban areas are subject to continuous transformations. Apart from central parts of cities, residential districts develop the fastest. Together with the expansion of cities and sprawl of building development over larger and larger areas, transformations also occur in the existing structures. The introduced changes frequently lead to a complete change of the character of building development. The objective of the article is the analysis of parcellation, functional, and spatial transformations occurring in the area o...