Genetically modified cities Authors Konstantin Lidin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7022-6871 Downloads pdf (Русский) DOI: https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.67.1747 Keywords: architecture, urbanism, history, genius loci, genetics of cities, emergence of cities, management of urban development, sustainable development Abstract Based on the analogy of a city with a living being, the concept of a city genome is considered. The author proposes a model, according to which the genome of a city is formed when the town emerges at the intersection of the landscape features and the socio-historical context. The characteristics of the locality in which the city emerges are combined in the image of the “Genius Loci”. The socio-historical context is concentrated in the image of a passionary impulse for the birth of the city. Ignoring the urban genome in city development management leads to the emergence of unnatural and painful phenomena similar to fantastic chimeras and monsters. It is concluded that a thorough and careful study of the genome of cities is necessary. How to Cite Lidin, K. (2021). Genetically modified cities. Project Baikal, 18(67), 8–13. https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.67.1747 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Published 2021-04-27 Issue No. 67 (2021): genetics of the city Section refereed articles License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. References Aldrovandi Ulyssis (1642). Monstrorum historia cum Paralipomensis historiae omnium animalium Bartholomaeus Ambrosinus. Bononiae: Typis Nicolai Tebaldini. Febvre, L. The history of modern Russia (1991). In Boi za istoriyu (A. A. Bobovich et al., Trans.) (pp. 6266). Moscow: Nauka. Human Genome Project (n.d.). Retrieved February 6, 2021), from https://web.archive.org/web/20071011054219/http://genomics.energy.gov/gallery/basic_genomics/detail.np/detail32.html Hutong Bubble 218 Urban Renovation / MAD Architects (n.d.). ArchDaily. Retrieved February 6, 2021, from https://www.archdaily.com/929000/hutongbubble218madarchitects?ad_medium=officelanding&ad_name=featuredimage Lidin, K. (2010). To overcome a nomad. Project Baikal, 7(24), 2227. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.24 Mongflow mixed use (n.d.). THEEAE. Retrieved February 6, 2021, from https://www.theeae.com/portfolio/mongolflow/ Popova, N. A., Ponomareva, M. A. et al. (2014). Istoricheskaya urbanistika: teoriya i praktika. Uchebnik dlya vuzov [Historical urban studies: theory and practice. Textbook for higher education]. RostovonDon: Izdatelstvo Yuzhnogo federalnogo universiteta. Tarantul, V. Z. (2003). Genom cheloveka: entsiklopedia, napisannaya chetyrmya bukvami [Human genome: Encyclopedia written with four letters]. Studia naturalia. Moscow: Yazyki slavyanskoi kultury. The Link (n.d.). Luca Curci Architects. Retrieved February 6, 2021, from https://lucacurci.com/architecture/thelinkcity.html Vseobshchaya deklaratsiya o genome cheloveka i pravakh cheloveka [Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights] (1997, November 11). https://www.un.org/ru/documents/decl_conv/declarations/human_genome.shtml World Cities Report 2020 (2020). UN HABITAT. Retrieved February 6, 2021, from https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2020/10/wcr_2020_report.pdf