Current problems of preservation and development of historical areas of the city

The work is devoted to the analysis of modern approaches to the use of objects of architectural and historical heritage and the conceptual solution of issues of use and preservation of historical areas on the example of Zaporizhzhia. The work analyzes modern approaches to the preservation of the urban historical environment in the context of sustainable development of the city, the means of reconstruction of historic areas; it highlights the historical stages of formation, compositional and planning characteristics, as well as the architectural and spatial typology of development of historical areas of Zaporizhzhia. The study substantiates the theoretical and methodological basis for the preservation of historical and architectural heritage. The paper considers national and foreign experience in preserving historic areas in urban development and modern methods of preserving architectural and historical heritage. The author offers a vision of a comprehensive reconstruction of the historic city, stages and measures to implement the concept of reconstruction based on the characteristics of construction and analysis of the functional use of buildings in the context of the environment. The author concludes that the state of preservation and use of historical and architectural monuments in Ukraine lags far behind the leading foreign countries, and to effectively solve the problem it is necessary to apply a comprehensive approach to the revitalization of historic cities.