»Degradirana« stanovanjska območja zavzemajo 9 % deleža urbaniziranih površin petintridesetih, v zadnjih letih planersko raziskanih slovenskih mest. Problematična so predvsem območja organizirane večstanovanjske gradnje, zgrajena do sredine šestdesetih let: izolirana, nevzdrževana, sodobnim standardom neustrezna. Ta raziskava preusmerja dosedanjo abstraktno planersko izhodiščno optiko na konkretno arhitekturno – uporabniško raven. Namenjena je utrditvi ideje o nujnosti prenove oziroma revitalizacije kot edinem možnem reševanja problematike določenega vzorca pozidave, določitvi merli in mer za prenovo ter opredelitvi racionalnih oziroma stvarnih usmeritev za konkretne prispevke k izboljšanju bivalnega standarda, torej k preobratu kulture bivanja v obravnavanem poselitvenem vzorcu. »Degraded« housing areas represent a 9 % share of urbanised surfaces of thirtyfive in planning terms recently researched Slovenian towns. Above all social housing estates built between 1945 and 1965 present issues since they are isolated, poorly maintained, and cannot reach modern standards. The research contemplates the redirecting of the present abstract planning rationales to the real architectural, user level. Further intentions of the reserach are to consolidate ideas about the urgency of renewal as the only possible method of solving problems of a certain pattern of building, to determine criteria and measures for renewal and to determine rational or real directions for concrete contributions for the improvement of the standard of living, in short, to a new shift in living culture of the discussed settlement pattern.