Architectural Image of Streets as Part of Modern Urban Development on the Example of Murmansk
https://doi.org/10.31675/1607-1859-2025-27-1-44-54
EDN: DIHVFN
Abstract
The article identifies the principles of street architecture as an integral, fundamental part of the formation of the modern cities, studying the city of Murmansk as an example.
The relevance of research lies in the fact that the architectural image formation of streets in Murmansk is part of a large development mechanism of the city as a whole. This topic is becoming the most relevant and important today. Issues and tasks aimed at shaping the distinctive architectural appearance of the city always require detailed elaboration and the development of non-standard solutions.
Purpose: The development of the methodological approach to design activities in the architectural field and the study of facades in difficult climatic conditions as part of the imaginative development of urban space.
Methodology: The deductive solution based on the construction of conceptual relationships. This method allows to understand the sequence of the general to the particular. The comparative analysis of the urban environment and architectural image of streets in Murmansk.
Research findings: The architectural image of several streets of the city are studied; modifications are proposed to reform and improve the urban layout.
Value: The integrated approach is used to create not only a comfortable urban environment, but also its aesthetic design.
About the Author
V. V. FilimonovaRussian Federation
Victoria V. Filimonova, A/Professor,
15, Kapitan Egorov Str., Murmansk, 183038.
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Review
For citations:
Filimonova V.V. Architectural Image of Streets as Part of Modern Urban Development on the Example of Murmansk. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo arkhitekturno-stroitel'nogo universiteta. JOURNAL of Construction and Architecture. 2025;27(1):44-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31675/1607-1859-2025-27-1-44-54. EDN: DIHVFN