Socio-Cultural Environment and Urban Space (the Novosibirsk Akademgorodok Case Study)
https://doi.org/10.31675/1607-1859-2025-27-2-51-62
Abstract
The Akademgorodok is characterized by natural landscape inextricably linked with the planning structure, architectural environment, and socio-cultural conditions of its formation.
Purpose: The aim is to examine the urban space of Akademgorodok in Novosibirsk, a unique urban planning formation of the 1960s.
Methodology: Historical and systematic approach, including literary sources, scientific works, historical and retrospective analysis of the nature of the building, full-scale and comparative analysis.
Research findings: The main formation stages and interaction between the natural, planning, architectural, and social environments is analyzed, and the main formation stages are identified for the Akademgorodok.
About the Author
O. B. SveshnikovaRussian Federation
Ol'ga B. Sveshnikova, PhD, A/Professor
38, Krasnyi Ave., 630099, Novosibirsk
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Review
For citations:
Sveshnikova O.B. Socio-Cultural Environment and Urban Space (the Novosibirsk Akademgorodok Case Study). Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo arkhitekturno-stroitel'nogo universiteta. JOURNAL of Construction and Architecture. 2025;27(2):51-62. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31675/1607-1859-2025-27-2-51-62