Temporary Industrial and Residential Module in the Arctic. Relevant Problems and Promising Solutions
https://doi.org/10.31675/1607-1859-2026-28-2-87-104
EDN: JNRWNU
Abstract
The Arctic is a region requiring a special approach to design and construction. The Arctic development associated with the mineral extraction, scientific research, and tourism development, naturally leads to the need to create comfortable and safe living and working conditions. This necessitates the development and construction of temporary industrial and residential modules in the Arctic. However, a lack of basic building codes and regulations for design of such modules creates significant challenges for designers.
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to propose the main sections of building codes and regulations for the architectural design of industrial and residential modules in the Arctic, ensuring comfortable and safe living conditions, efficient production activity, and minimizing negative environmental impacts.
Methodology: The synthesis and analysis of scientific and regulatory documents, descriptive, structural-functional, and systemic methods, sociocultural reflection.
Research findings: This study identifies key sections of building codes and regulations for the integrated architectural design of temporary industrial and residential modules in harsh conditions of the Arctic.
About the Author
A. E. Tokarev
Industrial University of Tyumen
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksey E. Tokarev, A/Professor, a member of the Union of Architects of Russia
38, Volodarskii Str., 625000, Tyumen
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Tokarev A.E. Temporary Industrial and Residential Module in the Arctic. Relevant Problems and Promising Solutions. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo arkhitekturno-stroitel'nogo universiteta. JOURNAL of Construction and Architecture. 2026;28(2):87-104. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31675/1607-1859-2026-28-2-87-104. EDN: JNRWNU
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