TREE SHAPING IN VISUAL COMMUNICATION OF URBAN ARCHITECTURE
https://doi.org/10.31675/1607-1859-2020-22-1-53-62
Abstract
The aim of this work is to identify the existing design objects of tree shaping representing visual communication of the city and a feasibility of its use in the urban environment. Research findings: The current problems of cities include degradation of green spaces, low level of environmental improvement and landscape organization and insufficient visual communication elements that contribute to the creation of appropriate urban environment. To reduce the negative factors of the anthropogenic environment, tree shaping is proposed to improve the urban architecture and development. Tree shaping is hardy-shrub species resistant (adaptive) to the humane correction; their trunks and branches represent architectural forms. Depending on the arrangement, tree shaping can be attributed to the elements of open and closed spaces of different functional purposes. This paper discusses tree shaping as visual communication elements of the city, such as street advertising and information boards, advertising towers, banners, environmental guidelines, etc. Tree shaping can be attributed to wellestablished scientific tradition in western countries, but in Russia it is still underdeveloped. Approach: Comparative analysis of tree shaping design solutions. Practical implications: Tree shaping as the urban visual communication contributes to the creation of eco-friendly, aesthetical and informative environment of the city. The obtained results can be used in research works devoted to tree shaping. Originality/value: This research proposes the use of tree shaping objects as visual communication of the city.
About the Author
O. O. Smolina
Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olesya O. Smolina, PhD, A/Professor
113, Leningradskaya Str., 630008, Novosibirsk
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Smolina O.O. TREE SHAPING IN VISUAL COMMUNICATION OF URBAN ARCHITECTURE. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo arkhitekturno-stroitel'nogo universiteta. JOURNAL of Construction and Architecture. 2020;22(1):53-62. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31675/1607-1859-2020-22-1-53-62
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