Factors determining modern architectural space

Abstract

The article gives a short review of modern trends in the development of architectural space and essential factors that influence this process: material and technical; and socio-cultural. The introduction touches upon modern requirements for organizing the living environment. The body of the article defines and analyses the factors determining the development of the modern architectural space. They represent two different trends of influence: material and technical; and socio-cultural. The body starts with the description of material and technical factors that include development and improvement of material and technical resources, technological progress, changes in the engineering and technical requirements. The author pays particular attention to their impact on modern construction concept and space planning. The article further on investigates socio-cultural factors that are regarded as the underlying for the process of shaping a modern architectural space. Among socio-cultural factors new patterns of behaviour, ecological responsibility, universalisation of architectural space and reinterpretation of national architectural traditions are considered. The author supplements the theoretical analyses with specific architectural examples, illustrating the effect of the defined factors on the architectural space. The results represent the basic factors determining a modern architectural space. The conclusion sums up the degree of the influence of different factors on the development of a modern architectural space.