FEATURES OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF CITIES IN UTOPIA BY DENIS VAIRASSE "HISTORY OF SEVARAMBES"

Abstract

The article has been devoted to the town-planning and architectural characteristics of an ideal state in the utopian work by Denis Vairasse "History Of Sevarambes". In particular, in the article were analyzed: the geographical position of the island; characteristic of the state system; spatial planning features of cities; architecture of residential and public buildings; engineering and transport infrastructure of the island state of the Severambian. The model of the urban space proposed by Denis Vairasse was compared with the ideas of its predecessors and the common and distinctive features were revealed.In his utopia "History Of Sevarambes" in 1675, Denis Vairasse describes a perfect society on one of the islands nearAustralia, and, like his predecessors, has depicted its very different from any of the existing ones. The climatic conditions on island are favorable for the comrotable life of residents and the development of agriculture. The island is rich in natural resources and diverse flora and fauna. Denis Vairasse describes a model of an island state with a monarchical state system and without a specific religion. The utopian state of sevarambes is the personification of his idea of an ideal society, where everything is interconnected, and works as a single mechanism. City planning is clear, understandable and people-oriented.All the cities of the island are planned on the same principle and are similar. The cities have regular development and are planned using grids plans. In the article is presented a schematic diagram of the planning of the city ofSevarinde. The city has the following public buildings: palaces, temples, amphitheaters, swimming pools, boarding schools and warehouses. The other features are provided by osmasies, each with four stories and an inner court - patio. Osmasie is the main type of building that forms cities. Accordingly, the "size of the city" is determined by the amount of osmasies that is built in it. At the same time, there is not specify the exact number of osmasies in the city, thus recognizing the possibility of expanding the borders of existing cities and laying new ones. The unification and standardization of residential and public buildings, allows for the formation of an arbitrary network of cities and towns, which testifies to some flexibility in space planning issues.