Abstract
This study supplements the function-topological model of analysis of city organization and development with a sectoral model of administrative-territorial division. The function-topological model allows revealing unique features of objects of the same profile, located in different space sectors. Besides, significant objects are usually placed in strictly defined sectors. Identification of general principles of spatial arrangement at all levels from geopolitics to the structure of private farmsteads on the cases of various cities, metropolitan areas and architectural ensembles is of great general scientific significance. It deals with the principles described in regional traditions: the Indian Vastu Vidya and the Chinese Feng Shui. The analysis shows that, on an intuitive level, the same principles are implemented in the activities of specialists, designers, who make decisions about the location of industries, residential areas and architectural complexes. Recognition and study of these principles are hindered by the materialistic attitudes of twentieth-century science. The results of the study lead to a radical step in recognizing many spatial elements of the mythological picture of the world as reliable ones.
Highlights
Functional zoning of a city is an integral part of its existence, ensuring its rational functioning
This study supplements the function-topological model of analysis of city organization and development with a sectoral model of administrative-territorial division
Identification of general principles of spatial arrangement at all levels from geopolitics to the structure of private farmsteads on the cases of various cities, metropolitan areas and architectural ensembles is of great general scientific significance
Summary
Functional zoning of a city is an integral part of its existence, ensuring its rational functioning. The city area is differentiated by numerous methods of its use and the typology of development. At a smaller scale of differentiation such as a city courtyard or a block we can observe specialization of separate sites. In both cases, we can see general laws of distribution of functional zones. We can see that different cities experiencing the influence of various groups of factors in the process of their development have a similar structure of functional zoning. It is considered to be the most important, previously unaccounted for factor that has an impact on the organization of urban areas
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