International Experience of Placing Buildings with Atrium Spaces in the Urban Structure

Abstract

AbstractThe authors carry out research of the typology of atrium spaces, their inclusion in the architectural and urban environment. The experience of designing atrium buildings in the architectural concepts of the late XX–early XXI centuries, which are effectively used at the present time, is investigated. The significant aspects of designing atrium buildings for Russian cities are revealed. For the first time, the experience of designing atrium spaces in architecture of the XXI century is systematized. Under the influence of factors of scientific and technological development and changes in the highly urbanized city development, the functions and space-planning solution of atrium buildings are transformed. The development of shaping in modern architecture is accompanied by the introduction of the atrium space into the urban structure as an independent architectural object. The authors of the study use this aspect in the systems analysis of atrium buildings. The features of the position in the city structure, functional purpose, compositional and socio-economic aspects of atrium buildings are considered. The research results are presented by quantitative indicators characterizing modern architecture with atrium spaces. This study shows the interconnection of aspects of the formation of atrium space: position in the city and the radius of the building’s service, tectonic-compositional and functional-compositional principles of atrium buildings. Taking into account the combinatorics of the analysis components determines the transition from the statistical assessment of the design of atrium spaces to the description of their features.KeywordsAtrium spacesUrban structurePublic buildings