Smart port city of Odessa: brilliant embodiment of Vitruvius` theories of beauty

Abstract

<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">The condition of successive</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">development, sustainability of the whole is a continuous relation between the present, the past and the future. An interdisciplinary approach aimed to create the holistic picture of the world helps to get an objective assessment of the logic of the environment changing process</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">. </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">The birth of a new Polis of the North Black Sea Region at the end of 18</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">th</span></span></span></sup></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> c. led to the complex of geostrategic economic prerequisites for the development of the southern territories of the Russian Empire.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">The generation of the founders of the port city of Odessa (</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><em>J. de Ribas, F. de Volan etc</em></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">.) was formed in the era of European classicism the cultural context of which </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><em>“was washed by the Gulf Stream of antiquity”</em></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> Noospheric approach was manifested in the ability to create reality by means of techniques mentioned in Vitruvius` theories of beauty. </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">The characteristic feature</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">of the development of Odessa is creating the comfortable environment in harsh, aggressive conditions of the southern steppe zone – </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><em>“deadly heat in the summer and terrible blizzards in the winter, sandy and alkaline soil, lack of freshwater springs”. </em></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">Taking into consideration astronomical, climatic and hydrogeological factors, they chose the harbour, the place to create the port city of Odessa, perfectly well. They provided optimal sun exposure and healthy living conditions. </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">F. de Volan`s</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">city plan</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">of Odessa is the</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">master plan of the world`s</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">socio-natural development.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> The genetic code of the unique Polis culture was established in 1794, in accordance with the requirements of </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">eurhythmy-harmony -</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><em>“</em></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><em>Strength</em></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">, </span></span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">Utility and Beauty</span></span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><em>”</em></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> by Vitruvius.</span></span></span></p>