THE PRINCIPLE OF "TRANSFORMATIVITY" IN THE FORMATION OFOF OPEN PUBLIC SPACES IN CITIES

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The principles of organization of urban open public space should be the basis for its planning, volumetric-spatial and functional organization. Any urban open public space can be based on one or another principle of organization, but the more the same space includes the principles of its organization, the more efficiently it functions and the better it is planned. The analysis of the research shows the detail and depth of the study of the organization of open public spaces, and also demonstrates different approaches to their formation, content and organization. The principle of «transformativity» in the formation of open public spaces is considered, and the techniques that reveal it are analyzed in detail. The importance of organizing open public spaces in cities through general and special principles is shown. The connection of the techniques that reveal this principle of «transformativity» with other general and special principles derived by the author is shown. Recommendations are given on the use of the principle of «transformativity» in the organization of open public spaces in cities. Examples of its use in the projects of recreational park areas in different cities of Ukraine, developed by the author personally, are given. Adherence to the proposed principle and the above techniques helps to preserve the existing physical and social content, as well as to introduce new types of content, activities and functions to the existing open public spaces of cities, regardless of their purpose, size and type. It should also be noted that the formulated principle of "transformativity" and the identified techniques that reveal it should be applied in combination with other special principles ("physical density", "interconnection of the social and physical", "functional diversity") and their corresponding techniques for organizing and activating these open public spaces of cities.