TRENDS OF DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC SPACE FORMS

Abstract

The article summarizes the main forms of public space and their types and development trends. Features of open, covered, atrium forms of public space and public space with a complex structure are described.
 The conditions of the active functioning of a comfortable public space are considered. Examples of progressive projects of the organization of public space, which are implemented in world practice and which illustrate the proposed classification of public spaces by form, are given. Modern possibilities of organizing public space, which can be included inside the building and located outside relative to the buildings, are based on the main groups of forms: open public space (area with design in an open urban environment), covered public space (area with design in an open urban environment with canopy structure), atrium public space (communication and recreation atrium part of a public building) and public space of a complex structure (combination of open, covered and atrium parts: vertically at different levels or by blocking horizontally). The most complicated form of a complex with public space is a multi-level combination of a transport hub, a shopping center and a recreation area on the upper levels.