Architecture Planning Research Articles

Средневековье (от Рождества Христова к XIII столетию). Восток и Запад

The essay provides a summary overview of the main phenomena of artistic culture during the Middle Ages in the West and the East (from the Birth of Christ to the 13th century). The paper covers the global art culture of the medieval period both from the point of view of the general historical process and in the consideration of individual types of art (sculpture, architecture, painting, literature, music). The author examines the achievements of medieval authors in these types of creativity: the increasing trends towards simplification in depiction of man and mythological creatures in Western art, the progressive development of art in the East (the rise of architecture and urban planning, the development of fine art). There is a turn towards the acquisition of civilizational forms of existence in Western art under the influence of feudalism and monotheistic religion. Special attention is paid to understanding the category of the universe in the medieval period, the construction of fortifications as reflections of the militant mood of the Middle Ages, manifestations of lyrical imagery in the artistic culture of the West and the East. As a result, the author concludes that medieval art represents a huge, richest layer of the artistic culture of mankind, the most important stage for the creation of artistic classics in the East and later in Russia.

Mountain Region Development Strategy, Principles of Architectural-Spatial Organization Urban Areas and Housing

In this working paper, the current situation in the mountainous villages of the eastern part of Georgia, as well as urban-social and economic development potential and others, is studied. Mountainous villages need some fundamental functional planning and structural changes. It is noted that when deciding urban-social and architectural-planning questions, natural-climatic factors’ complexes should be considered: Difficult relief, its shape, its inclination and articulation, its climate and landscape variability by the vertical zoning, etc. In this work paper, we discuss the development problems of mountainous regions. Nowadays, there are severe problems in the mountainous villages: Lack of land, less competition, and technological backwardness of agricultural products. In winter, this area is almost empty of its difficult environmental conditions. Foreign experiences have been studied to plan the mountain settlements and formation-development principles, which could be used for the destination of architectural planning development in the mountainous part of east Georgia. It has been determined that it’s essential to form the mountainous regions as the general urban area to develop agriculture recreation and industry as well as agriculture recreation and tourism. According to the united urban planning development tendencies, development principles have been formed step bystep in the mountainous inhabited regions in the eastern part of Georgia.

Agile Application Landscape Planning in Energy Sector – Architectural Experiences

The continuously changing and developing technology framework and IT infrastructure create novel approaches and possibilities all over the industry spectrum. Thus the energy and its IT supporting segment cannot be an exception either. Nowadays it is hard to imagine any kind of work process on energy generation, transmission, distribution or consumption filed without IT application solutions. To keep this portfolio transparent and effective a methodology is needed for developments and strategy planning. In this paper enterprise application landscape planning experiences and recommendations are introduced. The approach effectively combines the TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) and Agile methods. At the end of a five years ‘journey’, the evolution can be followed from a target architecture planning approach to a novel solution which is in use right now. To conclude this work a group of techniques and methods are suggested for the application of these solutions for a sustainable and forward-looking application portfolio at a reasonable cost level.

Risk identification for business blockchain-based technology adoption via an advanced fuzzy MRDM architecture

Blockchain technology holds considerable amount of potential for all types of industries by executing transactions in a verifiable, efficient, and permanent channel. It has been widely viewed as a standard requirement for making industry ready for the future, but when it comes to practical applications, it still arouses numerous risks/challenges that need to be addressed. Therefore, it is essential to address this gap and establish a comprehensive and effective practical framework to align the information technology revolution with sustainable value creation. The purpose of this research is to realize to what extent an enterprise legacy system’s transformation benefits a blockchain-based system and to minimize its specific risk through a hybrid fuzzy MRDM (multiple rule-based decision making) model that integrates data envelopment analysis with rough set theory (DEA-RST) and the fuzzy DEMATEL approach grounded on a questionnaire derived from domain experts. We aim to point out the inherent risks of blockchain-based technology adoption and to assist senior engineers in designing or adopting a suitable architecture for practical operation and planning of any future integration and development. The potential risk evaluation of business blockchain adoption reveals that the priority improvement sequence based on dimensions is smart contract risk, value transfer risk, and standard risk. Furthermore, law and regulation are the most critical criteria.

Perancangan Arsitektur Teknologi Informasi di Dinas KOMINFO Kabupaten Semarang Menggunakan Enterprise Architecture Planning

Department of communication and Information Technology (KOMINFO) Semarang requires the design of appropriate information technology architecture in order to perform its function as a government institution that is able to provide excellent service to the community. Therefore, the application of Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) as an Information Technology Architecture Design methodology was chosen to make it easier to design the right information technology architecture.This study aims to design the architecture of Information Technology in the Department of communication and information Semarang using EAP methodology. The research methodology used in the form of literature studies and direct observation in the field to collect information about infrastructure, applications, and data available at the Semarang district communication and Information Office.The results of this study are several implementation plans that need to be done, such as hardware and software updates,human resources training,Local Government Application Development, Local Government Network Development, E Office and Website Development. Each domain has components that are interrelated and grouped into subdomains, making it easier to manage. The design of this information technology architecture can help the Semarang district communication and Information Office in improving the current information system and improving its performance in providing services to the community.

ДИЗАЙН-КОД КАК СРЕДСТВО РАЗВИТИЯ КОМФОРТНОЙ ГОРОДСКОЙ СРЕДЫ И СПОСОБ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ГОРОДСКОЙ АЙДЕНТИКИ

The article is devoted to the study of design code elements as a means of creating a comfortable urban environment in conditions of rapid transformation of spheres of public life, and as a consequence of new relationships between the population and the urban environment. The design code of urban spaces is considered as the main structural element of identity and a change in the vector of urban development in the context of a decrease in the social and investment attractiveness of small and medium-sized cities, the loss of identification and originality of industrial cities and single-industry towns. The necessity of creating a unified stylistic urban environment is substantiated, due to the multiculturalism of architecture and marketing, a multinational population, which leaves its mark on the urban environment and its perception by residents. An analysis of foreign and domestic experience in the use of design code, its impact on architecture, psychological and physical health of a person, economic stimulation and social aspects of public life is carried out, and the problems of modern cities and ways to solve them using design coding are described. Based on the results of the analysis of best practices, the most current trends in the formation of a comfortable urban environment were identified using various design code elements that are most effective and attractive. Recommendations are proposed for the formation of the identity of Russian cities for participants in urban planning and management of architecture and urban planning, as well as a new look at integrated sustainable development

Revealing connectivity in residential Architecture: An algorithmic approach to extracting adjacency matrices from floor plans

In today's world, various approaches and parameters exist for designing a plan and determining its spatial, placement. Hence, various modes for identifying crucial locations can be explored when an architectural plan is designed in different dimensions. While designing all these modes takes considerable time, there are numerous potential applications for artificial intelligence (AI) in this domain. This study aims to compute and use an adjacency matrix to generate architectural residential plans. Additionally, it develops a plan generation algorithm in Rhinoceros software, utilizing the Grasshopper plugin to create a dataset of architectural plans. In the following step, the data was entered into a neural network to identify the architectural plan's type, furniture, icons, and use of spaces, which was achieved using YOLOv4, EfficientDet, YOLOv5, DetectoRS, and RetinaNet. The algorithm's execution, testing, and training were conducted using Darknet and PyTorch. The research dataset comprises 12,000 plans, with 70% employed in the training phase and 30% in the testing phase. The network was appropriately trained practically and precisely in relation to an average precision (AP) resulting of 91.50%. After detecting the types of space use, the main research algorithm has been designed and coded, which includes determining the adjacency matrix of architectural plan spaces in seven stages. All research processes were conducted in Python, including dataset preparation, network object detection, and adjacency matrix algorithm design. Finally, the adjacency matrix is given to the input of the proposed plan generator network, which consequently, based on the resulting adjacency, obtains different placement modes for spaces and furniture.

Contextualization Matters: Beyond Abstract, Normative and Universal Approaches

The negative ecological, health and social impacts of intensive agricultural production and deforestation, coupled with rapid urban and suburban development motivated some architects, land-use planners, landscape and urban designers last century to consider how the morphology and size of human settlements impact on natural and human ecosystems at local, regional and global levels. Some initiatives 50 years ago, including the seminal contributions of Constantinos A. Doxiadis, John Habraken, Victor Papanek (among others), preceded current concerns about complex people-society-environment-biosphere interrelations in a rapidly urbanizing world. Notably, the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda recognize these dilemmas, but these initiatives have not borne anticipated outcomes since 2015. This article explains that the proposed responses to these societal challenges by these international initiatives have devalued fundamental elements of ekistics that combined and synthesized five forces - economic, social, political, technical and cultural factors in a holistic and systemic model. In addition, abstract, dogmatic, normative, and universal approaches commonly used in architecture and urban planning during the last century have remained dominant. The author requests a fundamental rethinking of key drivers of rapid urbanization that need to be understood and corrected according to the diversity and plurality of contextual conditions in which human settlements are constructed. These can be identified and accommodated in Living Labs which are creative real-world settings that explicitly reconnect knowledge and praxis about human habitats, thus overcoming the current deficit in implementing the SDGs, and in particular SDG 11.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ФУНКЦІОНАЛЬНО-ІНСТИТУЦІЙНОЇ АРХІТЕКТУРИ СТРАТЕГІЧНОГО ПЛАНУВАННЯ ПРОМИСЛОВОГО РОЗВИТКУ

The article examines the essence of the institutional and functional architecture of industrial development strategic planning, which is an ordered system of relations between various institutions in course of designing the industrial strategy. The goal of the article is to identify the features of the functional and institutional architecture of strategic planning and to determine their impact on strategic decision-making processes in the field of industrial development. The main modules of strategic planning architecture are singled out. In particular, they include responsibility centers (which can be the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine or the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine) and stakeholders, as well as their roles and functions, legislation, and flows of information and analytical data. It was revealed that there are six main functions organizations perform during the strategic planning: framework goals of higher level; strategic goal setting; analysis of environment; strategic alternatives assessment; distinction of steering and planning functions; relationship between planning and budgeting. While the government has its own vision of strategic goals which depends on the political and technical performance of the responsible institution, it is important to engage various government and non-government institutions and business in strategic planning industry development. This idea was also supported within the models of strategic decision making – the model of strategic choice oriented on internal institutional capabilities and external control model which argues the external determinants highly contribute to the variation of the strategic alternatives assessment should be combined. In Ukraine main stakeholders can be represented by business associations and trade unions, R&D institutions and universities, think tanks and civil society organizations. Organizations providing statistical and analytical information also play an important role. There were determined several ways of stakeholders’ involvement in strategic planning of industry development – through participation in working group, through public discussion and through public inquiries preparing experts assessments. Ensuring transparency and efficiency of inter-institutional interaction, trust and support from key stakeholders is also an important component for stimulating systemic change. As a result of these findings the model of functional and institutional architecture of strategic planning of industrial development was elaborated in the study.

Proposals for revitalizing urban post-industrial areas: A case study of a French town

The article aims to investigate the current state and identify potential development pathways for the small industrial town of Lavaveixles-Mines in the Creuse Department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France. The purpose of this study is to develop and propose architectural and urban planning measures and initiatives for the restoration and reactivation of post-industrial areas using the case of the researched city. The methodology used in this research is based on an interdisciplinary approach that combines architecture, urban planning, urbanism, history, sociology, economics, and ecology. This has contributed to the development of innovative solutions aimed at revitalizing outdated industrial territories while preserving their unique identity. As a result, the most effective concept for architectural and urban planning transformation of the city was found and some specific methods and techniques presented in this study were developed.

Архитектурно-градостроительная организация системы общественных пространств Ворошиловского района Волгограда «Царицынские кварталы»

The article touches on the topic of architectural and urban planning organization of the system of public spaces in the Voroshilovsky district of Volgograd under the name “Tsaritsyn Quarters”. The work emphasizes the importance of preserving and recreating the historical appearance of the Voroshilovsky district, which serves as evidence of the development and transformation of the city from Tsaritsyn to Stalingrad, and then to Volgograd. The authors of the article focus on the need to ensure the adaptation of the historical area to modern conditions and requirements, which includes the development of infrastructure, accessibility and functionality of public spaces. In particular, a concept is proposed that involves restoring historical buildings, optimizing transport infrastructure, providing access to the Volga River and creating tourist routes. The concept includes the use and reconstruction of authentic buildings and spaces of Tsaritsyn to create new public spaces, such as the Academic, Museum and Fair quarters. The proposal for the creation of “Tsaritsyn Quarters” in the Voroshilovsky district of Volgograd was developed on the basis of architectural and urban planning surveys, historical and sociological research and analysis of the existing transport and pedestrian infrastructure. The authors argue that the implementation of the developed proposals will transform the currently depressed area into a new attractive and sought-after public space of the city, thereby ensuring a balance between the preservation of historical heritage and the development of a modern urban environment.

Comparative Study Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment for Regular and Irregular RCC Buildings

In the study numerous buildings exhibit irregularities of their architectural plans, a feature that could render them susceptible to excessive seismic activities in the future. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the seismic vulnerability and response of regular and irregular shaped multi-storey building of identical weight in context. Both static and dynamic (response spectrum) analysis has been done to observe the influence of shape of a building on its responses to various loading. G+12 storied regular (rectangular) and irregular shaped buildings have been modeled using program staad pro for seismic zone III. Impact of wind and static load on exclusive formed shape along with dynamic response spectrum has been meticulously analyzed considering the mass of each shaped is identical. A comparative analysis of the center of mass and maximum displacement overstorey of variously shaped buildings under static loading and dynamic response spectrum has been conducted. All form buildings react nearly in sync if the total mass fluctuates only little. But as the end result indicates, a structure's irregular dimensions are what expose it to its vulnerable direction. It is possible to build an irregularly shaped structure that might act more like a rectangular building while keeping the total mass the same.

Twin long short-term memory for environmental hierarchical planning of low-carbon landscape architecture

Twin long short-term memory for environmental hierarchical planning of low-carbon landscape architecture

A PID-based control architecture for mobile robot path planning in greenhouses

This article presents a control strategy for an Ackermann mobile robot designed for greenhouse operation, based on a cascade control mechanism. It controls both, (i) an inner loop, based on PID, for two motors, and (ii) a classic Pure Pursuit control for the outer loop. In addition, a feedforward control strategy is proposed to address the issue of the natural variable terrain in greenhouses in southern Spain. Path following will be evaluated using a 2D model of the experimental greenhouse to obtain coordinates that will be assessed in simulation. Open-loop tests were conducted on a real agricultural robot prototype, AGRICOBIOT II, designed and built at the University of Almeria.

Принципы формирования устойчивой архитектуры образовательной школы (на примере индонезийской школы на острове Бали)

In the 21st century, the concept of sustainable development has become a key foundation for humanity's future growth. The sustainability strategy is now broadly understood and influences all aspects of life, including education. Global threats to civilization, including economic, demographic, military-political, environmental, and socio-cultural processes, present significant challenges in socialization and adaptation for the younger generation. It is no longer possible to address these issues without the comprehensive and extensive use of preventive development mechanisms. Undoubtedly, one such crucial mechanism is the sphere of education, particularly the architecture of schools. Therefore, architecture, as a key resource in education, must evolve to a new level. The research's relevance lies in the need to apply new architectural and urban planning principles in designing modern schools that ensure an ecologically comfortable and sustainable educational environment. The study analyzes the creation of sustainable school architecture, using the Bali Green School in Indonesia as a positive example of successful implementation. To thoroughly explore the research topic, the authors utilize insights from natural, human, and social sciences, including ecology, psychology, philosophy, pedagogy, and microbiology. The study identifies five key principles: integrating architecture with nature, architectural identity, permaculture, openness in educational spaces, and environmental well-being.

Belgrade Fair complex: The collapse of Yugoslav purism

In the wake of accelerated development in the vicinity of the Belgrade Fair and further plans for construction in this part of the city, the events that have unfolded during the past decade of Belgrade?s urban development have situated Belgrade Fair as a key topic in the spotlight of the Serbian urban planning community. The objective of this paper is, first and foremost, the formulation of a methodologically broader critical matrix regarding the formation of an approach to the future adoption of strategies for the urban renewal of the Belgrade Fair (Sajam) complex. This complex, in addition to basic research on its architectural and urban qualities, also includes numerous current and temporal aspects from which it is possible to draw conclusions about the issue at hand. These analyses of the architectural and urban value of the fair complex observe the key themes and concepts that define the Sajam?s spatial and developmental paradigm. They also accentuate current questions regarding the defragmentation of the heritage of modern architecture in architectural practice. Also highlighted, in addition to the architectural and urban planning composition of the first construction phase between 1953 and 1957, are the today less-known architectural and engineering aspects of the exhibition halls that lack heritage status, along with an exploration of the renewal or transformation of this space through an analysis of recent conceptual design proposals. This study, through synthesis, seeks to establish a comprehensive picture and the broader critical framework needed to pass judgement before the ideological and constructive breakdown of Belgrade?s exhibition complex as a paradigm of Yugoslav purism. The conclusions leave space for the appreciation of different approaches, opening up new questions that clearly require social consensus and which have not yet been answered in the public or professional space.

"Modernism with a Soul": Designing and Building Communities for Corporate and Civic Life.

This essay explores how film, feature and documentary, can offer a new perspective on modernist architecture, industrial design, and urban planning. Through the lens of two young directors, Kogonada and Davide Maffei, it traces the histories of two twentieth-century company towns: Ivrea, Italy, headquarters of Italian business machine giant Olivetti, and Columbus, Indiana, U.S.A., home to Cummins Inc., a global leader in diesel engine design and manufacturing. Adriano Olivetti and J. Irwin Miller shared the conviction that modernist architecture and design had a decisive role to play not just in the economic health of their respective firms but in the civic health of their surrounding communities. These companies have long abandoned the corporate idealism of their founding patrons. In film, Ivrea and Columbus have become architectural time capsules that raise important questions about the transformative power of architecture and design in the face of an increasingly competitive global economy.

Nazi Officials and Architects facing the Wilhelmine Past. Poznań and Strasbourg under German Occupation

This article discusses the Germanization of Poznan and Strasbourg’s urban space during the Second World War and their deep-rooted traditions in German culture. It focuses on the German concepts of “Volk” and “Volksgemeinschaft” formulated in the 19th century, which were adopted and expanded by the nazis. It demonstrates how architecture and urban planning were used as a powerful tool for Germanization and the materialization of the concept of Volksgemeinschaft through examples of realized and unrealized buildings in both cities. In this context, it is important to note that the seemingly disparate epochs of German rule in the 19th century and of the Third Reich must be viewed in context. Although the Germanization policy was much milder in Strasbourg than in Poznan, comparing the two cities is crucial for broadening our understanding of the different German occupation systems during the Second World War.

The process for designing and constructing the Komazawa Park Gymnasium and Central Plaza

AbstractIn his book Gaibu kūkan no kōsei (Exterior Space in Architecture), Yoshinobu Ashihara criticized modern architecture and urban planning and searched for ways to realize plazas suitable for humans. This study analyzes how Ashihara designed the Komazawa Park Gymnasium, a wrestling venue for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and the Central Plaza. It focuses on the distinctive hyperbolic paraboloid shells of Komazawa Park Gymnasium. Concurrently, this study evaluates Ashihara's uniqueness as an architect while comparing the Komazawa Central Plaza with Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, designed by Kenzo Tange.

МАСОВА ЖИТЛОВА ЗАБУДОВА КИЄВА ЧАСІВ СРСР: ПРОЯВ НАЦІОНАЛЬНИХ ОСОБЛИВОСТЕЙ МІСТОБУДУВАННЯ ЧИ ФОРМУВАННЯ УНІФІКОВАНОГО ПРОСТОРУ РАДЯНСЬКОГО МІСТА

The purpose of the article is to identify the peculiarities of urban development in Kyiv through the study of residential areas built in the modernist era and the possibility of taking them into account in the interests of post-war reconstruction of Ukrainian cities and Kyiv's development in the future. Methods. The planning features of the three socialist-era residential areas of Kyiv selected by the authors were assessed using a matrix of criteria developed on the principle of a comprehensive assessment of the territory in terms of three main functional zones. The results of the assessment served as data for building models in the form of petal diagrams that reflect the level of planning features of residential areas in the context of each zone. Results. The article reveals the peculiarities of mass housing construction in the capital of Ukraine in the second half of the twentieth century as a consequence of the adaptation of the Ukrainian urban planning scientific school and practice to the realities of Soviet ideology in urban planning. The article analyses the change in the urban face of Kyiv in the modernist era, the formation of various trends in the capital's urban planning, forms of implementation and trends in urban planning during the period of its Soviet ideologisation. Kyiv became an arena of struggle in urban development and redevelopment in the post-World War II period against the backdrop of rapid urbanisation, changes in housing requirements and acute manifestations of colonialism. A comparative analysis of three cases of housing construction, which recorded the progress in housing construction in terms of urban planning at different stages of post-war development of Kyiv - the residential areas "Berezniaky", "Syneozernyi" and "Teremky 1" - was carried out, which can better reveal the urban planning context in which the construction of a "European" and/or "Soviet" city is confronted. Scientific novelty. The tested methodology of field research of architectural and urban planning compositions, arrangement of urban spaces of different types, microzoning in order to compare residential areas and establish their user properties is the author's development. It has been established that despite the colonial policy, which had a significant impact on urban planning in Ukraine during the Soviet era, Ukrainian urban planners under the pressure of the Soviet ideological machine attracted the best European experience in planning and designing in the interests of the residents of the capital of Ukraine. Practical significance. The proposed methodology and the results obtained can be used in the planning and organisation of urban space. Mass housing construction will remain an urgent task in Ukraine and requires comprehension of negative experience and the use of the best practices of Kyiv's development in the modernist era.