Leisure Complexes Research Articles

Classification and architectural planning components of riverine areas in the city structure

The study is devoted to the interaction of riverine areas with the urban structure. The purpose of the study is to provide substantiation for the classification of riverine territories in the city structure and to establish the architectural and planning components of riverine areas. The authors analyze global experience in the organization of riverine territories as part of urban development in the context of modern sustainable development programs. The results suggest that amid the increasing density of cities, changes in production interests, and climate change, there are trends in the regeneration of riverine areas. The study highlights the following trends in urban development: the creation of a system of recreational zones along the banks; creation of a network of city parks with different themes; incorporation of a spatial carcass into the structure; creation of public recreation centers, leisure complexes, and parking ensembles at the intersection of the urban and natural frames; rehabilitation and improvement of industrial areas; relocation of industrial plants situated among residential buildings to industrial areas; optimization of traffic and rational positioning of storage and maintenance facilities; development and organization of water protection zones and coastal protection strips. The conducted analysis of world experience confirms the need to find techniques to rehabilitate territories that are no longer effective while prioritizing the formation of a comfortable urban environment as a factor in raising their environmental and social efficiency.

ADAPTATION OF SPORTS AND LEISURE COMPLEXES NETWORK IN UKRAINIAN CITIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE

The climate change that is taking place all around the world today presents challenges for all inhabitants of the planet, including the citizens of Ukraine. Taking all of these circumstances into consideration, it is necessary to introduce new methods of forming the environment that meet the new conditions. The article examines the influence of climate change on the recreational spaces of Ukrainian cities focusing on the location of sports and leisure complexes and their facilities. The article explores the influence of the temperature and humidity of the recreational environment on the athletes' performance and health. The work identifies and systematizes the positive and negative effects of the climate change on a network of sports and leisure complexes and their athletes. The main implication is that outdoor activities can cause heat stress during periods of high ambient temperature. This indicates that the existing sports and leisure complexes are not adapted to climate change. The paper studies the world's practical ways of adapting the urban environment to climate change paying particular attention to a system for alerting the population about the heat waves and informing the citizens about ways to strengthen their immunity; the creation of green and water infrastructure in cities and suburban areas; systems for objective monitoring of diseases and infectious agents affected by climate change, as well as planning for the prevention of these diseases; ensuring the population's access to clean drinking water and monitoring compliance with the technology of disinfection and purification. The study, premised on this analysis, has provided several proposals for adaptive measures implemented while designing a network of sports and leisure complexes in the architectural and urban planning aspects. It is predicted that such measures will help visitors adapt to climate change. It enables us to develop approaches for forming a future network of sports and leisure, taking into consideration cities' changing climatic conditions.

ANALYSIS OF THE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN PLANNING FORMATION OF SPORTS AND LEISURE COMPLEXES

Nowadays there is an urgent need for Ukrainians to meet the demands of quality, diversity and availability of sports services. Therefore, sports and leisure complexes, which are integrated into the urban infrastructure, act as interactive public spaces with tactile surfaces. Analysis of foreign practical experience in the formation of sports and leisure complexes demonstrates what it means to move around the city, breathe new life into abandoned places and how the architecture of modern life is changing. The countries of China, Russia, and Denmark were analyzed. This analysis showed that the typical objects for leisure activities are: 1) Squares, parking lots with integrated sports and leisure areas; 2) Separate specialized buildings of sports and leisure centers or centers of youth culture with different sports; 3) Open public spaces in parks, residential complexes, preschool education constructions, health centers. The analysis of the features of sports and leisure complexes formation in the territory of Ukraine allowed to reveal two groups. The first group consists of outdoor areas, which contain outdoor simulators or sports complex workout for trainings, both for professional athletes and amateurs. The second group of sports and leisure complexes contains "urban parks" as centers for the development of street culture, which has become a part of the state youth policy. The analysis of foreign and domestic practical experience of architectural and urban planning formation of sports and leisure complexes proved that there is an active implementation of the advanced world concepts related to a healthy lifestyle in Ukraine. At the same time, the design of sports and leisure complexes is at the stage of formation and requires the development of special methods, as well as research in terms of typological, structural-functional and planning analysis. Determination of the factors influencing the development of the studied objects and the principles of their formation is needed. This can be considered as the next stage of this research.

CONTENT SPECIFICATION OF THE CONCEPT "SPORTS AND LEISURE COMPLEX" FOR RESEARCHING URBAN ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT

Background: The expediency of the study lies in the need of the society to address the issue of improving the level of physical activity and health of the Ukrainians. To do this, it is necessary to rely on scientifically grounded ideas about the essence of sports and leisure complexes that meet the needs of the population. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to specify the meaning of the concept of "sports and leisure complex". Methods: To achieve the goal of the study, the following tasks are consistently solved: analysis of scientific works that cover various aspects of the formation and development of sports and leisure objects; exposure of the essence of the life processes that are localized in the structure of the studied objects; analysis of the conceptual and terminological apparatus used in the research of modern sports and leisure activities in related scientific domains; specification of the concept of "sports and leisure complex" in the architectural and town-planning sphere. Results: Analysis of the scientific literature and practical experience on the research topic proves that current trends in the society and sports development, as well as prospects for convergence of amateur and professional approach to sport necessitate the development of new approaches to architectural and urban organization of sports and leisure complexes. Conclusions: Sports and leisure complex is a special material and spatial formation of the urban environment, which meets the needs of citizens in realization of the creative potential and self-actualization of a person at leisure in the form of physical loading as well as recovery of physical, spiritual and intellectual, energy, psycho-emotional resources. Different forms of functional and spatial organization of sports and leisure complexes are determined by the dominant type of physical activity, the needs of users, town-planning conditions, the author's idea. These objects provide not only sports and recreation activities, but also informal social communication, which contributes to strengthening of urban communities.

Ecological approach to architectural design of hippological centers

The main idea of the project work considered in this article is the creation of a unique world-class equestrian complex that meets the high standards of horse maintenance, training and rehabilitation, in Yekaterinburg (Russia, Sverdlovsk region). The article discusses the problems of modern hippological centers, trending growth areas based on the ‘soft methods of education’ theory – an alternative to the principles of sports and leisure complexes organization, requiring special approaches to the relationship between the horse and the man, new methods and techniques of realization. Technological and functional processes defining the peculiarities of the structural organization and architectural and planning solutions of these complexes are determined within the lines of the hippological science; new aspects and criteria for their development take shape, including the issues of ecological education in modern society

“You Never Appreciate What You Have Until There is a Chance You May Lose It”

Public swimming pools in Australia have played a formative part in the making of Australian identity: as a stage for iconic images of sport and leisure; as a place for the display of the body; and as a fondly regarded setting for everyday community and family life. Since the 1950s, hundreds of public pools have been constructed – through hard-fought community activism and assistance – across country towns and suburbs. However, by the 1970s, a slow decline in public pool use began to have an impact, because of the rise of indoor and mixed-use leisure complexes, the increasing pressures of privatisation and the growth of private pool ownership. Combined with a general lack of ongoing government funding for the upkeep and renovation of now ageing structures, and with added recent pressures over water sustainability, a great number of these original pools have been demolished, severely altered or closed.This paper examines the public pool as a potent place of community action and conservation pressures. Four cases of successful and failed campaigns for pools to remain open in suburban Melbourne are described. These campaigns have brought together local residents, architects and conservationists and have highlighted the growing disquiet over the loss of public amenities. In conclusion, we consider how new modes of online and participatory media are reshaping community activism for the twenty-first century.

Malls in Zambia: Racialised retail expansion and South African foreign investors in Zambia

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Urban leisure complexes in the UK: planning and management issues

Looks at how leisure complexes in urban areas have become the norm in the UK, particularly with regard to the multiple use types incorporating cinemas, nightclubs, theme bars, restaurants, etc. States the article is based on short questionnaires sent to major leisure complex developers and operators within England and Wales in the 1999‐2001 period.

Multi leisure complexes

Purpose built multi leisure complexes have become an increasingly common feature in the urban landscape in many parts of the UK. This paper describes the principal characteristics of these complexes and provides an outline of their rather catholic pattern of locational development in and out of town and on both greenfield and brownfield sites. The paper then goes on to explore a number of the planning issues – trade impact, accessibility and transport considerations, environmental concerns and urban regeneration – raised by proposals for the development of multi leisure complexes.

Successfully integrating cinemas into retail and leisure complexes: An operator's perspective

The expansion of cinemas in the European market continues. Today, no new shopping centre is being built without a leisure component, usually including a multiplex. Leisure-based centres have also emerged, first in the form of leisure parks, and now in the form of urban entertainment centres (UECs). But what is the formula — if there is one — to create successful leisure schemes for the decades to come? How will destination-based leisure and retail concepts cope with the forthcoming ‘e-revolution’?This paper is from the perspective of a multiplex operator. It focuses on basic guidelines to maximise the synergy between the cinema and the other components of the leisure mix, and to help replicate the urban experience in a constantly evolving environment.

Retail services ride the waves

Within the UK, the continuing development of out of town retail outlets is well documented in the literature. The process is usually depicted as a set of four waves. However, all four waves focus on the retailing of goods rather than of services. Asserts that there are growing indications that retail services complexes are playing an increasingly leading role in the process of retail decentralisation. Describes some of the contributions to the growth of out of town services retailing and outlines a number of planning issues associated with them. Focuses on multiplex cinemas, leisure complexes and hyperpubs.

Energy Consumption in Leisure Centres – A Comparative Study

The Sports and Recreation sector within the UK uses the equivalent of 3 millions tonnes of coal per year to supply the activities demanded by an ever increasing sports conscience society. The government has attempted to stimulate energy efficiency in this sector through the use of good practice guides and case studies. A comparative study was undertaken to analyse the performance of two leisure complexes in the Seven Valley degree day region. One site had double the occupancy rate of the other. It was found that the energy consumption per user was approximately 10 kWh for both sites. However the energy cost per user showed a large difference: for Site A this index was 31p/user compared to 15p/user at Site B. The primary causes of this difference are attributed to variation in energy mix between the two sites, as well as a difference in the price paid for primary fuel. Indices based on floor area of the facilities exhibit similar trends, and furthermore show that both sites were in the high band of energy consumption. This indicated that both sites had the potential to make significant energy-related savings, and a further breakdown of electrical, natural gas and water consumption per site is used to identify these potential savings in a rapidly expanding sector.