EVOLUTION OF RESIDENTIAL ELEMENTS AND PUBLIC SPACES OF THE EXTERNAL LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN SAMARA
The article deals with the problem of the discrepancy between the quality of the external residential environment of the local level and the current needs of the townspeople and the problem of formalizing the approach to the transformation of public spaces of the residential environment. The search for solutions is proposed to be based on individual features of the elements of the residential environment of the city and the specifi cs of local public spaces in them. An important factor in choosing measures for the transformation of local public spaces (LPS) is the study of the historical background and degree of «centrality » of the territories. The evolution of residential quarters from the position of public spaces formed in them is considered. The typology of residential cells and public spaces in the process of formation and at the present stage is revealed. The types of planning structure of residential elements of the urban environment in Samara are analyzed in chronological order from the time of the fi rst regular city plan to the present.