scholarly journals Opportunities for the reconstruction of the quarter between the streets ­Nar-Dos, Tigran Mets, Zavaryan and Khorenatsi of the city of Yerevan

Vestnik MGSU ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 408-416
Author(s):  
Karen R. Azatyan ◽  
Anush A. Ohanyan
Keyword(s):  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Project Proposal ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Well Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The City

Introduction. In the central quarters of Yerevan, the contemporary development of which formed since 1920s, the problems of organization of courtyard space has been arisen initially. The quarters were built up with old houses and the lack of funds led to the fact that the development was carried out only around the perimeter of the quarters, where new residential buildings were built. As a result, large amount of ramshackle housing stock remained in the center of the quarters. And despite the fact that these plots were intended for the improvement of courtyards, by the end of 1980s the problem was not solved. Since 1992, when socio-economic radical changes took place in the Republic and the state development programs were suspended, the inner quarter space became an object of individual spontaneous construction, which led to chaos in the organization of urban living environment. Such an example is the quarter between the streets Nar-Dos, Tigran Mets, Zavaryan and Khorenatsi — the subject of this research. Identification of the reconstruction opportunities of the quarter between the streets Nar-Dos, Tigran Mets, Zavaryan and Khorenatsi of the city of Yerevan. Materials and methods. The work is carried out on the base of the field observations and published sources by the method of theoretical research, analysis, designing and generalization of the material. Results. The work is composed of the following thematic subdivisions: defining the research boundaries; study and analysis of the present condition of the quarter; project proposal for the reconstruction; socio-economic aspects of the project implementation. The historical process of the forming of the development of city center quarters is generalized, the existing problems are determined. The results of the study and the analysis of the particular quarter development present condition are introduced. The conceptual project proposal for the reconstruction of the quarter, the socio-economic possibilities of its implementation and the expected results are presented. Conclusions. A list of problems are deduced, which are resolving through the proposal. As well data on the effectiveness of the individual indexes during the reconstruction of the quarter is displayed. The results of the work can be introduced in the reconstruction programs of the central quarters of Yerevan city.

scholarly journals LIFESTYLE, ARCHITECTURE AND QUALITY OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-168
Author(s):  
Viktor P. GENERALOV ◽  
Elena M. GENERALOVA
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Compact City ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Typological Structure ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

The study reveals the aspects that defi ne the concept of “lifestyle”, including the main categories: standard of living, lifestyle, quality of life and lifestyle. Insuffi cient knowledge of the mutual infl uence of people’s “lifestyle” on the typological structure of apartments and residential buildings, on the quality of the urban environment is emphasized. The infl uence of the level of urbanization of the city territory on the characteristics of the “urban lifestyle” is considered. Problematic issues are raised related to the debate on the relationship between building density and comfort and the quality index of the living environment. The main directions of fundamental research in the fi eld of architecture, aimed at the development of new types of buildings, are touched upon. The emphasis is made on the methods of using high-rise buildings for the humanization of the urban environment and the formation of a modern “compact city”.

scholarly journals Building Stability On Permafrost In Vorkuta, Russia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. I. Kotov ◽  
V. Z. Khilimonyuk
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Residential Housing ◽  
Infrastructure Stability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The Infrastructure stability on permafrost is currently an important topic as the Arctic countries are developing climate change adaptation and mitigation programs. Assessing the sustainability of infrastructure facilities (especially in urban environments) is a difficult task as it depends on many parameters. This article discusses the city of Vorkuta, which is located in the northwest of Russia. This city differs from many others built on permafrost because most of buildings were built according to Principle II (The Active Method) of construction on permafrost with thawing soil prior to construction. Assessments of the engineering and geocryological conditions, basic principles of construction in the city, and reasons for building failures, were carried out within this study. The research is based on publications, open data about buildings, and visual observations in Vorkuta. About 800 buildings are in use in Vorkuta in 2020 (43% of what it was 50 years ago). According to the analysis, about 800 houses have been demolished or disconnected from utility lines over the past 50 years (about 250 of these are still standing, pending demolition). Since 1994, the construction of new residential buildings has almost stopped. Therefore, buildings that have been in use for over 50 years will account for 90% of the total residential housing stock by 2040. The effects of climate change in the city will depend primarily on the principle of construction employed and on the geocryological conditions of the district. Buildings constructed according to Principle I (The Passive Method) were found to be more vulnerable due to a decrease in permafrost bearing capacity. The impact of increasing air temperature on some of the buildings built on bedrock (the central part of the city) and some built on thawing soil will be minimal, as other factors are more significant.

scholarly journals Institution of public welfare: investments within historic settlements and the life cycle of the urban environment

Vestnik MGSU ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 751-769
Author(s):  
Olga V. Bakhareva ◽  
Liliya I. Azhimova ◽  
Alberto Celani ◽  
Nicolai S. Bolshakov
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Housing Sector ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Adjacent Territory ◽  
The City

Introduction. The transformation of the economic space of the regions based on digitalization and the use of intelligent technologies in the housing sector gives rise to aesthetic technical problems. When implementing spontaneous investment projects to improve the energy efficiency of the old housing stock of cities, including historical and cultural monuments, as well as buildings that form historical buildings, technical and aesthetic consequences arise. The aim of the article is to study the implemented investment projects to improve the energy efficiency of residential buildings on the adjacent territory of the border of the historical settlement of regional significance in the city of Kazan. Materials and methods. Full-scale inspection, photographic recording of the results of implemented investment projects to improve the energy efficiency of multi-apartment residential buildings of the housing stock on the adjacent territory of the border of the historical settlement of the city of Kazan. Results. As a result, a classification was drawn up of the types of interventions of the operating company, which significantly change the historical facades, change the single architectural and historical appearance of the street ensemble and generate negative externalities. Taking into account the prospects for growth in demand in the market for improving the energy efficiency of buildings of old housing stock, in order to maximize public welfare, it is proposed to consider the mechanism of state intervention to protect the architectural and historical environment of the city as a patronized good on the basis of state policy to create favorable conditions for the introduction of innovations in the housing sector in the form of institute of public guardianship. Conclusions. The institute of public guardianship will allow to preserve the artistic architectural ensembles of the city throughout the life cycle, to fight against parasitic architecture, to obtain an economic effect: to ensure low energy consumption in residential buildings of the old housing stock of cities, an increase in the value of real estate and the profitability of investment projects for the restoration, reconstruction and reconstruction of buildings in the historical part cities.

scholarly journals On the need to develop strategic directions for the formation of a comfortable living environment based on the needs of older adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
pp. 04015
Author(s):  
Irina Saenko ◽  
Kristina Chepeleva ◽  
Olga Tolochko
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Social Models ◽  
Integrated Development ◽  
Planning Decisions

The article presents the results of assessment of the conformity of the existing living environment and identification of features of its development, based on the needs of older adults. The urbanization of society and the aging of the population are one of the factors that have recently given rise to the forms of development of the residential environment, which determine special organizational, managerial, and urban planning decisions for designing the parameters of residential buildings and housing stock, based on the needs of this category of citizens. Strategic tools made it possible to outline the main directions for the development of a comfortable living environment, based on the needs of older adults. The developed roadmap provides for the optimization of the existing regulatory framework for the design of residential areas and the popularization and implementation of new standards for integrated development. A city designed according to standards that meet the needs of various categories of citizens determines their choice of alternative social models of the living environment.

scholarly journals THE TRADITIONAL MOLDOVAN DWELLING FROM THE SEC. XVIII-XX FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND SOLUTIONS USED

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-78
Author(s):  
Maria-Liliana Marian ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Individual

The article represents a research of the traditional houses from the Republic of Moldova specific to the period XVIII - XX centuries. Life, always conditioned by life, is a major program that, in the vernacular architecture of the Republic of Moldova, plays the role of the function of continuity. The main objectives of this article are to bring in heritage practice, beneficial information, both for the historical monument and for architects, specialists and the general public interested in the future of heritage objects, locally or nationally and how they influence the factors of decision involved. The slow transformations, recorded over the last two thousand years, in which we distinguish evidence of its evolution, are the result of slow transformations, both of techniques and instructional materials, as well as of the specific occupations and way of life sec. XVIII - XX. Starting from the semi-buried dwellings, the surface houses with a single level, constituted the architectural solutions with the widest spread on the whole territory of the country, until the middle of the century. XX. The architecture of traditional residential buildings - plan, size and appearance - were influenced by physical, social, historical, geographical conditions, the natural environment and the specifics of the household. The knowledge of the architecture of the traditional house contributes to the reconstruction of some aspects of the ancient culture, inextricably linked to the problem of the continuity of the local population on these lands. In the architecture of the traditional house, the normative thinking, common at the technical level of the society, is combined with the adaptation to the individual requirements. The lack of this information, especially important for those interested in the fate of the architectural heritage, can cause serious damage to the historical monument, namely the loss of structural elements, functional and stylistic elements, elements of composition, volume and structure. The ambiguities can distort the real value of the monuments and even the loss of the value of architectural heritage, so the historical monument becomes vulnerable in the future.

scholarly journals State support for housing construction in the Republic of Kazakhstan: problems and prospects

2021 ◽  
pp. 149-160
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Fedyarova ◽  
A. M. Rakhmetova
Keyword(s):  
Housing Market ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The Republic

The purpose of the study based on the analysis of current trends in the development of housing construction and the assessment of the role of the state in this process, to identify existing problems and propose promising ways to solve them in the Republic of Kazakhstan.Methodology. The article uses such research methods as comparison, generalization, analysis and synthesis, modeling (making a trend forecast).Originality / value of the research. The results of the assessment of the development of the housing market in the Republic of Kazakhstan over the past 18 years allowed us to identify current limitations and problems in its development, including on the basis of the forecast of the development of the housing market until 2025 in order to develop appropriate recommendations for their solution.Findings. According to the results of the study, the process of housing construction development from 2003 to 2020 in Kazakhstan was carried out mainly thanks to state financial support. The results of the trend analysis for the period from 2020 to 2025 showed that the peak of commissioning of residential buildings put into operation will be observed in 2023, and housing prices will increase. In this regard, the authors have proposed recommendations for solving such problems as reducing the level of corruption in the system of distribution of tender purchases, in the process of adoption and commissioning of the housing stock, as well as in the distribution of housing, the closedness of general plans of settlements to the population, insufficient quality of housing and others.

Comedy in Callipolis: Animal Imagery in the Republic

1978 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 888-901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arlene W. Saxonhouse
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Political Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Society ◽  
Animal Imagery ◽  
Animal Images ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The City ◽  
The Ideal

The political society founded by Socrates in the Republic has been seen by many as Plato's conception of the ideal political community, his Callipolis. However, a study of the language used by Socrates as he builds his perfect city reveals an unusually heavy concentration of animal images. This language seems to undercut the ostensible perfection of Socrates' city and illustrates rather its connections to the comic world of Aristophanes, whose comedy the Birds offers the model according to which the Republic is built. It is suggested that the city of the Republic is comic and ugly, indicating the limitations of politics rather than its potentialities. The Republic argues for the need to reorient the concept of justice away from social life and towards the individual. Ultimately, the Republic suggests that the notion of social justice is laughable and fit for the comic Stage.

scholarly journals Concretes with nanoadditive of fired recycled concrete

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 245-249
Author(s):  
B.V. Gusev ◽  
V.D. Kudryavtseva ◽  
V.A. Potapova
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Recycled Concrete ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
Cost Of Materials ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The City ◽  
Mineral Additives

The practice of using recycled concrete from the broken concrete of substandard reinforced concrete products can become widespread in practice. The undoubted relevance of this topic is explained by the program for the renovation of the housing stock in the city of Moscow, which provides for the demolition of 5-storey residential buildings until 2032. The problem of recycling and reuse of construction waste becomes obvious to improve the environmental situation, as well as to reduce the cost of materials in construction and preserve natural resources. The article deals with the nanostructuring of cement systems by means of introduction of ultra- and nanodispersed mineral additives. In this case, additional grinding of mineral additives is carried out in cavitation units. Nanostructuring provides the compaction of concrete structures and an increase in the strength properties of concrete.

scholarly journals Pragmatic approach to construction and reinvention of cities in developing countries: the case of Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2281-2291
Author(s):  
NZOUSSI HILAIRE KEVIN
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Adequate Response ◽  
Planning Methods ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Congo Brazzaville ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The City

  Urbanization is a very old phenomenon and does not date today. For centuries, the urbanization of cities has been inevitably accelerating. In recent years, more than 50% of the world's population lives in urban areas. This percentage will increase in the coming years. Urbanization poses many problems in the cities of developing countries that require reinvention and pragmatic constructions to achieve sustainable cities. This is the case of Congo Brazzaville capital policy that is growing disproportionately and disorderly without planning methods or urbanization or even adaptation to receive a large population who moved to town in search of well being. Urbanization is a perplexed area and includes several sub-issues that are: socio-economic, environmental but also spatial. However, Brazzaville is in a state of total disrepair resulting in a dysfunction of the urban space. Brazzaville has inherited a colonial space with a dual character. The pragmatic reconstruction will certainly provide an adequate response to the problems facing the city of Brazzaville. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for the regulation and regeneration of the urban environment. Then, rethinking renaming the city of Brazzaville to ensure a pragmatic reconstruction that will allow the populations to have a radiant living environment.

scholarly journals Planning organization features of blocks of low-rise buildings in the structure of a big city irkutsk

Vestnik MGSU ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 16-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeniya Sergeevna Yagol’nik
Keyword(s):  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Major City ◽  
Planning Activity ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Big City ◽  
City Structure ◽  
The City ◽  
Qualitative Characteristics

Low-rise residential buildings of different types occupy 48 % of residential areas of Irkutsk, which is practically a half of the housing stock of the city. That’s why the researcj of its planning structure and understanding of the features of each type formation in the city structure is quite current. In the process of investigation three main types of low-rise residential buildings were detected: private residential houses with land parcel; apartment houses; town houses. The authors investigated architectural and planning features of forming the areas of low-rise buildings of three types in the structure of a major city Irkutsk. The investigation is carried out with the aim to study the characteristic conditions of planning activity of the existing quarters of low-rise residential buildings, search for qualitative characteristics of the investigated types in the conditions of a big city.

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