About the authors
| First name, Middle name, Last name, Scientific degree, Scientific rank, Current position. Full and brief name of the organization, The organization address. | Krasnobaev I.V. – candidate of architecture E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering The organization address: 420043, Russia, Kazan, Zelenaya st., 1 Fedorovich A.V. – architect E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it LTD «Architecturnyy desant» The organization address: 420111, Russia, Kazan, Bauman st., 19, of. 301 |
| Title of the article | Contemporary trends in humanization of public places in cities |
| Abstract. | The article resumes the master thesis of KSUAE alumna of 2014 and treats an actual problem of amelioration of the quality of urban life by updating of public places. Good prospects of this process is being proved, theoretical basis and best world (Madrid Rio park in Madrid, High line park and Times Square in New York, Millennium park Chicago, Stedelijk park in Antwerpen, Cheonggyecheon park in Seoul etc.) and Russian (Gorky park in Moscow, New Holland island in Saint-Petersburg etc.) cases are being collected and studied. System of actions, levels (strategic (cases of Copenhagen, New York and Moscow), project-based and initiative (DIY, Popup and Crowdsourced Urbanism)) and trends in humanization of public places in cities (car free city, interactions of architecture and landscape, temporary solutions as an experiment, reuse of vacant industrial zones etc.) are being revealed and may be applied to Kazan with its Old-Tatar settlement and Kremlin surroundings. |
| Keywords. | public places, urban street design, small architectural forms, humanization, squares, parks, boulevards, waterfronts. |
| For citations: | Krasnobaev I.V., Fedorovich A.V. Contemporary trends in humanization of public places in cities // Izvestiya KGASU. 2016. №4(38) P.167-176. |
