public space

Transformation of urban space of the town of Novoyavorivsk under the economic changes

 

На прикладі міста Новояворівськ Львівської області розглянуто проблеми містобудівного розвитку монофункціональних промислових міст, закладених у другій половині ХХ ст. Окреслено потенційні конфлікти сучасної функціонально- планувальної та просторової структури міста та сучасних соцільно-економічних вимог до формування міста.

Methods of revitalization of public spaces (on the example of revitalization workshop of Mytna square, Lviv, Ukraine)

 

У статті йдеться про воркшоп як інструмент впливу на функціонування громадського простору в міському середовищі. Визначено його функції, засоби та результати, до яких він приводить. Розглянуто приклад воркшопу з ревіталізації площі Митної у Львові.

THE USE OF THE B. HILLIER`S METHOD FOR THE SIGNIFICANT CITY PUBLIC SPACE ANALYSIS

The article covers the subject of professor Bill Hillier`s methodology for the analysis of urban spaces. This technique for research of the structures, that are differently ordered and have different purposes, is adaptive and applied to review city public spaces as independent system as well as the city structure element of the highest order.

URBANISTIC STRATEGIES OF HISTORICAL CITIES: WORKSHOP REVITALIZATION OF MARKET SQUARE IN LUTSK

The article deals with the conditions and expediency of architectural workshops in the framework of pre-project studies of the territory design, namely public spaces. It is presented on the base of the workshop Revitalization of the Market Square in Lutsk, held in Lutsk, March 21-28, 2017, which was organized within the framework of the COMUS project Urban Strategies of Historic Cities Initiated by the Community of the Tourist Information and Services Center of Lutsk, together with Department of Urban Planing, Lviv Polytechnic National University.

Safety in urban public spaces

Leipzig Charter, adopted in May 2007, related largely to urban planning, called for consideration of sustainable development, economic development, social stability, public safety and healthy living environment in spatial planning. Not only is the source of crime, physical and economic degradation of public space, but also the fear of crime prevents urban residents active in everyday life.

L’viv public space in the post-soviet period

The article presents an analysis of changes in the public space of Lviv that allows subdividing the city into districts according to the typical authorities and the intensity of changes. Nine types have been singled out; and the space of the historical centre, which underwent the greatest changes, occupies a special place. According to the intensity of changes, the second place belongs to the communication public space and the space of new public centres. The public space of residential districts of the Soviet time has changed least of all.

Lviv public spaces of the 18th-19th centuries

The landmark public spaces for Lviv are Svobody and Shevchenko Avenues. These boulevards took on the role of a central representative city space since their laying. Socio-economic and political changes altered the cultural and symbolic image of Lviv; Lviv’s structure became complicated over the years, however the central public spaces - boulevards, parks, squares, formed by the end of the nineteenth century remain the main formative elements in the issue of identity of the city.