The integrating of architecture and nature into environmental objects in mountainous terrain

Abstract

The article examines the topical issue of interaction between architecture and nature. This paper considers the basic principles and techniques of nature-integrated design that allow reducing the contradictions between the artificially created architectural and the natural environment, which is a fundamentally important condition for sustainable development. Based on global experience, principal means of harmonization are indicated, such as architectural and landscape composition, visual perception, defining the aesthetics. Special attention is paid to the goals and tasks of creating not only multi-comfortable, functionally expedient and viable buildings, but also the optimal preservation and harmonious inclusion of environment elements in a common architectural ensemble. The implementation of the basic principles is shownby the example of the author's project «The Ezhovaya Mountain Recreation Center» in Kirovgrad, Sverdlovsk region, such as the preservation of a unique natural site, the regeneration and interaction of spaces. Detailed consideration is given to the construction of a building complex in highlands, where specific factors and their influence on the processes of construction and operation were taken into account.