The Use of Post-Industrial Areas in the Formation of the Recreational Environment of the City

Abstract

At the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, a typologically new object of architectural and landscape design appeared - a post-industrial park or a park created on the former industrial territory. In the process of deindustrialization, first of all, of city centers significant areas are liberated that can be used to increase the recreational areas of the city. Especially valuable are the coastal areas, which allow to form a complete system of open green spaces of the city. In addition, the previous industrial use undoubtedly affects the compositional features of the park spaces to be formed. At present, an interesting, mainly foreign, experience of such transformations has been accumulated. The work shows the economic and philosophical origins of this new phenomenon, an attempt has been made to define it and give general characteristics. The modern practice of using post-industrial territories is considered. Analysis of modern practice of design and implementation of post-industrial parks took into account the urban context, the nature of the initial use and its plastic features, the availability of the preserved elements (structures), the functional orientation of the projected object and its role in the recreational system of the city. The analysis made it possible to identify some common features and characteristic methods of the architectural and landscape organization, to classify post-industrial parks.