Ecologically Sensitive Event Space in Urban Landscape

Abstract

The paper describes the condition of public space in cities in the face of climate change. To provide social integration, cities must have an attractive public space that activates people. The starting point for the conducted research is Bernard Tschumi theory of "event cities". According to Tschumi, architecture is a discourse about the spaces and events that take place in it. In this theory, the essence of space is to animate the movement and actions, which strengthens the social and political dimension of architecture. Today, we often encounter the crisis of urban space, which is unattractive, unhealthy and does not favour the activity of the inhabitants. Environmental changes have a significant impact on this fact. The aim of the research is to present the possibility of using architectural events in the process of improving the space quality and the microclimate prevailing in it. According to the research results, ecologically sensitive pavilions may play an important role in this context. Problems of water shortage, air pollution and temperature rise are taken in many pavilions in a practical way. Temporary pavilions become in this sense a field of scientific experiments, indicating the possibilities of using new proecological solutions in the city. The aim of the research is to classify this type of examples. The selected examples were divided due to their role, technologies used, as well as the relationship with city space. According to the research results, these objects can perform a number of functions in the urban space. They stimulate social relations, play an educational role, improve the climate in the city and make the surrounding space more attractive. An important common element of these facilities is the use of renewable energy and a zero energy balance. The presented examples lead to the conclusion that pavilions can play a significant role in improving the quality of contemporary urban space.