Architectural and typological priorities creating comfortable urban environment in future cities

Abstract

The contemporary world provides new features for people and society, which is why it is necessary to reform the habitation structure. Different countries meet differently their strong demand for personal accessible and comfortable habitation and urban design. In Europe social housing and renovation programs are in progress. In Asia the high-rise housing is in priority due to super urbanized conditions. Microdistrict development in Russia is comfortable for developers, but not for citizens. To mark movement from such a practice we developed the new typological criteria based on quarterly principles. Nowadays European practice is full of flexible and lovely architectural solutions in different profiles. It might be a detached dwelling complex or a new development area as well. The article discusses the main trends in housing based on famous European projects. The most universal methods and solutions are summarized, which turned out to be especially in demand. The results highlight the general typological principles of the residential buildings formation, which can be implemented in Russia.