Authors

Prokopova Sofya M.
“WARM CITY” IN THE ARCTIC: ADAPTATION, OPTIMIZATION, PHENOMENOLOGY

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №2 (78) June, 2022

During extensive development of the Soviet mining industry, architecture was used as a tool for creating mainstream living conditions, which meant borrowing from the architectural realm of southern Soviet cities for the High North. This approach has led to the development of an unadapted and unoptimized urban environment that ignores the main features of the Arctic region. At the same time, the concepts of cities under a dome were proposed, isolating humans inside from the severe climate. This study aims to abandon any attempts of ignoring the northern climate or isolating the humans. The “warm city” concept is a system of design principles for open urban spaces in the Arctic. Here “warmth” is conceived in both physical and emotional sense. Principles of adaptation, optimization and phenomenology are focused on creating physical and psycho-emotional comfort in the Arctic city.

Prokopova Sofya M., Garin Nikolai P., Kravchuk Svetlana G.
THE SPATIAL PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF TEMPORARY SETTLEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF ROTATING SHIFT WORK

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №2 (66) June, 2019

Significant remoteness of gas and oil fields from established settlements and developed infrastructure promoted the vakhtovyi (shift-work) method as a viable (having no alternative) strategy to overcome distances and harsh environmental conditions of the Russian Far North. The cyclical regime of shift-work adversely affects the psychological state of individuals: disrupting the process of adaptation to extreme climate and putting categories of “home” and “work” into a forceful disagreement in the human mind. The spatial environment of a temporary settlement (a work camp) is one of the key factors affecting the individual’s psychological state. The article argues that applied/practical aesthetics can be a useful tool for facilitating the adaptation process.