Authors

Lytkin Kuzma A.
Maximum preservation of ecological systems in urban development

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №4 (92) December, 2025

The article presents an attempt to reveal the existence of certain urban-ecological trends as specified subjects of research. The study and practical application of these areas ensures the most complete preservation of existing ecological systems with full deployment of the urban planning process. One dominant area is considered in detail, which is "tangent architectural environment" or TAE. This direction of research is treated as fundamental, revealing the essence of the current proposal work. The architectural and planning and, at the same time, urban-ecological idea of TAE, along with its cardinal role in maximizing the preservation of existing ecological systems, lies in the fact that the physical expression of an artificially created environment is formed in parallel to the natural environment, tangentially, which, in turn, ensures maximum spatial and environmental preservation of the territorial unit, as well as the stability of the existing ecosystem with its stable biocenosis within the natural territory with preserved ecological relationships. Specific conceptual design solutions are used to demonstrates material interpreted as confirmation of the theoretical foundations.

Lytkin Kuzma A.
AN EMERGING THEORY OF SPATIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRADICTIONS

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №3 (75) September, 2021

The author argues that spatial environmental contradictions are inevitable in the interaction, interpenetration and coexistence of the two environments: natural and artificial. Reasons for the emergence of these contradictions are outlined considering the difference in the fundamental principles of origin of the natural environment origin interpreted as architecture and the artificial environment interpreted as natural.
The underlying cause of such contradictions is identified as arising out incompatibility between the inner structures of nature and architecture - incompatibility between their functional directionality and purpose. The study provided an insight into the initial antecedents of the contradictions and the emergence of a theory of spatial environmental contradictions. The latter are defined as totally ecological, advancing to the forefront in contexts where modern-day urban ecology problems are being addressed.