Authors

Smolyaninova Tatyana A.
FUNCTIONAL AND PLANNING STRUCTURE OF THE OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE’S CONSULAR INSTITUTIONS IN NORTHERN MANCHURIA

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

The article studies the functional and planning characteristics of the Russian Empire’s consular institutions. In the early 20th century when Northeast China opened up for international trade, various countries opened their consular offices in the cities of Manchuria. The emerging urgent needs to design and construct consular facilities led to the development of consular office design principle to suit local conditions while taking advantage of international experiences available at that time. The study takes into account two previously identified approaches to consular office design and examines in detail the functional and planning structure of consular office buildings within a group of buildings.

Smolyaninova Tatyana A.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE LOST CONSULAR BUILDINGS IN SHENYANG (MUKDEN) IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №3 (67)

The article deals with the architecture of the lost consular buildings in Shenyang (Mukden), China, in the first half of the 20th century. The collection of historical photographic material enabled four lost consular buildings to be identified, which are analyzed architecturally. The composition and stylistic features of the objects reflect the architectural preferences of the countries that these consulates represented, being loyal to certain composition and planning characteristics regardless of geography, local traditions and even craftsmanship. The consular buildings are located mostly in specially allocated fenced sites with various functionalities. The results of the study provide a framework for further investigations of the architecture of consular buildings in Manchuria cities located within the railway’s area of influence in the period under consideration.

Smolyaninova Tatyana A.
CONSULAR OFFICE BUILDINGS IN HARBIN (PRISTAN AREA) IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTIRY

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №3 (63) September, 2018

The article is devoted to the architecture of consular office buildings in the historical area of Pristan (quayside) of Harbin (China, northern Manchuria) in the first half of the 20th century. The buildings are analyzed for their composition and style with a short historical description. The study revealed five buildings which housed consulates. Analysis revealed their compositional and stylistic features. In particular, all buildings chosen for consular offices occupy a convenient place in the city structure. Now they are among the listed architectural heritage.