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Where does the street lead in the 21st-century city? On the transformation of archetypal images of urban space

Mayevskaya Marianna Evgenievna

Senior Scientific Researcher, Scientific Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning, branch of the Central Re-search and Design Institute of the Ministry of Construction of Russia, RANEPA, Russia, Moscow, Marianna.maevskaya@gmail.com

Abstract

This article studies the trend of combining multi-level landscape solutions of ex-tended open spaces with the traditional space of the city street. The author examines examples of the transformation of a street as an archetypal planning cell of a 20th-century city, located at the main level of the “groundˮ, into more complex nature-oriented open spaces of the city of the new digital era. At the same time, some re-gional features and techniques of working with space are highlighted, caused by both established traditions and the climatic diversity of different regions, forming a new image of the local identity of the urban environment.

Keywords

street; urban space; urban environment; archetypal model; multilevel public spaces; landscape design; regional identity; city of the digital age.

For citing: Mayevskaya M.E. (2025) Where does the street lead in the 21st-century city? On the transformation of archetypal images of urban space . Humanitarian aspects. Moscow. INION RAN. Vol. 1 (61). pp. 139-154. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2025.01.10

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