Principles of designing the color environment of public spaces in the city
https://doi.org/10.33979/2073-7416-2025-122-6-78-87
Abstract
This article is devoted to identifying the fundamental principles and techniques for managing urban coloristics and developing the color design of public spaces. This is considered in the context of socio-cultural factors, the structural-morphological basis of architectural and urban form, the color dynamics of the natural setting, and other elements that contribute to a city's unique character and its visual color identity. The authors define the key principles and techniques capable of significantly influencing the formation of the color environment in a city's public spaces and the uniqueness of its color image in the design of its object-spatial and architectural environment. It is concluded that applying these principles for shaping the color environment of urban public spaces will enhance and optimize the process of designing the coloristics of the city's object-spatial and architectural setting.
About the Authors
A. S. Guryev
Voronezh State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Guryev, Alexander S., Senior Lecturer at the Department of OP and AG
Voronezh
A. E. Yenin
Voronezh State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yenin Alexander E., Candidate of Sciences. Architecture, Professor, Head of the Department of OP and AG
Voronezh
S. N. Guryev
Voronezh State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Guryev Sergey N., Candidate of Architecture, Professor of the Department of OP and AG
Voronezh
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Guryev A.S., Yenin A.E., Guryev S.N. Principles of designing the color environment of public spaces in the city. Building and Reconstruction. 2025;(6):78-87. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.33979/2073-7416-2025-122-6-78-87
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