Urban Environment: in Search for New Imagery

Abstract

Today’s urban environment is full of and in many cases overburdened with manifestations of modern civilization with its velocities and uncontrolled requirements. Anyhow, one continues to spend much of the time in the city, looking not only for dwelling, food and job, but also for cultural and spiritual fundamentals of his existence. To solve such a contradictory situation, it is suggested to ponder on a possibility to return the imagery basis in some leading characteristics of new architecture as the environment of the socium’s everyday life. The necessity of studying and fixing up the new imagery is justified by a growing relevance of architectural-artistic approaches connected with the increasing role of the playing, theatrical, designing, socially oriented and ecological aspects in the actual professional field and beyond its boundaries. Interaction with other actual kinds of creative activities is of special importance, since it defines formation of artistic unity of architecture, design and art. Keywords—architectural concept; context; field of art integration; architectural environment; integrative approach; contemporary art; theatricality; social dialogue