PROSPECTIVE TRENDS OF ARCHITECTURAL TRANSFORMATION OF RESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC CENTERS OF LARGE CITIES

The article examines the problems of the architectural and town-planning organization of residential and public complexes at the modern stage of urbanization. Based on the author's retrospective analysis of theoretical sources, scientific research and project practice in the formation of public centers of large cities over the past 50 years, conclusions have been drawn regarding the prospects of some trends in the formation of such centers. Some directions of the transformation of the urban environment at the turn of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century in Ukraine are highlighted using the example of the city of Kyiv. Prospective trends of possible directions of transformation of the typology of public centers and residential complexes are formulated. The possibility of reconstruction, reconstruction and development of the architectural and urban structure of our cities in the post-crisis period is considered. The hierarchy of residential and public centers of large cities is presented, as the main structural nodes of the city in unity with the adjacent system of settlements. Conclusions are made on possible directions of transformation of historical buildings and post-industrial buildings for public and residential functions.