The topology of urban development in the Neva delta

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The article discusses the influence of the topological features of the Neva River’s adjacent territories on the formation of the planning structure of St. Petersburg. The main topological problem of the city, formulated earlier by V.F. Nazarov, and the solution to this problem in the general plans of St. Petersburg – Leningrad are revealed. The urban planning features of the Admiralty side of St. Petersburg and the formation of the island arrows of the largest cities – St. Petersburg, Paris, New York – are revealed. The conclusion is made about the possibility of using the topological method in the design of new and transformation of existing urban complexes and public spaces.

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V. А. Demin

St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise of suburban services “Prigorodnoye”

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Russian Federation, 197136, Saint-Petersburg, Ordinarnaya Street, 46

Yu. V. Pukharenko

Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Email: pukharenko.j.v@lan.spbgasu.ru

Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Professor

Russian Federation, 4, 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya Street, Saint Petersburg 190005

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2. Fig. 1. The main topological problem of St. Petersburg

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3. Fig. 2. The model of the planning development of the Admiralty side of St. Petersburg in the first half of the XVIII century

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4. Fig. 3. Symmetrical placement of riverine urban planning nodes on the Admiralty side of St. Petersburg

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5. Fig. 4. Main planning axes and drive spaces of island arrows

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6. Fig. 5. St. Petersburg. Vasilyevsky Island. The ratio of the Hippodamus grid of the historically developed street layout and the topological axes of equilibrium

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7. Fig. 6. Examples of building development on the water arrows of the largest cities

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