LANDSCAPE DESIGN METHODS OF THE POST-INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT

The actual problem of today - the restoration of the post-industrial environment in cities - is highlighted in this article. This is an important component of the socio-economic development of cities. The relevance of this study lies in the ecological rehabilitation of post-industrial territories by restoring their natural potential and improving the environment; elimination of sources of danger in abandoned industrial territories; providing “new life” to the post-industrial environment; increasing the artistic and aesthetic appeal of the studied objects; saving financial resources by reducing the cost of urban development, obtaining the necessary social and recreational facilities on the existing post-industrial base. Special emphasis is placed on the revitalization of territories with the possibility of creating landscape objects. The post-industrial environment is an excellent base for setting up places for recreation, communication, and entertainment. The potential of such areas and the means of landscape design, effective in their renewal, have been clarified. The methods of landscape design aimed at the formation of recreational space based on the preservation of cultural and historical and restoration of ecological and artistic and aesthetic values of the post-industrial object have been revealed. The leading concepts of this process with the corresponding methods of landscape design are highlighted: 1 – “Water is the key object of the renewed post-industrial environment”, 2 – “Terrain – the unique skeleton of the post-industrial landscape”, 3 – “Vegetation – the carrier of regional traditions of landscape art”, and 4 – “Small architectural forms – elements of identification and visual connection of the updated space with its industrial past”.  The formation of recreational “magnets of attraction” based on the post-industrial environment is a reality. It determines their investment attractiveness and promotes the most effective use and socio-economic development of the city as a whole. In addition, the use of the identified techniques can help in solving issues related to ecological rehabilitation and “new life” of the post-industrial environment, eliminating one of the sources of danger in the city, increasing its aesthetic appeal, as well as preserving financial resources.