Kolomyeytsev A. The principles of Locality and Universality in Architecture of the City (by the example of Central Europe)

The architecture of the twelve biggest cities of Central Europe, namely: Vienna, Prague, Lviv, Zagreb, Graz, Salzburg, Ljubljana, Chernivtsi, Brno, Sarajevo and Krakow, is the object of the research. The objectives of the research are the definition of the occurrence's premises and realization mechanism of the principles of locality and universality in the development of city architecture. The complex of theoretical and empirical methods were used in the research, also the method of architectural locality and universality identification was elaborated and the semiotic approach to architecture study was applied. The scientific data about the functioning mechanisms of the connection of the architecture object with its inherent context, which is perceived by man, were received. The conceptual couple "architectural locality" and "architectural universality" was introduced to the local science. Also the algorithm of the principles of locality and universality realization in contemporary conditions was determinated and the peculiarity of their exploitation in modern architecture was revealed. The results of the research were embed into the study process by schools for higher education. It is reasonable to use the outcome of the research during the development of criterion of estimation rating of architecture proposals, during the preproject analysis and in the exploratory architecture design.