Kostiuk O. Scientific principles of architectural planning socially oriented housing environment.

The purpose of the study theoretical foundation of scientific principles of architectural planning for living environment of socially homogeneous groups of people. The object of the study is socially oriented living environment that's treated as a living environment of residents with homogeneous lifestyle, culture and household traditions, occupation and relations with other social groups. Subject of research scientific principle of architectural planning for socially oriented living environment, which is considered to be a residential complex, a house or apartment block. Methods of research: natural inspection, retrospective and comparative analysis, structural and logical modelling, methods of experimental design. Scientific novelty: the boundaries of the object of study was expanded by the theoretical justification of the new concept of "socially oriented living environment"; improved the subject of study by examining living environment, which is considered at the planning оf house complex, volume lution for residential buildings and designing of apartment block levels; improved the method of residential facilities research by clarifying the mechanisms that rely on social factors; for the first time proposed typology of living environment, taking into account the nature of environmental behavior of different socio-homogeneous groups of residents; first time recommended basic types of socially oriented living environment on the three levels: planning оf house complex, volume solution for residential buildings and designing of apartment block. Results of the study were implemented in educational process and competitive design.