OPEN RECREATIONAL SPACES ON WATER

The article reviews extensive design material on new trends in the development of open recreation spaces on water. Open urban spaces are considered from environmental design perspectives focusing on the specifics of designing recreational spaces on water, including general principles and design techniques for developing the spatial environment of this type and recreation potentialities of water. The concept of open recreation space on water is formulated. Current trends in the arrangement of such spaces are systematized and principal ways of development are identified. A comprehensive overview of their conceptual varieties and compositional features is provided.