Olga Volichenko
@rudn.ru
department of architecture
RUDN University
advisor of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Building Sciences, professor of the International Academy of Architecture Moscow, doctor of architecture
EDUCATION
Frunzensky Polytechnic Institute (Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek) - specialized in architecture
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Architecture, Building and Construction, History and Philosophy of Science, Visual Arts and Performing Arts
FUTURE PROJECTS
Natural research and aerial photography of caravanserais on the Great Silk Road on the territory of Kyrgyzstan
GIS mapping and study of the system of the arrangement of caravanserais on trade routes of the mountainous republic of Kyrgyzstan. Carrying out measurements and making drawings of the archaeological ruins of medieval roadside guest houses is part of a large-scale project of compiling an archaeological information system of historical monuments
Applications Invited
Immersive practices in the architectural space of modern parks
The identification of strategies and tools that contribute to the achievement of the state of immersion in the emotionally saturated environment of city parks. The identification of immersive instruments will help to optimally use in the design the potential of the possible impact of the landscape environment and augmented reality on the sensory systems of park visitors for the formation of emotional response, impressions and semantic saturation based on direct experience.
Applications Invited
Scopus Publications
Scholar Citations
Scholar h-index
Scholar i10-index
Scopus Publications
Olga Volichenko, Wei Xiong, XiaoYu Huang, and Azyk Orozonova
Scientific Journals Publishing House
This study is devoted to a detailed analysis of the genesis and fortification of castle architecture of the early Middle Ages, covering the period from the 5th to the 11th century. An extensive review of historical documents, drawings, works of historians, and reports of archaeological research was conducted. The study examines the architectural, social, and economic aspects of castle architecture, paying special attention to the impact of historical events on defensive structures and the changes caused by the integration of construction methods from different cultures. The main attention was paid to the examination of the evolution of castles from simple wooden fortifications to powerful stone ones and the analysis of construction methods used in various regions. The castle architecture of the early Middle Ages borrowed many elements from ancient Roman and Byzantine fortifications, such as towers, walls, and gates. These elements adapted and developed in the face of frequent invasions and instability, which led to the creation of more powerful and functional fortifications. Castle architecture was born gradually, starting with simple fortifications, such as the Roman fortifications of Autun, Saxon burgs, the location of which is recorded in the list of Burghal Hidage, compiled in the 9th century. One of the first types of castles were Motte and Ringwork or similar in function, motte-and-baileys, first common in England and Germany, representing fortifications on artificial hills and plots of land surrounded by moats and ramparts, which played an important role in strengthening the power of the feudal lords in the 11th-12th centuries. Examples of such fortifications are the Peñerudes Tower in Morcina and the Castle of Canossa. Marlborough Castle in Wessex, Berkeley Castle and Castello Firmiano Castle are important monuments of fortification of castle architecture of the 5th-11th centuries, demonstrating a more developed approach to strengthening in comparison with their predecessors. The findings are important for analysing the development of castle architecture and understanding the historical processes that influenced its formation
Olga Volichenko and Tatiana Tsurik
VostokSibAcademCenter
Forming the intensity of emotional impact that captures the viewer’s attention and draws them into the world of illusions and images is the main goal of any artistic work. The state of immersion (immersivity) is considered as one of the main characteristics of modern architectural space. The main objectives of this article are to define the immersivity of architectural space and to identify the tools that are used to ensure the inclusion and immersion of urban park visitors into the landscape, symbolic, natural and cultural-historical environment.
Olga Volichenko and Tatiana Tsurik
VostokSibAcademCenter
The treasures of world architecture, reflecting theories and concepts, principles and techniques of design, are an inexhaustible base for the growth and development of young architects, searching for ideas to create the image and form of an object. Artificial intelligence, in addition to developing floor plans, structural layouts, patterns for environmental and organisational decisions, etc., can effectively generate conceptual and prototypical images using the diffusion method. Artificial intelligence can significantly reduce the time of the creative process by offering a wide range of options for creative and practical solutions based on the prototype patterns and their descriptions offered to it.
Olga Volichenko, Sergey Ogorodnikov, and Esam Ebrahim Ali Abdo
VostokSibAcademCenter
The article analyzes the factors that complicate life and construction in the extreme conditions of the Far North. For each factor, there are current methods for solving the difficulties that it provokes. Climate challenges are analyzed, and issues of logistics and autonomy of residential systems are considered. The main goal of the study is the development and adaptation of architectural solutions that take into account the specific natural conditions of the region. The article presents an experimental model of a modular residential system designed for operation in the conditions of the Far North, taking into account the derived methods of construction and operation.
Olga Volichenko and Tatiana Tsurik
VostokSibAcademCenter
The article analyses the works of Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga, who identified four distinctive features of play – free participation, creation of one’s own world, limited time of play, and order, as well as the works of French sociologist R. Caillois, who reduced the diversity of play to four types – competition, simulation, chance and vertigo. Creative concepts of parks are studied as an embodiment of alternative reality and integrity of the play in contrast to the experience of social development dissonance, identity crisis and lack of aesthetic harmony. The authors study the characteristics of the context of the play: the correlation between the rational and irrational, the limited material space, the presence of characters and rules, paraphernalia and performance as opposed to everyday life. Examples of realisation of playing practices in parks are given. Actualisation of the play in the modern entertainment industry is considered through the lens of theme parks.
Olga Volichenko, XiaoYu Huang, Wei Xiong, Fei Wu, and Azyk Orozonova
Scientific Journals Publishing House
Studies on the typology and architectural features of trade complexes located on historical routes, caravanserais of the Great Silk Road, remain relevant in the modern world, as these structures not only represent historical heritage but also have the potential to understand the impact of trade and cultural exchange on the formation of the urban environment. The study aims to identify the typology and architectural features of trade complexes located on historical routes, with an in-depth study of the Great Silk Road caravanserais. The study includes the application of an analytical approach, classification method, functional analysis, statistical methods, synthesis method and other methodological approaches. The peculiarities and differences in the typology and architectural characteristics of shopping centres located on historical routes were identified. The analysis of changes on the example of caravan trade routes that stretched across medieval Asia and Eurasia is necessary to assess the evolution and challenges throughout their development. The expediency of using the analysis on the example of caravanserais of the Great Silk Road is considered, limitations in the process are identified, and the impact of limitations on the result is analysed. During architectural studies based on archaeological research, attention was paid to the excavations of large urban centres located along the routes. The practical significance of the study lies in the application of the results obtained to eliminate errors in improving the typology and architectural characteristics of trade complexes on historical routes, and the reliability of the analysis on the example of caravanserais of the Great Silk Road, considering various factors, is considered, which will serve as a basis for providing recommendations for the use of the obtained data on the typology of caravanserais
Adylbek Akmatov and Olga Volichenko
Springer Nature Switzerland
Olga Volichenko and Jumamedel Imankulov
EDP Sciences
The newest architecture as an information carrier takes on fresh forms. It reflects the flow of information, fits into the environment, and interacts with the external and internal space. As a result, a new boundary area of architectural activity emerges – «quasi-architecture», which is located between architecture and art, architecture and construction, architecture and multimedia space. The purpose of the study is to consider the features of quasi-architecture and the principles of its organization. The main methods of research are logical, complex system-structural and system approaches, which allow studying this phenomenon in the aggregate and the interaction of its individual parts and classifying the features of its development. The dialectical method that includes analysis and synthesis, made it possible to identify the quasi-architecture mainstream’s patterns. The historical-genetic method showed the origins of conceptual trends. The result of the study characterizes the conceptual directions of one mainstream of the newest architecture – «quasi-architecture». Quasi-architecture reflects the imaginary space; it seems to exist and not exist, being on the verge of reality and unreality.
Olga Volichenko
VostokSibAcademCenter
The article gives the definitions of such concepts as vernacular city, vernacular urbanism and vernacular approach in the study of the origin and development of the historic city. It considers the problems arising in urban settlements as a result of unrestrained spontaneous growth. The impact of uncontrolled multiplication of development of urban peripheries affects the functioning of the whole urban organism. The problems of spontaneous horizontal growth of the city’s territory are considered on the example of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
Olga Volichenko
VostokSibAcademCenter
Consideration of the evolution of architecture of the 20-21st centuries through the prism of the world global crises allows us to feel the influence of economic and political cataclysms on the formation of modern architectural theory and practice. Being a kind of mirror, architecture reflects all the current problems that worry and excite the society, so architects have always been deeply involved in crisis problems and have sought to find ways out of them by means of the architectural profession. Each global crisis of the past and present centuries became a turning point in the development of architecture and urban planning, forming new stylistic, conceptual and theoretical trends of modernism, postmodernism and panmodernism. The concept of “panmodernism” indicates the universal nature of modernism, covering all the diversity of architectural mainstreams that arise as a response of architects to the crisis problems of modernity.
Ольга Воличенко and Татьяна Цурик
VostokSibAcademCenter
Растущий интерес к историко-культурному наследию и развитию туристической деятельности актуализирует значение информационно-коммуникативных средств, позволяющих ориентироваться в сложившемся городском ландшафте и повышающих уровень его комфорта. С этой целью проведен исторический анализ центральных улиц города Курска. В качестве основы организации туристического маршрута рассмотрены элементы структуры пешеходного пространства и определены факторы повышения их привлекательности. Предложены рекомендации по формированию городского интерьера с использованием элементов дизайна и созданием информационно-коммуникативной системы в условиях сложившегося архитектурного облика улиц города Курска.
Olga Volichenko, Jumamedel Imankulov, and Anastasia Marchenko
VostokSibAcademCenter
Research in architectural history is consistently based on three models of the architectural object: classical, monostructural and polystructural. In order to understand the methods and principles of modeling the architectural object, the authors consider the stages of methodological understanding of the model of the artistic object by outstanding philosophers and art historians, who addressed the problems of aesthetic worldview. It is noted that the contemporary architecture, gravitating toward artistic openness, semantic streamlining, polysemy and vagueness, can also be presented as the unity of the natural, artificial and conditional.
Olga Volichenko and Tatiana Tsurik
VostokSibAcademCenter
The authors consider the consequences of the reduced control over the architectural and urban planning approval of capital construction in Russian cities. The new practice that simplifies the approval procedure will allow to reduce the costs for developers. However, without taking into account the opinion of specialists and citizens, it will provoke mass replication of unattractive cliches, aggressively erasing the traces of architectural identity. In view of the ongoing urbanization in large Russian cities, we can predict the transformation of certain historical buildings into architectural marginal formations forced out by uncontrolled development, which leads to the destruction of the integrity of perception of the cities’ architectural space and the loss of significant landscape components.
Olga Volichenko and Marina Zvyagintseva
VostokSibAcademCenter
The article deals with the theory, the main characteristics of the architectural space and the antagonism of the concepts of “place” and “non-place” on the example of Kursk architecture. The subject of the study is the contradictions in the development of modern cities that, on the one hand, erase their individual features and, on the other hand, demonstrate a significant tendency to appeal to the historical memory of the place. The article actualizes the problem of revealing cultural identity of the place focused on the formation of a sense of belonging to the past, preservation and reconstruction of historical objects, as well as creation of new architecture, which forms a symbiotic unity with the natural and historical context.