Vol 2, No 1 (2012)

Аpplication of street art in architectural city environment is presented. The main features and directions of contemporary street art are considered. The concept «street art» includes different types of activity: performance, graffity, 3-D graffity, and the latest dirrection – video-mapping (projection of dynamic images on facades of buildings). New terminology is gradually formed, characterizing the direction of art activity as «street-art».

This article describes development of business center’s projects in Russian regions, their functional composition, location in the city structure, features of location on former industrial territories.

The interaction of inside and outside space in contemporary architecture is presented. The features of the boundaries between inside and outside spaces and their possible applications in the architectural objects are considered. Interaction of inside and outside space in architecture can be traced in the works of F.L. Wright, R. Pietilya - representatives of organic architecture. In contemporary architecture the problems of «symbiosis» of the inside and outside space are successfully solve by such world-renowned architectural companies as «Guz Architects» and «T. R. Hamzah & Yeang International» — representatives of «green architecture».

In this article is considered nature process of formation service centers of local level in the environment of the largest city. By the example of Samara city are revealed the local centers and areas of their functioning, considered functional structure, features of formation, typology of the local centers.

There are given the research results of biomembrane waste water purification at Syzran Oil Refinery and demineralization of biologically treated sewage waters by the method of reversible electrodialysis. We compared the purification efficiency on the membrane bioreactor with ethanol dosing (in order to get deeper denitrification) and without it and the purification without adding household drain as well. It is shown that biomembrane technology combined with sorption tertiary treatment makes it possible to meet the requirements of the Russian Federation norms to the quality of treated sewage. The results of the experiment on the demineralization of biologically treated sewage waters using the method of reversible electrodialysis are given. We have concluded that the recycle systems of the plant can be fed with demineralised desalted water.

The basic positions of calculation of reliability of hydraulic engineering constructions, as systems are presented. The system is understood as set of the elements which are in relations and communications among themselves which form certain integrity, unity. Feature of systems is presence in their structure of elements and communications between them. In the theory of reliability of systems elements are understood as any structural blocks necessary for maintenance of working capacity of system.

The elements of buildings’ safety at different life cycle stages in the context of monitoring the quality of work and the influence of human factor in modern world are considered in the article.