PHYTODESIGN AS A MEAN OF GREENING AND A DETAILED OF THE SUBJECT-SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT
Authors:   Lviv Polytechnic National University, Oleshko O. , Petrovska Yu. ,   Lviv Polytechnic National University
Published: April 2021

This study sheds light on the concept of phytodesign and its tasks, outlines its main functions, as well as the role of landscape design in the formation of the subject environment. The modern trends in landscaping of urban areas, the main directions and means of landscaping are revealed, in particular the function of plants in the city environment. In view of the increasing population density, the increase in the number of vehicles, there is a constant search for innovative solutions in the organization of urban greening. Phytodesign has long gone beyond the premises and is actively penetrating the streets of the city, complementing small architectural forms, street furniture, fences and elements of city infrastructure. The role of landscaping, as a systemof conservation, extension and improvement of plantations in cities and villages, is becoming increasingly important, especially in the area of sanitation. Specialists of various profiles work in this direction: ecologists, botanists, chemists, physicians, landscape designers, agronomists and many others, offering innovative solutions for technologies of both plant cultivation and space management. In view of the increasing population density, the increase in the number of vehicles, there is a constant search for innovative solutions in the organization of urban greening. The work of a modern designer with plants in general is manifested in several directions: landscape design, green construction, phytodesign. If landscape design and green construction are large-scaled and sometimes dominate the formation of the spatial environment of a city or a separate local area,then the phytodesign is less extensive and complements the elements of the spatial environment. Today, researchers are increasingly focusing onthe aesthetic properties of phytodesign. It becomes an element of the general concept of creating a new natural and anthropogenic environment with the most comfortable living conditions; energy source for bioclimatization and greening of indoor and outdoor environments.An important factor affecting the mental comfort of the urban resident is the level of quality of the environment -a sufficient level of landscaping a favorable ecological state, maintaining human connection with nature. As a result of urbanization, human beings have become contaminated in the local environment, therefore urgent measures are needed to restore the quality of the air environment based on the natural mechanisms of ecological metabolism involving plants. Vegetation as an environment –the restorative system provides and regulates the composition of the air, the degree of its pollution, the climatic characteristics of the territories, reduces the influence of the noise factor and is a source of aesthetic recreation, which in turnensures the comfort of living in the city. Landscaping aims to increase the flow of oxygen and reduce the level of pollution of the atmosphere of the city, in addition, landscaping affects the formation of aesthetic appearance of the environment. The workof a modern designer with plants in general is manifested in several directions: landscape design, green construction, phytodesign. If landscape design and green construction are large-scaled and sometimes dominate the formation of the spatial environmentof a city or a separate local area, then the phytodesign is less extensive and complements the elements of the spatial environment. Once phytodesign was exclusively for the interior, nowadays its active appearance in the urban environment is absolutely normal in both public spaces and in addition to small architectural forms, street furniture, fences, infrastructure and protective structures.