Socio-Cultural Aspect of Design and Construction of Modern Orthodox Churches

• Published in: IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2021-03, Vol.1079 (4), p.42090
• Main Authors: Pallotta, V I, Vasilenko, E V, Vasilenko, P G
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Churches; Construction; Cultural factors; Design; Professional activities; Religious orthodoxy; Spirituality; Urban environments
• ISSN: 1757-8981; 1757-899X
• DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1079/4/042090

The article analyzes the aspects of socio-cultural design and construction of modern churches in Russia. Today, for many residents of our country, religion is a freely manifested spiritual, moral and regulatory framework that regulates the way society acts. Most of the residents consider themselves to be of various faiths. The professional community continues to discuss the problems of searching for a new image of a modern Church and the hereditary development of the system of objects of the Orthodox Church. Since design as a field of professional activity always projects through a specific type of consumer and features of production, it is possible to look at the problem in several planes. Thus, the socio-cultural aspect of the design and construction of Orthodox churches in modern Russia, conferences and seminars held in the capital and regions reflect the historical approach. In the historical approach to the Church building, the issues of its relation to traditions and historical models are discussed, without an active attitude to the social environment. The theological approach focuses on the spiritual dimension of Church activity. Creative activities related to the design and construction of Orthodox religious sites that solve the problems of spatial approach. The spatial characteristics of the Church building and its surroundings are Central. Architects, designers and planners solve the problem of integrating Orthodox aesthetics into the urban environment.