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Transport hub and International airport in Seoul, Korea, architect T. Farrell, 2002

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Geneva. Transport hub

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Geneva. Transport hub

MULTIFUNCTIONAL BUILDINGS AND COMPLEXES. BUSINESS CENTER

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Currently, it is quite rare to find any types of public buildings "in their pure form". This is due to several reasons:

—it is advisable to combine service buildings into a single public center with a common compositional and planning solution from a social, urban planning, transport point of view;

—the structure of such a center may include buildings of various functions: shopping, entertainment, sports, administrative, credit and financial, public catering enterprises; in connection with the growth of urbanization and the expansion of multifunctional residential complexes they have actively developed links between residential and public elements of the urban environment;

—there are typologically new buildings — multipurpose buildings of the offices and business centers, including in its membership not only office space, but also institutions of trade and general-governmental offices, gyms, hotels, banks, cinema and video halls, spaces for working with children as well as housing for employees;

—finally, throughout its existence, the building often changes the function and typology.

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Unified methodological approach to the design of multifunctional complexes:

—the premises for various purposes that are part of such a complex are designed according to the standards adopted for each type of public building;

—functional processes in them should occur independently of each other, at the same time, a single space-planning solution should provide convenient relationships and an unhindered possibility of joint functioning;

—in contrast to specific rooms, common and facility rooms for various elements can be combined in multifunctional complex;

—the space-planning solution of the complex as a whole must meet the current standards for public buildings.

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