LIVING ENVIRONMENT AS A COMPLEX OPEN SYSTEM WITH AN ACTIVE ELEMENT (ON THE EXAMPLE OF A LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR A YOUNG FAMILY)

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to determine the system characteristics of the residential environment as the basis for designing and creating the supportive environment for a young family. The object of the study is the “living environment and young family” system. The choice of the subject of the study is determined by the hypothesis of the subjectivity of the young in relation to the objects significant for this social group - housing and living environment. A methodological approach to the study of the living environment for a young family is applied to the theory of systems and system analysis. For the purposes of the study, it was found that the living environment has a life cycle consisting of two main stages. The first stage is the creation of a living environment lasting ~ 4.5 years, determines the conditions for the organization of human life for the next ~ 100 years (~ 2.5 generations). Due to the activity nature of the residential environment (local habitat), it is proposed to determine the area of the residential environment on the basis of the concept of chronourbanism or a 5-10-15-20 minute city, which has been used in domestic urban planning practice since the 1920s, and can be rethought in connection with the actual needs of young families. Due to the targeted nature of the system “living environment and young family”, the article substantiates the potential subjectivity of a young family in relation to the living environment and characterizes the interaction of a young one with other subjects of its formation. The obtained conclusions about the properties of the “residential environment and young family” system are considered as the basis for prospective studies of housing needs of young families, the organization of interaction of young families with other subjects of the formation of the residential environment and sociological forecasting of the development of the residential environment.