Medical Institutions in the Work of Architect Nikolai Matveevich Sokolov. Comparative Analysis

Abstract

The article considers the Nikolaev city hospital in Rostov-on-don and a complex of city hospital in Azov constructed under the project of the city architect of the end of XIX - the beginning of XX century Nikolai Matveevich Sokolov. Sokolov is a representative of the rational direction of architecture of the XIX century. The article solves the problem of determining in these works the general trends inherent in the architecture of the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, as well as the features of the N. M. Sokolov work. Search and identification of analogs of medical institutions which architecture influenced external and internal shape of the considered objects is made. The basic conditions of design, value of objects in historical building are also defined. The purpose of the study is to identify the features of the creative method of the master on the example of the design of medical institutions. The article reveals the unknown facts of the creative activity of Nikolai Matveevich Sokolov, introduces new factual data, systematizes information about the creative heritage of the architect. A comparative analysis of the studied objects and known examples of hospital architecture of the late XIX - early XX centuries are performed, similarities and features of the works of N. M. Sokolov are identified.

Historical and Natural Architectural Complex Paramonov Warehouses in Rostov-on-Don

“…«Планировочные решения промышленных зданий основываются на функционально-технологическом процессе, для которого оно предназначается. Габариты зависят от размеров размещаемого оборудования, как правило простая форма плана, отвечающая санитарным и техническим требованиям» [10].…”

“…Архитектура «кирпичного» стиля при создании архитектурно-художественного образа объекта выявляла утилитарно-функциональные качества. В застройке городов Юга России конца XIX века «кирпичный» стиль занял лидирующие позиции в массовом строительстве, а кирпич являлся самым распространенным строительным материалом в архитектуре региона [10].…”