Stages in the development of the architectural typology of panel residential buildings in Nizhny Novgorod

The historical stages of the development of housing panel construction in Nizhny Novgorod (from October 7, 1932 to October 22, 1990 – Gorky) are considered. The periods of the series are highlighted: from the 1950s to the mid-1960s; from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s; from the middle. 1970s to the late 1970s; from the 1980s to the 1990s; from the early 2000s to the mid-2020s.The application of standard projects of a series of residential buildings is analyzed, the transformation of their planning structure and appearance is revealed.The article considers such common series and their variations as 1-464 A, 1-464A-20 And, 1-464D, 1-464 H, 1-464 DM, E-600. Conclusions are drawn about changes in the planning structure: improvement of the dimensions of rooms, increase in the area of kitchens, introduction of separate bathrooms, change in the predominant number of rooms in the apartment, the appearance of a studio apartment.The tendency to increase the number of floors, the transformation of the silhouette, the use of decorative elements on the facade and the rejection of them, the strengthening of the role of glass and the color scheme of the facade is revealed.In the urban planning aspect, there has been a change in the main urban development unit from a microdistrict to a residential complex.The analysis noted both a decrease in the rate of construction of panel residential buildings at the end of the twentieth century, and the stimulation of further development of panel housing construction in Nizhny Novgorod at the beginning of the XXI century.