PLANNING STRUCTURE OF COWORKING CENTERS

The article describes coworking as a modern form of workspaces for collective activity. The object, subject and methods of research, on the basis of which this work was carried out, are defined. The objects of the study were coworking centers designed and built both in Russia and abroad. The subject of the study is the features of the architectural and planning structure of coworking centers. The analysis of domestic and foreign experience in the design and construction of coworking centers was carried out, their architectural and planning structures were analyzed, groups of premises, functional zones and functional blocks and their characteristics (capacity) reflecting the architectural and planning structure of coworking centers were identified. The existing concepts of coworkings were analyzed: in view of their number and diversity, this concept is divided into coworking as a type of joint activity and a coworking center - an object where this activity primarily takes place. Based on the definitions and analysis of design experience, the author's concept of a coworking center as a type of object is given. Based on the research of functional blocks and zones in coworking centers, a hierarchy of their form by the level of development of the planning structure is proposed: coworking sites, coworking space, coworking center, coworking park. Conclusions are made about the possible continuation of the research and the construction of a typology of joint activity objects.