Regeneration of the high-latitude landscape in the latest residential structures’ concepts

Regenerative approaches to the organization of new living environments are gaining popularity due to global environmental problems. The processes of permafrost degradation observed in the Russian Arctic in recent years have a destructive effect on the local housing stock and encourage a revision of conventional approaches to the formation of residential structures. This article analyzes the range of modern conceptual and predictive architectural projects in order to systematize current approaches to the formation of residential structures based on regenerative processes. In this study, regeneration is considered as a property of architecture that allows restoring the natural balance of ecosystems and accompanies the functioning of a residential structure. As a result of the study, the following approaches were identified: containment, accumulation, reproduction, replenishment, blocking, biomogenesis, and terraforming. The identified approaches expand the range of available volumetric-spatial and functional design strategies in the conditions of permafrost degradation within the framework of the sustainable development paradigm. It has been established that the sought approaches have a biomimetic nature, since they reproduce processes similar to the vital activity of natural ecosystems. The research materials may be useful for further research in the theory and practice of architecture, devoted to the formation of a residential environment in extreme conditions on the principles of regeneration.