The potential of architecture and art for public recreational space organization in educational institutions

The article discusses the main directions of innovative design used to develop projects for public and recreational spaces in creativity universities taking into account their specifics. The concept of a social and recreational space is defined as possessing the potential for providing both educational and creative opportunities to students of architecture and art universities. The leading directions in this type of design are the concept of a “third place”, “biophilic” design associated with the paradigm of sustainable development, and the concept of transformable space. Advanced foreign and domestic design techniques and methods for creating multifunctional spaces that have the qualities of friendliness, psycho-emotional and physical comfort are analyzed.