Litavrina A.V.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE URBAN HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENT ON THE FORMATION OF AESTHETIC AND EMOTIONAL PERCEPTION OF ENVIRONMENT BY DESIGN STUDENTS ^{[№ 4 ' 2023]}
Urban environment is an integral part of human life. Recently, studies of urban environment as an object of aesthetic significance have gained great interest. This paper is devoted to analyzing the aesthetics of urban space and its influence on the formation of professional competencies of students of environmental designers. The article emphasizes that the development of a holistic and aesthetic view of urban space is a necessary quality for the formation of students’ skills. The importance of the aesthetic component of the urban environment, felt and perceived through emotions and feelings, is revealed. A significant place in the study of space is occupied by the emotional-sensual sphere. Visual images of the environment have a strong influence on the psycho-emotional state of the personality. The visual environment of the city determines the mood of a person, and the totality of the moods of city dwellers forms the emotional background of both a small urban environment and the city as a whole. The article considers the principles of formation of emotional perception of urban space. The emotional component of urban environment is studied. The importance of specific skills and knowledge necessary for a designer to create certain emotions of public space is noted. The necessity of development in designers of such competences as emotional perception and aesthetic understanding of the environment is emphasized. At Orenburg State University, the Department of Design has created programs and training areas that develop these competencies. On the example of architecture of the historical city, designers learn the aesthetics of the environment and form an aesthetic image, identify and construct this image, and subsequently transform it in their professional activity. Developed aesthetic taste for any creative profession is a way of manifesting individuality.