Architecture of children technoparks
The article analyzes the experience of design and organization of children technoparks, a new type of buildings of supplementary education appeared in 2015 in Russia, and, consequently, not enough studied, especially in terms of architectural organization. The paper analyzes the existing children, determines their typology, identifies architectural and planning solutions, planning structure of cities. The aim of the study is to develop recommendations for technopark design, including their types, functional structure, architectural planning, and to elaborate a project for Rostov-on-Don. The research results include the typology, organizational and pedagogic structure of children technoparks, creation of models of educational processes that determine architectural organization of technoparks of different typology. Emerging trends in the technopark development are identified: ‘Quantorum’ technopark; technoparks based on existing enterprises and institutions, academic institutions and public buildings (museums, media centres, etc.). The conclusion is the typology definition of technoparks in Rostov-on-Don, their models and proposals for their inclusion in the urban planning structure.