Exploited Roof as an Additional Functional and Territorial Resource in a Dense Urban Development

Abstract

Trends in urban population growth and intensification of urban territory use motivate the search for additional territorial resources, especially in the context of dense historical development. The most common way to solve this problem is to use the underground space of cities and exploited roofs. This article considers the exploited roofs as an additional functional and territorial resource. Substantive differences between the terms "territorial reserve", "territorial resource" and "functional and territorial resource" are formulated. A calculation method for determining the potential territorial resource considering the geometric type of roof, its design features, physical wear of the building and the presence of the status of a cultural heritage site is proposed. Experimental verification (on the example of blocks and separate groups of residential buildings of different construction periods in Kyiv) confirmed that attracting the area of exploited roofs can give an additional 9.4…27.6 %% of the assessed areas. Criteria for assessing the feasibility of using the exploited roofs to increase the level of comfort and cost-effectiveness of buildings and structures are proposed.