Poczucie miejsca - identyfikacja przestrzeni w ekologicznym mieście przyszłości

The article discuss the problems and possibilities of use of traditional standards of space composition in comparison with holistic way of thinking in ecological urban design, especially related to these areas of the cities, which became amorphous and extremely degenerated. The traditional role of an architect although takes into consideration his ability to see the human environment as a whole in reality concentrate only on very specific fields often understand as "handsome" design creation. The "new" ecological way of thinking needs different approach, making the not so visual elements the most important in the urban design. The main difficulty lies in making this way of thinking really common and from the other side to integrate the "old rules" of visual composition in good functioning environmental design. Such different angle with the use of specific "environmental aesthetic" and sustainable management in the cities is also a fundamental chance for the forgotten areas in the centers and on the peripheries of these complicated urban ecosystems. The rules of ecological design assume that every solution is particular to local conditions, so this way of thinking seems to integrate in its very core the idea of the identification of space. As a place can be defined through its "geometric personality" it is nearly necessary to try to integrate the multifaceted rules of traditional urban design to the more environmental oriented way of thinking about space. The sense of space in ecological design seems to be the solution to the problem of the creation process and its understanding seems to give the right tools to find the answer how to create the true sustainable city of the future. The importance of the use of clear aesthetic principles combined with the environmental way of thinking is the more important because as Goethe mentioned "We should do our utmost to encourage the Beautiful, for the Useful encourages itself."