Problems and prospects of cottage construction in Russia

• Main Authors: Kasyanov Vitaly, Landysheva Olga
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
• Series: MATEC Web of Conferences
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20168604060

Sustainable development of building complex in suburban territories and reorientation of building construction to low-rise construction is the actual direction of the construction industry. Countryside real estate in the cottage settlements is a new popular housing format in Russia. It is already an established market in Moscow and St. Petersburg: it has clear rules, criteria, participants, fixed offer and demand. The article deals with the sustainable development of suburban territories. The article is carried out qualitative and quantitative assessment of cottage construction industry in the Moscow region, problems of development of cottage construction as part of sustainable development for cities and suburban territories. The article focuses on the legal status of the cottage and the cottage settlements, it proposes some elements of cottages classification. The article describes the possible prospects of cottage construction development as one of the main directions of low-rise construction development. The presented results in the article can serve for further development and improvement of methods and tools, and also for researches materials that conducted in this area.