Humanities & Social Sciences 8 (2016 9) 1880-1887 ~ ~ ~ УДК 304.2 Considering Aesthetic Characteristics in the Master Plan of Krasnoyarsk Valerii I. Krushlinskii and Olga S. Fedorova* Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 12.05.2016, received in revised form 19.06.2016, accepted 27.07.2016 The article presents the results of research and analysis of the city of Krasnoyarsk. <...> The authors revealed attractive and comfortable places in the city, bright memorable architectural objects of modernity and history, as well as the disharmonious elements that should be neutralized. <...> The article suggests principles for introduction of new forms into the project of the new centre and reconstruction. <...> These principles include identification of the characteristics and commonalities of the existing architectural image, the study of features of the influence of a complex of natural and climatic factors on urban-planning and architecture, formation of the concept, principles and design methods of new ensembles and forms in harmony with the existing buildings, as well as the landscape, its dominants and other features of natural conditions. <...> The authors examined examples of the actual project of the new centre of Krasnoyarsk made by such institutions as “KrasnnoyarskNIIproekt” and “KrasnoyarskGrazhdanproekt”. <...> The analysis of design decisions of the new centre was carried out taking into account the aesthetic characteristics of the natural environment of Krasnoyarsk. <...> Keywords: regional-climatic features, aesthetics, natural and climatic factors, landscape, visual connections with landscape, image of the city, aesthetically attracting territories in the city, master plan. <...> There is a need to incorporate natural dominants in the structure of the city, visual and associative links emerge. <...> All these advantages make it possible to create a unique image of each of the Siberian city, cleverly include them in the overall compositional structure of the city, and identify © Siberian Federal University. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: olga.sibiriachka@yandex.ru – 1880 – the best architectural and artistic qualities of the city. <...> But when we are talking about a unique image of the city, we need to carry out a compositional-spatial analysis of the location defined for construction or under reconstruction. <...> Considering Aesthetic Characteristics in the Master Plan of Krasnoyarsk The cities are growing and the scale of development is changing, so there is a need for proper placement of dominants not only from a commercial point of view, but also according to the architectural and artistic <...>