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The main aim of the paper is to analyze the possibility of introducing the idea of combining functions hitherto treated as conflicting in architectural and urban programming, i.e. office and agricultural functions. The combination of this type is, according to canons of urban design, an antithesis of the possibility of creating usable spaces. In recent times, however, the departure from intentional functional segregation has become a global trend, which of the extreme case is nowadays the idea of creating self-suf...

Animals have been present in human life since the first domestication of their species. Nature was encircling urban areas with its abundance, while being human’s source of life and the greatest threat. With the development of urbanization some of the species inhabited human’s settlements, while some remained in the wilderness surrounding the enclosed urban space. Uncertain man's situation caused aversion to "alien" in the city. The progressive development of the world's urbanization has made it difficult to talk a...