Eco-design of net-zero carbon creative spaces

Abstract

The study aims to establish a theoretical and methodological framework for the eco-design of net-zero carbon creative spaces, wherein the utilitarian tasks of decarbonization are organically integrated with autonomous artistic practice and a new aesthetics of spatial design. The paper examines the architectural-artistic, technological, and economic aspects of modernizing the infrastructure of creative industries based on the principles of adaptive reuse of industrial heritage, the integration of renewable energy systems, the implementation of biophilic design, and methods of circular scenography. The primary result of the study is the substantiation of the status of eco-design as an autonomous artistic practice within art historical discourse, where environmentally driven decisions serve as a full-fledged toolkit for constructing spatial semantics and plastic language. Furthermore, the research systematizes advanced architectural and technological methods for organizing carbon-neutral art venues and constructs a comparative matrix of traditional and Net Zero approaches. Based on the findings, a series of applied institutional recommendations for the cultural sector of the Russian Federation is developed, featuring the concept of a national certification standard “Eco-Art-Space”, a proposal to integrate environmental sustainability criteria into the grant support system, and a framework for creating autonomous, energy-positive art residencies within depressed regional industrial territories.