The article examines the aspects of eco-architecture as an ecological transformation of cities. It was determined that the main task of eco-oriented improvement of both exterior and interior spaces in the urban environment is the greening of the architectural environment using natural components. The reasons for the emergence of nature-integrated architecture, which is an environmental object intended for the main processes of human life, are analyzed. It is characterized by residential, public, industrial buildings, engineering weapons from the underground urbanism, which actively include elements of the natural environment. Natural components are used both inside the building and in the external facade and on the roof. Traditional and promising methods of designing nature-integrated architecture are summarized and their use in the process of training future design teachers is demonstrated. Learning to create infrastructure that should ensure high ecological and aesthetic characteristics is possible if all methods of ecological design are taken into account. The development of projects using object modeling or mock-up can be relevant in the educational process of future design teachers. Layout, along with graphic sketching, becomes a creative method of developing solution options for the integration of design and ecology tools. The students' creative search is aimed at creating an environment with an increase in the ecological quality of urban areas, creating an optimal space through rational planning, zoning, greening, regulating traffic flows. Artistic creativity is considered nowadays as a complex structure that includes intellectual, emotional-intuitive and volitional factors in various combinations and ratios. Educational and methodical aspects of mock-up are an important component of training future design teachers in artistic design.

У статті розглянуто аспекти екоархітектури як екологічного перетворення міст. Визначено, що головним завданням екоорієнтованого благоустрою як екстер’єрних, так і інтер’єрних просторів у міському середовищі є екологізація архітектурного середовища з використанням природних компонентів. Проаналізовано причини виникнення природоінтегрованої архітектури, узагальнено традиційні та перспективні методи проєктування природоінтегрованої архітектури і продемонстровано їх використання у процесі навчання майбутніх викладачів дизайну.