We continue to present the winners of the competition for the development of design concepts for key public spaces in 15 Russian cities, organized by AHML and KB Strelka. In the previous article, you can see the projects that will be implemented in Astrakhan, Vladikavkaz, Vladimir, Volgograd and Izhevsk.
Below are the winners for five more cities.
Kaluga, Yachenka river embankment
Architectural bureau "Scheme"
Authors comment:
“Our embankment is located on the bank of the Yachensky reservoir, next to the Museum of Cosmonautics and the Museum of Tsiolkovsky. This is a zone of tourist activity, visitors to museums are constantly walking here, and we wanted to turn the embankment into a new city center. In the concept, we wanted to reflect the history of space and create spaces with a specific atmosphere there. The embankment was divided into two parts: the urban, more active, and natural, more natural, turning into a green area on the outskirts of the city. Thus, the first part is sporting and eventful: there is a playground, a skate park, large amphitheaters and a floating stage with a screen. But gradually, due to the change of landscaping, the comfortable embankment “runs wild” and organically flows into the natural park”.
Kemerovo, section of Stroiteley boulevard
LLC "Architectural Company"
The architects divide the territory into several functional zones: the book park (literary evenings, exchange of books), "child-park" (family vacations with children), the central square and the extreme park. All sites will be actively used regardless of the season. Special attention in the project is paid to the creation of an accessible environment for people with disabilities.
Lipetsk, Lower Park
Victoria Goncharova, Evgenia Samofalova, Vladimir Safronov
Authors comment:
“Lipetsk was once known as a resort town of mineral waters, there are many green areas preserved here, and the Lower Park is the oldest of them. The essence of our project was to restore the historically formed structure of the park, to preserve the green area and the historical atmosphere.
We decided to make the historical part with the pump-room and Peter's traveling house as a "amusing courtyard", that is, to focus on the stay of Peter I in this place at the time when the city was founded. Gradually, it flows into a walking and recreational area with podiums where you can sit, an alley of arts, a small collapsible wooden stage, light wooden structures for summer cafes, and a place for public events.
An emphasis is made on the abandoned part of the park: sanitary cutting of greenery is provided, the use of tracks in summer as skate tracks, and in winter as a skating rink. Interesting trails are formed, laid near the trees, with areas for skiing in a circle and places of rest. The entrances to the historical zones of the park were designed in an original way”.
Ryazan, Lower and Upper city gardens
Andrey Pekov, Oksana Sukhoruchenko
Authors comment:
“Once it was just a ravine, then it was part of the landlord’s estates, and in Soviet times, city gardens became what they are now, and since then they have not known any improvement. The garden is divided into upper and lower parts by the central street of the city. The main object is a cinema, which we are redesigning in the same place."
Stavropol, Soldier Square
Magic project
Authors comment:
“The main task is to bring variety and comfort. Since the city is southern, the entire area was essentially unusable during the daytime - for this we proposed adding several indoor functional areas. The axis of the Cross and the axis of the Monument to the Red Army have become the planning ones. And at the intersection of these axes, which form another cross, we even proposed a daring idea to create a new “monument”, the form and content of which repeat the flag of the city. Aerial Embankment offers a view of the northern part of the city, its residents use it in the evening, but thanks to additional landscaping, we hope, they will begin to come here during the day. The accumulated solar energy should be enough to illuminate the square in the evening: a solar battery is built into the roof of the light pergola."
