1. Urban Strategy 2. Masterplanning 3. Public Space Design Embankments Design Trends Lessons from Moscow River Strategy Kazan, MUF July 2015
Aug 14, 2015
1. Urban Strategy
2. Masterplanning
3. Public Space
Design
Embankments Design TrendsLessons from
Moscow River StrategyKazan, MUF July 2015
Moscow River International Competition: Moscow Future Ports
For a Clean, Active and Accessible River
40 “Ports” as active and connected public spaces
200 km of renovated embankments
15 Identified Growth Areas (10,000ha) in Relation to the River
Consortium Led by
Embankment Design Trend #1:Water as a shared asset: Everyone Benefits, Everyone Contributes
Necessity to include territories adjacent to the river in the process.
Private sector should contribute in the renovation of public spaces, controlled by design guidelines and planning obligations
Embankment Design Trend #2:Inclusive and Complex Recreational Destinations
Renovating embankments is not just a beautification process.
Investing in public spaces is investing in local businesses.
Needs for a complex programming, with a mixed of temporary and permanent activities, adapted for all user groups.
Embankment Design Trend #3:No Transit, Pedestrian Priority
No fast roads, only local access roads along the river
Prioritise traffic lights and pedestrian crossings
Embankment Design Trend #4:Generous not Generic!
Renovating embankments was purely a technical tasks creating generic spaces.
Successful embankments use “place-making” to create meaningful and diverse spaces linked to local identities and context.
Embankment Design Trend #5: A more intimate relation with the water
Steps, floating platforms, lower and upper embankments, natural embankments etc..
Embankment Design Trend #6: Informal vs Formal
Embankments were almost exclusively designed as linear formal promenade.
“controlled informality” is now a key tool to create an active and successful riverfront
Embankment Design Trend #7:Embankments as Eco-Tools
Embankments have a key role to play to protect pollution to reach the water
Potential active role in depolluting (SOFT VS HARD)
Environmental Education
Common Implementation Challenges
1 Courageous decisions to be made on transport to prioritise pedestrians
Ensuring quality development along the river (design guidelines)
Lack of Coordination within the City technical departments
Difficulty to put in place complex PPPs mechanisms within current Russian
Fear of public dialogue and participation
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