A vibrant new mixed-use neighbourhood within an existing urban context.

A downtown regeneration masterplan for a brownfield / ex-industrial site in central Tashkent, Uzbekistan, alongside the Salar Canal. XW proposed a diverse mix of residential typologies supported by commercial, community and cultural uses, amounting to 325,000 sq/m (3.5m sq/ft) of floor space on a 20 hectare site, with an average height of 8 storeys and a gross FAR of 1.625. The resulting population was approximately 10,000 residents (with approximately 9 sqm of useable open / green space per person), as well as a daily transient population.

Different quarters of the masterplan were branded as sub-neighbourhoods in their own right, with a varied architectural approach from one to another based on land-use mix, estimated cost per sqm, and site context / adjacencies.