Reverting from an industrial base to "social capital"-driven economy in Chelyabinsk's winning master plan

2017-02-02T13:12:00-05:00

How can architects transform the driving economy of a preexisting city? The team of de Architekten Cie. + Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners won The City Administration of Chelyabinsk's competition to redesign the historical center of their formerly industrial town based on a scheme that fosters "the city as a breeding ground for social capital." According to a press release, the team's plan transforms the city of approximately 1.5 million people in three principal ways:

1. Grid: Inclusive realm

Streets are the main public realms in the city. Apart from being spaces for car traffic, they serve as linear public spaces. The redevelopment and upgrading of streets allows for the integration of environmental infrastructure, the organization of slow traffic and public transportation.

2. Blocks: Mixed-use program

The existing blocks in the city leave a lot of empty space yet to be developed. The new masterplan proposes gradual transformation of the existing grid by replacing deteriorated ...

De Architekten Cie. Wins Kaohsiung Port Station Urban Design Competition

2011-07-14T17:49:33-04:00

Amsterdam-based practice De Architekten Cie. has won the open international Kaohsiung Port Station Urban Design competition in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The competition was initiated by the city government of Kaohsiung to transform the derelict site of the old railyards and port station from a barrier between two important areas of the city into a connective piece of the urban fabric.

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Reverting from an industrial base to "social capital"-driven economy in Chelyabinsk's winning master plan

De Architekten Cie. Wins Kaohsiung Port Station Urban Design Competition