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114 OVERVIEW
The city’s most urgent matters have been identified by Sergey Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow as being in three main macro
areas: the development of infrastructure and transport (every day 10 million people transit the city of Moscow, a number which
is predicted to double in the next 5 years), the transformation and optimization of industrial areas and finally the development
of public areas such as squares, parks etc.. The latter, places for socializing, could well develop into the real lungs of Moscow,
becoming the connecting tissue for divided urban areas and at the same time fulfilling a “purifying” social role, providing
citizens of all social classes with new places to live with their families. Such was the case with Gorky Park, in existence since
1928 and located in the heart of Moscow and which today is a symbol and nerve centre of the city.
Since 2011, thanks to an important redevelopment project led by the English from LDA design working on the masterplan
by the Meganom architectural studio, Gorky Park has been able to offer sports areas, an open-air cinema and a wide range
of facilities for the inhabitant’s recreation. Since 2008 it has been home to Garage, a space for Contemporary Art currently
housed in a temporary pavilion designed by Shigeru Ban but soon to be transferred to its permanent home, designed by Rem
Koolhaas and still in the park.
How to enhance the role of citizens in urban planning
policies? How to increase the value of urban spaces?
How to identify areas for development?
How to make the most of
the city’s satellite areas?
How to make contemporary
Megacities more liveable?
These are some of the questions that the City of Moscow
will be asked during this and future editions of the Moscow
Urban Forum, but which are also useful as guidelines for a
proper analysis of the situation regarding all urban areas,
regardless of location.
MEGANOM WINS THE TENDER FOR THE
REDEVELOPMENT OF MOSCOW RIVER
During the IV Moscow Urban Forum it was announced
that the Russian Meganom Design Studio had been
awarded the International tender for redevelopment of
the Moscow riverfront. The Masterplan will drastically
transform the appearance and use of the area, reinstating
the river’s strategic and historic importance for the
city, converting the area’s limits into opportunities and
creating a rich programme of cultural and educational
activities that will unfold along the river banks.
WINZAVOD
A centre for Contemporary Art, Photography, Theatre
and Design financed entirely by private investors in
order to promote Russian art and creativity primarily
in its own country and then in the context of international
collections.
This is an exceptional example of redevelopment in a
historic and industrial area of the city, strongly backed by
Sofia Trotsenko, Founder and Managing Director of the
Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art, President of the
Winzavod Foundation for the support of contemporary art
and Consultant at the Russian Ministry of Culture.