Platform_Architecture_and_Design_1.pdf

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The project is based on 3 principles that enhance the existing
potential of the park: its proximity to a natural reserve,
the historical axial structure, its forest areas as well as the
popular urban park next to the main entrance. Thus, the
principles are based for creating a strong identity to the
park as an embassy of nature, on enhancing its heritage of
existing radial structure to access and to navigate the park
and its historical architectural elements together with the
introduction of a diverse range of characters and activities in
the forest as well as its historical structure. These principles
respond to the existing challenges of the park: the lack of
activities in the northern areas, monotony of the forest areas
and the difficult way-finding as well as the creation of an
international image/brand for Sokolniki Park as demanded
by the competition brief.
In order to apply the above mentioned 3 principles as well
as to implement the 8 ways to nature to create a successful
embassy for nature the proposal is organized along 10
mechanisms to ensure its feasibility and viability in time.
These mechanisms will implement gradually the proposal
while maintaining its natural character. They will activate
the quiet and natural forest through the implementation of
an ecological corridor in order to bring and enhance nature
into the park through various activities in the forest. They
will also enhance the 8 historical alleys which will gradually
be transformed into individually characterized linear urban
parks that lead people from the entrance to the northern
areas of the park.
The project will organise the park generally into three areas:
the City Park, a venue for various events and activities; the
Urban Forest, an educational and natural cluster; and the
Wild Forest, a link between Sokolniki and Losiny Ostrov.
This natural corridor will serve as a wild animal migration
route from Losiny Ostrov to Sokolniki, reaching the very
center of the park.
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of the park’s structure.
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Each of the alleys will be given a
complement the existing tree
The way-finding strategy will be highlighted by an elevated
entrance/viewpoint to the Nature’s Embassy which will
contribute to the perception and understanding of the
park structure. The new proposed entrance together with
art installations will become the eventful landmarks of
Sokolniki. A new circulation strategy which encompasses
alternative modes of transport within the park, new parking
strategies and crossings that give priority to pedestrians will
increase the accessibility of the northern areas of the park
for all visitors. Minimizing the number of necessary fences
and making accessible some of the third party ownerships
and facilities of the park will result in greater benefits for the
currently closed areas and for the extension of the park and
introduction of activities related to them, such as educational
visits to nurseries and greenhouses. These new relationship
will fabricate an ecology of programmes that will be
choreographed through a phasing strategy in time, resulting
in a sustainable economic model for the park management
and renovation.