The Kapotnya effect. Resettlement
- Location: Moscow, Russian Federation
- Year: 2016
- Work Type: Student
- Institute: Moscow Architectural Institute
- Status: Conceptual
- Instructor: Yury Grigoryan
NATURAL AUTONOMY.
The residential area of Kapotnya is isolated from the city (Moscow) by the river, the oil factory, and MKAD (Moscow Ring Road). Kapotnya’s territory is “invisible” to public transport, the political and economical influence of the city center. Thus, Kapotnya naturally becomes a kind of autonomous city inside the city and it allows to think about an experiment.
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. MICRORAYON.
The structure of the residential area is very leaky and there is a lot of empty and unused ground. It belongs to nobody and is in desolation.
GROUND.
The ground is a very valuable resource. In the project, the empty territory is divided into similar sites by the number of flats in Kapotnya. They are distributed to inhabitants rightfully of use. People become the owners of the city.
PARTICIPATION.
The inhabitants receive with the sites basic typified modules of houses which further they can complete by their own efforts depending on their requirements.
ABANDONED HOUSES.
The blocs of flats that were left by inhabitants become public spaces. From a mass of residential districts, they are transformed into steady elements of the new city. Thanks to the design, they can be partly or completely disassembled and their panels can be reused for the construction of new houses and functions are
changed. The process of resettlement can happen gradually.
PORT.
The port opens access for citizens to water and it becomes one of the most important steady elements. It is a new way of “intercity” transport.
NATURAL AUTONOMY.
The residential area of Kapotnya is isolated from the city (Moscow) by the river, the oil factory, and MKAD (Moscow Ring Road). Kapotnya’s territory is “invisible” to public transport, the political and economical influence of the city center. Thus, Kapotnya naturally becomes a kind of autonomous city inside the city and it allows to think about an experiment.
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. MICRORAYON.
The structure of the residential area is very leaky and there is a lot of empty and unused ground. It belongs to nobody and is in desolation.
GROUND.
The ground is a very valuable resource. In the project, the empty territory is divided into similar sites by the number of flats in Kapotnya. They are distributed to inhabitants rightfully of use. People become the owners of the city.
PARTICIPATION.
The inhabitants receive with the sites basic typified modules of houses which further they can complete by their own efforts depending on their requirements.
ABANDONED HOUSES.
The blocs of flats that were left by inhabitants become public spaces. From a mass of residential districts, they are transformed into steady elements of the new city. Thanks to the design, they can be partly or completely disassembled and their panels can be reused for the construction of new houses and functions are
changed. The process of resettlement can happen gradually.
PORT.
The port opens access for citizens to water and it becomes one of the most important steady elements. It is a new way of “intercity” transport.
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