Green River Park
- location
- Russia, Moscow
- completed
- 2019 – present day
- design
- 2016-2017
- site area
- 6 ha
- architects
- Anton Nadtochiy, Vera Butko, Petr Alimov, Olga Romanova, Natalia Kudryashova, Natalia Zurina, Adel Khakimullin, Ivan Khripkov, Anastasia Metelskaya, Regina Shamatova, Polina Yavna, Anna Vorobieva, Akhmet Khakimov, Roman Khorev, Alexander Ivanov, Regina Shamatova
- co-authors
- Garanin Brothers Creative Workshop
- awards
- Moscow Urban Forum Community Awards 2020
From the outset, the territory of the former Serp i Molot plant was intended to be transformed into a new urban oasis, conceived as an extension of the landscaped public spaces along the Yauza River and Lefortovo Park. Within the new Symbol residential development, 40% of the total site area is allocated to parkland. According to the concept that won the international competition, the district was to be traversed by a “green river” — a boulevard whose undulating axis is addressed by most of the quarter’s residential blocks and public spaces. As ATRIUM was responsible both for the design of this “green river” and for the architecture of the residential buildings, the landscape concept became a natural continuation of the organic aesthetic already established by the architectural language of the development.
The visual code of the park was developed by ATRIUM in collaboration with the Garanin Brothers Creative Workshop. It is based on the flowing lines of the facades and the graphic language of the Symbol brand mark. The pathways diverge and converge like a network, creating a variety of walking routes. The streets of the development are overlaid with a pattern of intersecting circles reminiscent of ripples on water. This graphic language softens the former industrial rigidity of the site and shapes a more vibrant urban environment.
In the second phase, the idea of the Green River is further developed through the image of contrasting riverbanks, as in a natural landscape where one bank may be gentle and the other steeper and more expressive. This principle is carried through into the architecture. The southern bank is defined by a more horizontal urban form: the buildings become lower and more elongated, with some volumes raised on supports, enhancing permeability and visual connection with the park. The northern bank takes on a more vertical character. Here, light-coloured towers with sun terraces create vertical accents and open up panoramic views onto the district’s green axis.
At the centre of the Green River, a large urban square is planned for events, gatherings and seasonal activities. The park accommodates the district’s main pedestrian routes and therefore functions every day — as a thoroughfare, a place of recreation, a sports area and a public space for social interaction close to home.
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