By its location, rail and road connections, commercial-, cultural- and sports facilities, it´s green aspirations, university and science campus, and its proximity to Skolkovo center, Odintsovo has great potential. A new highway on the north side of Odintsovo and a new railway station for a high-speed rail line will eventually link an innovation center ´Skolkovo´ with the proposed international financial center in Rublevo-Archangelskoe, will additionally strengthen Odintsovo as a desirable location for living, working, and education. The surroundings of Odintsovo are characterized by a rich and beautiful network of water bodies and natural green penetrating the city. Both green and water are used and enjoyed by the people of Odintsovo.
Discussing the regeneration of Odintsovo conjures up an association that at first sight does not seem terribly obvious: the painting Victory Boogie Woogie The rigor of Mondrian´s sharply defined fields of color in his earlier work could be compared with the fragmented early development of Odintsovo, in the same way, his classically minimalist work found a later pendant in the plan of modern urban planning. In its apotheosis, Victory Boogie Woogie, both tendencies are reconciled in a vibrant and lively painting, just as the two outlooks in the history of urban planning are reconciled as overlapping layers in the regeneration of Odintsovo. The Odintsovo Boogie Woogie concept could exemplify how the centers of soviet cities can be regenerated, resulting in a higher level of comfort, security, and technical sophistication.
Programmatic densification and establishing a new public program with a series of different public spaces results in a contemporary garden city. New landmarks as a railway station, city hall, health center with swimming pool, and an eco dome are well connected by visible lines and pedestrian paths that enhance the idea of a city in a park. A new rearranged compact Odintsovo, with reduced car mobility, the lower ecological footprint would also allow for a high quality of social life and security, with series of places to meet, sport, children to play, to shop, learn and work.
Several instruments play a crucial role in the regeneration of Odintsovo:
1. Connecting points: a network of green boulevards, pedestrian paths, and iconic public spaces
2. Framing space: defining urban rooms
3. Creating diversity
The block typology establishes a hierarchy of outdoor spaces that interact and work together: Outside the block: Public Space. Combining public space with infrastructure, circulation, commercial functions, and housing provide a self-monitoring environment. This increases security, encourages social interaction, and fosters a sense of community at the neighborhood level.
Communal Space is focused within the courtyards of the blocks and shared among residents. This space is not freely accessible to the public. The communal space is self-monitored by the residents and fosters a smaller community at the block level. Private Space ' Every apartment has a private outside space. Furthermore, the ground-bound units within each block have a small outdoor space or front yard.
In today's world of development, sustainability is becoming standard. But it is the only standard in terms of speaking about it and often not in terms of real understanding of how to design a financially feasible project and deliver a genuinely sustainable final product. In the world of sustainable development, the most significant move one makes is the initial strategy.
Planning and designing a compact, dense, mixed place is the most ecologically sensitive development of all. And that is our primary goal - to create a vibrant, diverse, lively project, 'sustainable' in the everyday sense of long-lasting: from keeping the impact on the environment to a minimum to establishing the best conditions for sustainable and equitable social relations. From the use of sustainable materials to buildings and spaces that are so flexible, they can adapt to various forms of use and function, with the only certainty that they will change over time.
The building's structural grid allows multiple unit configurations to exist. Therefore the block can be formed entirely of small studio units, larger apartments, or a mixture of sizes, offering immense flexibility in the plan.
Reference: Alison Furuto. "Odintsovo 2020 Eco-City Proposal / de Architekten Cie." 10 Jul 2013. ArchDaily <https://www.archdaily.com/400706/odintsovo-2020-eco-city-proposal-de-architekten-cie> ISSN 0719-8884