"Energy of Water". Improvement of the pond area of Ozyorsk closed administrative-territorial formation
PROJECT AWARDS: 2024 – Winner of the All-Russian competition for the best projects for creating a comfortable urban environment "Small Towns and Historic Settlements"
LOCATION: Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Region
AREA: 1.77 ha
PERIOD: 2024
STATUS: Completed
AUTHOR TEAM: Architects: Natalia Podshivalova, Valeria Solovieva, Elizaveta Tashchilina, Olga Kalinina, Pavel Dorofeev; visualizer: Andrey Makarov; sociologist: Elena Gruzdeva; investment specialist: Evgenia Kenzina; real estate expert: Tatiana Galushchenko; economics specialist: Nikita Balashov.
LOCATION: Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Region
AREA: 1.77 ha
PERIOD: 2024
STATUS: Completed
AUTHOR TEAM: Architects: Natalia Podshivalova, Valeria Solovieva, Elizaveta Tashchilina, Olga Kalinina, Pavel Dorofeev; visualizer: Andrey Makarov; sociologist: Elena Gruzdeva; investment specialist: Evgenia Kenzina; real estate expert: Tatiana Galushchenko; economics specialist: Nikita Balashov.
Brief information about the design site:
The design site is located in the central part of the "new" city, at the intersection of Karl Marx Avenue and Dzerzhinsky Street. The site lies along the city's main commercial axis – Karl Marx Avenue (locally referred to as "Broadway") – and serves as a transit route towards the embankment of Lake Bolshaya Nanoga. The site represents the remaining unimproved section of the Karl Marx pedestrian boulevard, improvement works on which have been underway since 2019. Along Dzerzhinsky Street, the site adjoins the city market, which was originally intended as temporary and has long been in need of renewal. Within the site's boundaries lies an artificial pond – a former quarry left over from material extraction. Local residents organise annual environmental campaigns to clean its shores. Currently, the area is used by locals as a transit space, a venue for New Year celebrations, and a children's play area.
The design site is located in the central part of the "new" city, at the intersection of Karl Marx Avenue and Dzerzhinsky Street. The site lies along the city's main commercial axis – Karl Marx Avenue (locally referred to as "Broadway") – and serves as a transit route towards the embankment of Lake Bolshaya Nanoga. The site represents the remaining unimproved section of the Karl Marx pedestrian boulevard, improvement works on which have been underway since 2019. Along Dzerzhinsky Street, the site adjoins the city market, which was originally intended as temporary and has long been in need of renewal. Within the site's boundaries lies an artificial pond – a former quarry left over from material extraction. Local residents organise annual environmental campaigns to clean its shores. Currently, the area is used by locals as a transit space, a venue for New Year celebrations, and a children's play area.
Concept:
The "Energy of Water" project proposes creating a comfortable, well-designed space for rest and leisure for local residents, where identical elements reflecting the imagery of water and energy will be interwoven. "Energy" and "water" are two vivid concepts associated with the city of Ozyorsk, which was built in 1945 amidst lakes as part of the Soviet Union's nuclear project. The existing pedestrian routes were taken as the foundation for the site's pedestrian framework, and since the design site is a natural continuation of the pedestrian space of Karl Marx Avenue, the bicycle route has been extended. The conceptual development of the public space includes the adjacent market area, which could become the next stage in the space's evolution. A redistribution of the market stalls is proposed there (nearly 60 percent of the existing stalls are non-operational), thereby creating a public space adjacent to the design site and complementing it functionally. The resulting space will accommodate a pump track, parkour elements, and a multi-functional square suitable for trampolines in summer and an ice town in winter. The design site can be conditionally divided into two parts:
1 – active, surrounding the event space;
2 – tranquil, surrounding the pond.
The "Energy of Water" project proposes creating a comfortable, well-designed space for rest and leisure for local residents, where identical elements reflecting the imagery of water and energy will be interwoven. "Energy" and "water" are two vivid concepts associated with the city of Ozyorsk, which was built in 1945 amidst lakes as part of the Soviet Union's nuclear project. The existing pedestrian routes were taken as the foundation for the site's pedestrian framework, and since the design site is a natural continuation of the pedestrian space of Karl Marx Avenue, the bicycle route has been extended. The conceptual development of the public space includes the adjacent market area, which could become the next stage in the space's evolution. A redistribution of the market stalls is proposed there (nearly 60 percent of the existing stalls are non-operational), thereby creating a public space adjacent to the design site and complementing it functionally. The resulting space will accommodate a pump track, parkour elements, and a multi-functional square suitable for trampolines in summer and an ice town in winter. The design site can be conditionally divided into two parts:
1 – active, surrounding the event space;
2 – tranquil, surrounding the pond.