presentation from devillers et associes, kaliningrad, 18/11/2014

KALININGRAD CITY CENTER COMPETITION | HEART OF THE CITY DEvILLERs & AssOCIés | OFF THE GRID

KALININGRAD NEW CITy CENTERmoRE INTENsITy & bETTER GREEN


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT KoNIGsbERG 13TH CENTuRy > 1940


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT DuALITy Is THE PRoToTyPE FoR KöNIGsbERG”

“Duality is the prototype for Konigsberg”. “Two centres, two cathedrals, two names, two “K” (Kant and Kalinin, Kant and Koch, Kleist-writer and Kleist general), two railway stations, two lakes, two towers (Dohna and Wrangler), two rivers, two meanings».

Ivann Chechot, art historian, expert on the culture of Eastern Prussia


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT CuRRENT sITuATIoN : A DIsCoNNECTED VoID

The hisTorical hearT of The ciTy is characTerised by Two main sTrucTural issues. • firstly, a transport network which prioritizes traffic and transits through with “urban highways” cutting the site into pieces of poor

accessibility. • secondly, the site has the particular characteristic of being a void in the physical center of Kaliningrad with large undefined open spaces,

dramatically under-utilising the site’s potentials


• to re-structure the road network at the scale of the city to preserve a pedestrian-friendly heart

• to re-connect the different urban pieces together and with the surrounding districts by prioritising public transports and pedestrian connections

• to re-model districts with contemporary massing whilst recreating the qualities of the intense urban fabric and recreate the site’s historical physical charac-teristics

• to re-program the site around seven key historical sites of distinct dualilties and identities as prototypes of Kaliningrad’s public spaces

RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT 4 sTRuCTuRAL INTERVENTIoNs : RE-sTRuCTuRING,RE-CoNNECTING, RE-moDELLING & RE-PRoGRAmmING


• completion of the city center’s ring road to remove transit traffic

• downgrading of the existing moscow prospect and leninsky prospect into urban boulevard of 2x2 lanes with side parking, tram lines and traffic lights

• deflection of moscow Prospect before it enters the heart of the city to connect at grade to the level of leninsky prospect, enabling the re-connection of the upper city with the lower city/riverfront and liberat-ing land for development to re-create a functioning new altstadt district

RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE-sTRuCTuRING THE RoAD NETWoRK 1


Калининград

ROCADE 2 X 3 LINESURBAN BOULEVARD 2X2 LINESURBAN BOULEVARD 2X1 LINES

En gros le problème vient de la dé�nition des couleurs :Est ce que le vert c’est du 2x 1 ou du 2x2Si c’est du 2x1 on pense que c’est peu réaliste, vu le tissu existant tout le long des voies concernées et la nature des infras existan-tes en 3x3On propose donc d’apaiser comme sur leur schéma mais en 2 x2 bien aménagé et en 2x1 ponctuellement avec une plus large place donné au piéton, au cycles et au stationnement et aux alignements d’arbres sur les boulevards(du coup l’élargissement du pont est une option)

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RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE-sTRuCTuRING THE RoAD NETWoRK


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE-sTRuCTuRING THE RoAD NETWoRK : THE NEW EAsTERN mosKoW PRosPECT


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• prioritise public transport to create a pedestrian friendly zone• launch new tram lines and stations to serve the heart of the city

from all directions integrated with major public parking around site• introduce a new marina in new altstadt with water taxis to serve

the river inc. ocean world & world cup stadium

RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING WITH PubLIC TRANsPoRT // RE- CoNNECTING WITH NEW bRIDGEs AND uPGRADEs

• construction of the three new pedestrian bridges to re-connect the Kant island with the city, 2 in the historical location, 1 new to connect with the existing sports hall and future ocean world

• enlargement of the elevated bridge of leninsky Prospect for wider pedestrian walkways

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RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING WITH PubLIC TRANsPoRT

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RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING WITH NEW bRIDGEs / THE LENINsKy PRosPECT bRIDGE : DoN’T DEmoLIsH IT, uPDGRADE IT !

> REF . ENLARGING THE PoNT NATIoNAL IN PARIs


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING WITH NEW bRIDGEs AND uPGRADEs > REF . ENLARGING THE PoNT NATIoNAL IN PARIs


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT CoNNECTING THE IsLAND To THE WEsT RIVER bANK ? > REF . bobIGNy FooTPATH, PARIs, FRANCE


• creation of a dense fabric to re-create the quality of the historical layout, whilst respecting contemporary forms and norms. This re-created density and massing allow to better define the public spaces and intensify its uses, as well as support the economic activities of a town centre.

RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE-moDELLING by bRINGING A NEW DENsITy 3

• seven historical places

• new districts

• densification of of existing district

• urban regeneration


• mixed-use residential Plot

• Predominantly retail

• non-residential mixed-use • (offices, cultural, community facilities,...)

funcTional sTrucTure layouT

RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE-moDELLING by bRINGING A NEW DENsITy


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE-moDELLING by bRINGING A NEW DENsITy


future expansion

future re-

development

zone

future re-development zone


Cathedral

Museum

future expansion

RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING WITH A THE CREATIoN oF A «KoNIGsbERG PATH»

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• reinforcement of the upper plateau with a clear line of topography with stairs/ramps

• preservation of the views to the lower city through view corridors

• framing of the “gora” and replacement it back at the heart of the city by deflection of moscow prospect

• usage of the difference of level at the bottom of the “gora” for parking fully integrated within the new developable plots of new alstadt.

RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE-moDELLING by REINFoRCING THE «GoRA» 3


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE-moDELLING by REINFoRCING THE «GoRA»


future expansion

future re-

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• mental re-connection of the lower lake, the house of soviets, new alstadt and the cathedral through a formal central linear public space with a high-quality paving and a unique identity to encourage visitors to discover the higher and the lower city.

• The square goes on the boulevard in a shared surface to arrive in a belvedere on the lower lake.

RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING THE mAIN NATuRAL sPACEs THRouGH THE CITy CENTER WITH A mAKoR LINEAR CENTRAL squARE 4


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING THE mAIN NATuRAL sPACEs THRouGH THE CITy CENTER WITH A mAKoR LINEAR CENTRAL squARE


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING TWo mAjoR GREEN ANs LEIsuRE sPACEs : LE LAKE AND THE RIVER


future expansion

future re-

development

zone



Cathedral

Museum

future expansion

PriVacy communicaTion

RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT THE LAKE : A CENTRAL PRomENADE by THE LoWER LAKE WITH CAFE AND DECKs


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT THE LAKE : A CENTRAL PRomENADE by THE LoWER LAKE WITH CAFE AND DECKs


future expansion

future re-

development

zone



Cathedral

Museum

future expansion

ThinKing acTion

RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT THE KANT IsLAND Is THE GREEN HEART oF THE CITy - A HIDING PLACE FoR IN-DEPTH REFLExIoN AND ACTIVE FuN


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT KANT IsLAND : A mAjoR KANT musEum > REF. THE HombRouICHT FouNDATIoN


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT LENINsKy PRosPECT bRIDGE: DoN’T DEmoLIsH IT, uPGRADE IT!


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING THE mAIN NATuRAL sPACEs THRouGH THE CITy CENTER WITH A mAKoR LINEAR CENTRAL squARE


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING WITH A mAjoR LINEAR CENTRAL squARE


future expansion

future re-

development

zone



Cathedral

Museum

future expansion

formal informal

RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING WITH A mAjoR LINEAR CENTRAL squARE


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING WITH A mAjoR LINEAR CENTRAL squARE : >> REF boRDEAux GINKo


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING WITH A mAjoR LINEAR CENTRAL squARE > REF. GRENobLE CAsERNE boNNE


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING WITH A mAjoR LINEAR CENTRAL squARE : >> REF boRDEAux GINKo


RE-INTERPRETING THE PAsT, To INTENsIFy THE PREsENT RE- CoNNECTING WITH A mAjoR LINEAR CENTRAL squARE > REF. LyoN / NANTEs / HAmbuRG


KALININGRAD NEW CITy CENTERmoRE INTENsITy & bETTER GREEN

PHAsING PRoPosAL


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2018(ЧемпионаT fifa)



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2022



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• construction and opening up of the new “circle by-pass”

• transforamtion of the lininski, shevchenko ans east ans west moskovski Prospect into urban boulevard reducing to 50% the space dedi-cated to car trafic so as to increase, pedestrian use, cycling, buses, and safer tramway stations

• modification of the moskovski Prospect alignment and transforming the section across new alstadt into a shared local street.

• construction of a new neighboorhood on the east side of the new north-south road


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STADIUM

• upgrade of the leninski bridge

• installation of the museum island project on the Kant island

• consctruction of the neighbourhood new alstadt

• opening up of the new lower lake Promenade

2024 (300-летний юбилей Канта)



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• construction of the west riverfront district

• regeneration of the stock exchange square

• rehabilitation of the university area

• opening of the castle square

• after the decision on the fate of the house of soviets upgrading or if not possible demoli-tion

SEA

STADIUM

2028



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presentation from devillers et associes, kaliningrad, 18/11/2014

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