{"id":31799,"date":"2014-07-09T17:01:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T15:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/kiev-residences\/"},"modified":"2016-09-15T19:35:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T17:35:27","slug":"kiev-residences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/kiev-residences\/","title":{"rendered":"kiev residences"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do you create urbanity on the edges of Kiev\u2019s twilight zone of Stalinist suburbanism?\u00a0<\/span>Our proposal favors high density vs. low density, variation over repetition and asymmetry before symmetry. It combines the traditional high density of the old Kiev urban centre with the rationality of a new modern Kiev. We inverted the modern master plan which consists of objects in space, into spaces placed within built mass. Streets become buildings and blocks become void.\u00a0The volume is generated out of simple parameters; sunlight, view, setback proportions and fixed height regulations. This rational process provides us with an organic shape that like veins in a leaf or branches of a tree naturally invites the surroundings in. The building\u2019s mass contains all building typologies from villa to high-rise.\u00a0The ground floor consists of a row houses with sun-filled private gardens upon which are placed flats which all have direct access to terraces. Above these are a final row of terrace houses on the ridge of the building. The green courtyards vary from being publicly accessible to more private and intimate so that each part of the building creates its own unique identity. All residences have generous views either to the green park or to the old city centre and the river beyond.<\/p>\n