BALTIC PEARL
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BALTIC PEARL, RUSSIA, ST. PETERSBURG, 2005
Masterplan
The proposal for the site consists of two intercting bands. At the end of the bands and at their interction are special programmatic elements: the so-called attractors.
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The remaining part of the site: three quarters, consist of various residential typologies, grouped together in clusters. All different ctions of the site contain a mix of different land-us; the density in the bands is higher, that in the quarters lower.
The elements are superimpod on a pre-fixed general layout of main roads and water infrastructure: the so-called mayor’s order 586. The propod mix of us is an interpretation of a general indication of the desired mix of land us indicated in this order.玩的很开心
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So far the scheme is clear and logical. The scheme conforms to the general principles laid out by the St Petersburg authorities and obediently follows its directives. In its further elaboration however, the scheme removes itlf from tho principles. The next layers that are introduced: the shaping of the urban substance, the layout of additional, condary or tertiary access roads and the mix of propod typologies are a completely new and free interpretation that constitute an entirely autonomous logic and account for the scheme’s unexpected formal appearance.
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The overall formal organisation of the scheme plays on the blurring of a clear formal structure. The underlying diagrammatic principle of bands and quarters is corrupted as though it has been deformed by the force of a magnetic field.
In the abnce of a real density (the floor area ratio of the site is less than 1, similar to that of the surrounding housing quarters built during Soviet times) a form of differentiation is introduced that creates local pockets of higher density and converly allows significant parts of the site to become public green area. The differentiation in density enhances the plausibility of the attractors and creates a kind of natural gravitation towards them.
The various gments of the scheme contain a mix of typologies, although the emphasis and proportional prence of tho typologies in each gment is different, each gment aims to accommodate the largest possible variety that its character permits in order to attract the largest variety of people.
儿童画城堡>咸肉菜饭The housing quarters are compod of a ries of clusters that enclo a ries of mi private collective spaces. The clustering of the residential us, besides inducing a more sustainable, ecological approach also reintroduces an enhanced n
安全责任重于泰山of community. Collective, socially inspired types paradoxically only have been most successful when they have been built for the rich. Their reintroduction here could be a good opportunity to break with the trend that more affluence invariably leads to lower density and more individual forms of housing typologies.
Continuous green bands surround the residential clusters and form a continuous ecological structure. The green bands are programmed with sports and leisure playing
