Moscow, Russia
Description: New square and archaeological preservation
Location: Pokrovskiy boulevard, Moscow
Stages: Concept design to detailed design
Period: 2015 - 2018
Area: 3853 sq. m.
Client: Strelka KB & City of Moscow
DR Team: Irene Djao-Rakitine, Valmore Rojas, Chun Wing Fok.
Awards:
- Awarded Best Urban Design by the Moscow Urban Forum- Best Cultural Heritage site restoration project in Russia- ISOCARP Grand Award 2018- Qatar Sustainability Award 2018
The design of Moscow’s Khokhlovskaya Square has been awarded Best Urban Design by the Moscow Urban Forum as well as Best Cultural Heritage site restoration project.
Khokhloskaya square is part of "My street" program by Strelka KB. The program received the ISOCARP Grand Award 2018 and the Qatar Sustainability Award 2018.
"Creating a Moscow agora" by Daria Paramonov, in Topos
"Khokhlovskaya Square" in the magazine Landscape Architecture Korea.
"Moscow's new Clothes" by Kiril Ass, in the magazine Topos.
"Khokhlovskaya Square" in ArchDaily.
"Ancient and modern mixes in award winning Moscow square" by Jessica Watson in Landscape Architecture Aotearoa.
"Where to walk in Moscow: 8 new parks" by Ekaterina Karpukhina in AD Magazine Russia.
"Khokhlovskaya Square" in Landezine Magazine.
"Soft power in Moscow" by Stephen Zacks in Landscape Architecture Magazine.
"You won’t believe what Moscow looks like: How world-class architects changed the city in 2017", by Anna Sorokina in Russia Beyond.
All photos by Olga Alexeyenko unless otherwise specified