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U:Lab.spb competition 2012 Nikola Lenivets Art Residencies / Moscow

Among 20 teams from all around the globe U:lab.spb has been invited to develop project of Art residencies of wildlife park Nikolo Lenivets.

The key concept of the project became a simulation and development of  mechanism of emergence of creative cluster on the basis of Wildlife Park Nikolo Lenivets. Complex strategy of development of the creative cluster within several directions like local studies, academic art, high tech etc overlaps with dynamics of the natural landscape of Nikolo Lenivets. Project propose material strategy of flexible growth of art residences mixed with production, education and promotion programmes.

Algorithm which simulates  emergence of creative cluster has to be connected to the web and together with generic strategy has to be driven by real creative community generating variety of demands and offers in different creative projects. Network of potential projects is connected by actors, resources and financial schemes, also its presented in the timeline sequences. Algorithm allows to test varieties of combinations of start up projects and see the level of potentials for the second generation of projects to emerge. 

     

NLtrial from katyalarina on Vimeo. in collaboration with Alexandra Boldireva

U:Lab.spb competition 2011/12 Kiev Islands Urban Wildlife Park

In december 2011 U:Lab.spb in collaboration with Yevgeniya Pozigun (London), Irina Klixbull (Copenhagen) and Roman Pomazan (Kiev) made a competition project Kiev Islands. 

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Project develops the decision-making instrument\strategy which is intended to guide the future development of Kiev Islands. Proposed strategy combines 3 main streams of development in different proportions. The first one envisions Kiev Islands as a system which protects and nourishes the natural environment of Kiev Islands harmed by the activity of Kiev megalopolis. This part of the strategy proposes a development of green infrastructure: water cleaning system,  reclamation of the polluted water bed and bio-fuel production. The second part of the strategy aims to convert Kiev islands into the center of the Research-Educational network of the Dnieper’s river ecological corridor. This is achieved by gradual development of Research clusters along with mobile Green Infrastructure Monitoring Units. Educational aspect is fulfilled by the placement of the Educational Centre with Campus which activity would include not only collaboration with educational institutions but also involvement of Kiev general public. Third part is focused on redevelopment and densinfication of the already existing parts of islands aiming to bring a new high quality of public and cultural environment to Kiev Islands area. Most of the programs are profit generating and potentially attractive for the developers. All projects contained in 3 strategies are interconnected into a self-sufficient system of ecological network.

In modern conditions of the contemporary megalopolis the sprawl of development over this territory will undoubtedly happen over time. It is hard to stop this process nevertheless we believe it is possible to regulate the development by introducing  the concept of adjustable buffer zones as a protective belt for the natural environment. Driver principles of buffer zones concept imply  that any new development has to happen only in already developed zones, which separated from natural environment  by  the  buffer zone which contains elements of green infrastructure, ecopark facilities and low intensity  public and cultural programs. Programs and material organisation of buffer zone in some part plays a role of physical boundary between human activity and nature or creates attenuation of human activity towards zones of  natural environment.

Please find details at archdaily.comand prezi.com

special thanks to Viktor Kopeikin (Ukrane) 

Closed Cities exhibition and publication on BLDGBLOG

Please read about passed exhibition and Panel at Van Alen Books on the topic of "Secret Soviet Cities During the Cold War" at BLDGBLOG: Secret Soviet Cities