Shaumyan Street Renovation concept

Together with colleagues from the leading architectural bureaus of Rostov-on-Don, such as “AD Project”, the CHADO studio and the “Novaya R.A.S.A” architectural bureau, we turned to the historical center of the city to find an opportunity for a harmonious the existence of new development in the historical center and demonstrate their results to the city.

Goals of the work:

1. formulate the principles of harmonious integration of new architecture into the historical environment

2. develop areas of functional, socio-cultural programming, landscaping to unlock the potential of the city center
   

Goals of the research:

1. to study the existing environment within 8 blocks along Shaumyan Street in the section from Budennovsky to Voroshilovsky Avenue.

2. to identify the established principles and patterns of organization of development, transport and pedestrian links, functional content, green frame.

Exploring the territory, we found a large number of background buildings that form the spirit of the place, but are not cultural and historical heritage and, therefore, they are not protected by law from demolition. The special role of ordinary traditional buildings in the creation and preservation of the originality of historical settlements and their uniqueness. Only in combination with ordinary traditional buildings do monuments fulfill their urban planning role as city dominants.

The absence of criteria for determining the value of background development in Russian legislation prompted us to turn to the SAVE system (“Survey of Architectural Values ​​in the Environment”), developed in Denmark in the late 80s. The peculiarity of this technique is the identification of the most significant qualities and elements of the environment, the preservation of which should become the subject of public consent.

Our team identified 2 categories of historical buildings:

- valuable - which should be preserved, but can be transformed if necessary;

- low value - development that can be demolished and replaced with new architecture.

Also, among the results of the pre-project analysis, the existing 4 existing types of volumetric-spatial structure of quarters were identified: perimeter firewall building, perimeter firewall with gaps, point and corner buildings accents.

Perimeter firewall building was defined as the target. This means that during the construction of new buildings, it is recommended to connect to neighboring buildings without breaks, forming a continuous street front. On the basis of the morphological analysis of the development, a volume-spatial regulation was developed. It specifies the spatial envelope parameters that should be applied to any new construction.

A spatial envelope is a three-dimensional space on a land plot, outside of which protrusions of parts of buildings and structures are not allowed, with the exception of specially specified elements, determines the height of the building, the height of the building along the street front, the length of the facade, the percentage of mood along the street front.

The functional analysis of the study area showed that the potential of Shahumyan Street was not fully realized. The presence of problem areas is due to the accumulation of emergency or repaired buildings, the placement of private residential buildings or buildings that must be adapted to modern functions.

The master plan defines areas where new development is possible, functions are proposed for all objects. The first floors are designated for the placement of services (shops, catering establishments, beauty salons, delivery points, etc.) On the upper floors, it is possible to place apartments or administrative premises (offices, financial institutions, hotels, workshops, educational studios, etc.). In the process of working on the concept, our team refused to turn Shahumyan Street into a pedestrian street, which we initially gravitated toward. We propose the concept of mixed traffic - woonerf. The sidewalks are not separated from the roadway, there are no height differences here - the environment is completely barrier-free.

The next stage - the development of architectural solutions and street improvement - will be divided between all project participants, our bureau, AD Project, Chado studio and the architectural bureau New R.A.S.A.