MOSCOW STREET DEVELOPMENT

URBAN DESIGN PROJECT

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

AR.DEEPTI CHAUDHARY DEEPSHIKHA PUROHIT
B.ARCH 4th YEAR
PROJECT DISCRIPTION
Year : 2012 and 2016
Project Emphasis : Street developments,
formation of New Moscow.
Number of streets under project: 50
Main emphasis : pedestrian areas, streets, public
transport, high speed trains , improvement of
building facades.

The city rid itself of dozens of unlawfully built

ugly kiosks, stalls and shopping outlets, its
squares have once again become welcoming
open-space areas, while the huge industrial
estates around now defunct plants and
factories are being transformed into public
areas and residential developments.
CONCEPT AND HISTORY-
BLAGOUSTROISTVO
• Blagoustroistvo refers to the improvement and

beautification of public services or infrastructure. 

• The concept of blagoustroistvo is rooted in the campaigns

for the improvement of welfare in the Russian countryside

following the emancipation of the serfs in 1861; and appears

to have been transplanted to the city together with the

modernisation campaigns of late Tsarist Russia — the first

official commissions for blagoustroistvo were founded in

Moscow and St Petersburg in the 1910s.

HISTORY OR PRAGMATISM

Deciding what a city should look like: Should its

historical look be restored and new buildings be

built if old ones have all been long destroyed?

The city authorities are actively repairing facades,

restoring historical buildings, and trying to

recreate the look of lampposts from old

photographs and designs. City created more

public areas where people find it pleasant and

convenient to spend their time.

PEDISTRIAN VS. VEHICLES
• The main conflict underlying the

program of improvements to the city

consists in the struggle for breathing

space between vehicles and pedestrians.

• To make sure that the city with a

population of over 12 million people

does not grind to a halt in one huge

traffic jam, the Moscow authorities had

to expand major roads outside the city

BEFORE center, often at the expense of century- AFTER

old trees and lawns.
RATIO OF PEDISTRIAN VS. VEHICULAR SPACE ON ROAD FOR THE

STREETS WHERE DEVELOPMENT TOOK PLACE.

 AREAS WHERE STREETS WERE DEVELOPED

Facades of the Streets were

old buildings widened and
were treated more spaces for
again maintain pedestrians were
the identity of provided.
the old city.

More public Areas around the

engaging spaces centre were
like gardens were treated properly
created in all the and more spaces
sectors. for public were
created on this
area.
MEASURES TAKEN
• UNDERGROUND WIRING:

They changed their electric supply system and treated roads

with underground wiring due to which streets looked,ore clear

and reduced calamities.

• BUILDING FACADES:

They tried to change or renovate the existing old building

facades which are facing the street

• TREE PLANTATION:

Although the trees were already present on the streets

they were removed and new trees were planted or in

maximum areas old trees were shifted a little back so as to

Before and after development
make more space for pedestrians.
• NEW PATHWAY:

They changed and increased the space of pathways. They

installed new materials and planted new trees along the way

which made the pathway look good and more inviting to public.

• PARKING:

They either removed or shifted the parking to a new

designed area so as to remove the hindrances from the road

and also for pedestrians.

• ELECTRIC POLES AND HOARDINGS :

hoardings were removed completely. Old poles were

replaced by new ones which were exact replicas of the old

poles.
Before and after development
ANALYSIS
STREET DEVELOPMENT FACTORS
Streets are the arteries of cities and

neighborhoods. A place’s success can depend on Factors to be considered:

how well it is connected to local services and the
• Circulation, for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles;
broader city. Over the past three decades the
• Transit access;
design of streets have often centered around
• Access to buildings, and the provision of light and
DISTRICT
moving people, by automobile, from one point to
ventilation for buildings;
another. In reality, streets have many other
• A route for utilities;
functions.
EDGES
• Storage space, especially for vehicles;

• Public space for human interaction; everything

from parades and gatherings to chance encounters.

ELEMENTS OF ANALYSIS
Paths: The streets, sidewalks, trails, and other channels in

which people travel.

PATHS LANDMARKS
Districts: These are residential areas,factory areas ,city

centres.etc.

Nodes: The strategic spots in a city into which an observer

ELEMENTS
OF ANALYSIS DISTRICT
can enter, and which are the intensive foci and from which

the person is travelling.

Landmarks: they are some unique or memorable points

EDGES NODES
like statues, buildings,stores,or any other visible details.

Edge: they are linear elements; a boundry between two

phases,railway cuts,rivers,etc.
PATHS
• Authorities developed new laws as per which they focused on providing maximum public spaces as can

be seen in the section.

• Pedestrians were the main focus.

 Stages of development of
EDGES Edge.
1.
• The redevelopment has taken
2.
place alongside the already

existing edge formed by the

Moscow river.
3.

4.

5.
LANDMARKS
• Many old landmarks were already

present on the site like pushkin house

museum, Moscow kremlin, pushkin

statue, St. Basil’s Catherdal, etc.

• Old landmarks which were present were

either treated or removed.

DISTRICT
• The first stage of creating New

Moscow was cartographical, involving

some redrawing of administrative

borders.  

• Moscow’s boundaries were officially

extended to the south-west by

148,000 hectares in 2012, creating two

new urban areas for Moscow and

adding 235,000 residents to the city

The map new territory- the turquoise is New
overnight.
Moscow, and the shaded blue is the previous

boundary.