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The New York Times on Zaryadye – In Moscow’s Newest Park, All of Russia Comes Together
“The park should describe the Russian soul. A place where you can hide and where you can also see everything around you.” – Petr Kudryavtsev, Partner at Citymakers
The architects behind New York’s High Line have created a new urban space that reflects the diversity of Russia’s regional landscapes. Zaryadye defies the norms of a “formal park” in Russia by providing space where anyone can walk in any direction and people could gather, with the central design principle of “urbanity gives up to nature.”
Mary Margaret Jones of Hargreaves Associates digs deeper into this design principle that was an unusual one for Russia: “When you look at landscape in Russian fairy tales and literature, you see that nature is outside of the city and something ‘other.’ ”
Unusual or not, the impact of Zaryadye Park is clear; the park has been a huge success, being visited to by over 9.5 million people.
Wall Street Journal calls Zaryadye Park “The Most Ambitious Park in Russia”
“Grafting interactive culture onto wilder urban landscapes, Zaryadye Park in Moscow aspires to be the emblematic park of the 21st century.”
The Wall Street Journal features an article on Zaryadye Park written by Julie V. Iovine – an architecture reviewer for The Journal. In this article, this digitally interactive and sustainable park is not only described as an “advertisement for the beauties of Russia’s luscious landscape” but also as a “clear indication of Moscow’s broader ambition to be seen by the world as an enlightened developer of urban infrastructure.”
From the Glass Canopy to a parking lot for over 400 cars beneath the park, Zaryadye Park “goes all out with inventive twists at every botanical, technological and educational turn.”
Zaryadye Park included in Dezeen Awards longlist
Among 3,689 entries from 91 different countries, Zaryadye Park has made it onto Dezeen’s longlist under the “Civic and Cultural Building” category. The project has been passed onto Dezeen Award’s panel of leading industry figures to decide on the shortlist and ultimately, the winner for each category.
Dezeen Awards is an annual awards program with the goal of identifying the world’s best architecture, interiors and design, as well as the studios and the individual architects and designers producing the most outstanding work. Organised by Dezeen, the world’s most popular and influential architecture and design website, Dezeen Awards will be the benchmark for international design excellence and the ultimate accolade for architects and designers everywhere.
Mary Margaret Jones to Feature in Two of Moscow Urban Forum’s Panels
On July 17, 2018, Moscow Urban Forum will present the following two panels:
Zaryadye as a Model. Strategic Choices to Consider in the Redevelopment of the City Centre
Climate Action in Megacities. From Technogenic Landscape to Sustainable Environment
Moscow Urban Forum (MUF) is an international forum about urbanization issues held annually in Moscow under the auspices of the city government. MUF serves as a platform for open dialogue for the people, from government representatives to the citizens of Moscow, in which discussions about architecture, urban planning, real estate, and more are taken place.
Mary Margaret Jones, Senior Principal and President of Hargreaves Associates, will be speaking in both of these panels, in which the topics of the redevelopment of Zaryade Park and the responses to climate change will be discussed in depth.
For more detail, click on the links to each panel embedded above.
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Click here for Mary Margaret Jones’s profile on Moscow Urban Forum
Crescent Park featured on Landscape Architecture Magazine
An article on Crescent Park titled “The Old and the Neutral” by John King, Honorary ASLA, was featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine July 2018 / Vol. 108 No. 7, mainly focusing on how the New Orleans park shows ambitions meeting reality. From the Mandeville Wharf to the granite benches, King describes how Hargreaves Associates weaves the hopeful future into the industrial past of the 20-acre waterfront park.
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$100 million Margaret T. Hance Park Revitalization Project
Led by Mary Margaret Jones of Hargreaves Associates, the Margaret T. Hance Park Revitalization Project emphasizes major adjustments for the middle side of the 32-acre park in Phoenix, Arizona, especially the entrance which is barred by unwelcoming stairs, ramps, and walls. Jones also calls for doubling the number of trees in the desert environment with much-needed shade, this procedure in collaboration with the Arizona Department of Transportation and their engineers.
The project will be completed in phases with three primary zones.
Click for more detailed plans at KJZZ
City of Phoenix – Margaret T. Hance Park Revitatlization Project
Finalists shortlisted for UCD Future Campus Architectural Design Competition
University College Dublin’s Future Campus – International Design Competition holds the purpose of awarding the winning architectural firm with the task of designing the university as an icon representing its vision to create something extraordinary and brilliant. It is intended to create a stronger physical presence and identity for the university within Dublin.
Among ninety-eight teams from 28 countries that entered the competition, six design firms were shortlisted for second stage. The shortlisted firms are:
Diller Scofidio + Renfro (US) John Ronan Architects (US) Steven Holl Architects (US) Studio Libeskind (US) UNStudio (Netherlands) O’Donnell + Tuomey (Ireland)
The shortlisted firms will visit the Belfield campus site in April and submit concept designs which will be published online. After the jury assesses the final submissions and interviews the teams, the winning design is anticipated to be announced in August 2018.
Click to read more at University College Dublin’s official website
Hargreaves Associates: San Francisco Design Week
In conjunction with the San Francisco Design Week Studio Crawl, we are celebrating our new office location at 315 Bay St, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94133. Purchase a ticket and join us between 6 and 9pm, Friday, June 8th.
Sales end on June 8, so buy your tickets soon!
5 Reasons Downtown East Works (hint: it’s not because the buildings look cool)
Twin Cities architects grumbled at the sight of the Wells Fargo towers built in Downtown East in 2016.
They rejoiced when they saw the success of the Commons with hindsight.
The Downtown East Commons Park’s urban design creates a vibrant district and a remarkable addition to downtown, and here are five reasons why:
There’s a clear connection to downtown Open space helps define the area There are eyes on the street The skyway is attractive and convenient It’s part of the city
Love is Not Dead – The Beautification of Love Park
“Old Love Park was a bit of an obstacle course – cluttered and cramped with furnishings, walls, and multiple park levels, which to a degree disguised how big a place the park actually is.” –Shawn McCaney
The historical center that is Love Park began its renovation in 2016, with the sensational LOVE sculpture refurbished and finally returned to its home on February 13, 2018.
While the renovation is not finished yet, the new and improved Love Park has already positively impacted the city of Philadelphia. Bolstered by the hope and leadership of the community, this public center stands as a symbol of unity and civic life within the hearts of numerous Philadelphians.