Hargreaves Associates in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Citymakers and an international team of experts is thrilled to have been selected to help realize Zaryadye Park. Zaryadye represents a historic transformation of Russia’s capital that will demonstrate Moscow’s commitment to innovative design for 21st century civic spaces. After being closed to the public for ten years, the very heart of the city will be given back to the people to become a park for Moscow, Russia and the World.
The design is based on the principle of Wild Urbanism, a hybrid landscape where the natural and the built cohabit to create a new type of public space. Characteristic elements of the historic district of Kitay-Gorod and the cobblestone paving of Red Square are combined with the lush gardens of the Kremlin to create a new park that is both urban and green. Zaryadye Park is the missing link that completes the collection of world-famous monuments and urban districts forming central Moscow.