Dear friends!

Our international team headed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Hargreaves Associates and Citymakers, has won a competition for a park in Zaryadye. We couldn’t do it without all of you.


We have started to study and to discuss Zadyadye together two years ago. Together we have made a number of extremely interesting roundtables and projects. We have organized the project «Moscow - a city for people» within the ArchMoscow 2012.

Now we will have a new great work, which also requires your participation. We revive the work of this site, which will become an open platform for exchanging of views and ideas once again. We are sure, that now we can make the park the way Friends of Zaryadye always wanted.


BECOME OUR FRIENDS ! 

CITIZENS' VOICE
What do you think about the future of Zaryadye? Who and how to participate in the discussion of the reconstruction project?
 We are interested to know your opinion. Use the hashtag #Zaryadye in Twitter.

EXPERT OPINION

Natalia Samover, historian, journalist, coordinator of the public movement "Arсhnadzor"

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«Design of a new district in this place - responsibility of the whole generation. Now the design is trying to be made in "as always"  way. We are trying to lead it the best way».

Elena Gonzalez, director of special projects of "Project Russia" magazine, the curator

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«This year's Moscow Biennale will run under the theme "Identity". The identity is an expression of our being through the architecture. We do not have Russian project! Zaryadye - a great place to which we can give the name of "Russian project". This project could accumulate opinions of citizens and architects». 

Mikhail Blinkin, head of the Institute of Transport and Road Management

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«Obviously, if you make here concert hall with capacity of thousand places, the road situation, already very difficult will turn into a catastrophic». 

Nikolai Palazhchenko, member of the Council of the center of modern art "Winzavod", the curator

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«...Given the timing of the ploys in Russia, we must realize that by the time the park will be constructed, we city is changed: the old Moscow after the relocation of administrations and officials to the new "big Moscow" will be a pedestrian-cultural, and park in Zaryadye will play an enormous role in this change».

Petr Miroshnik, cultural studies, coordinator of the public movement "Arсhnadzor"

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«...to make a quality project, it is necessary to go beyond the boundaries of the territory proposed for the park design. Because in its current form the park for pedestrians is cut off from all Kitaigorodskii streets. And we have to make these streets available». 

Mozhayev Alexander, an architect and historian,
coordinator of the public movement "Arсhnadzor"

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«The position of the authorities about the future of this place is still not completely understood. It seems to have decided that in place of the demolished hotel "Russia" will be a park, even announced the contest of ideas. And now again we hear proposals about the concert hall - why not a candle factory?».
Experts' speech at the institute "Strelka" at the round table "Future of Zaryadye: Park for the city." 
Prepared according to the online newspaper The Village, "Bolshoi Gorod (Big City)"  magazine and architectural portal Archi.ru.