Designed by TOTEMENT | PAPER, the residential area in Block No.5, as part of District D2 (“Science & Technology Park”) of “Skolkovo” Innovative Center, occupies a special area as it is the gate to the district and the main design point facing the Skolkovskoye Highway side. The architectural concept has been worked out to be presented at the second round of the competition. They took into the account close location of crowded housings of circles No.2 and 4 by closing our circle at their side. Bends of buildings allowed them to extend essentially the light front of the buildings and to get the necessary area for housing. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Our inquiries if it is possible to locate cost-effective apartments together with the most comfortable spatial arrangements have led us to the conclusion that the maximum number of buildings is 3 with their meridian location. Our basic concept has failed to meet the two requirements: insufficient length of buildings located in the circle and formation of the two identical through yards-tunnels. Our basic model of the three parallel buildings was transformed into a more complicated one with Z-shaped and V-shaped elements which axes went together with coordinate system of Science & Technology Park.
