layout / connection system
The layout of the city is based on Melnikov´s proposal for Moscow in 1931.
A circular shaped connection system made up by a high-speed- electrical train and a highway forms the border of the city and provides a fast connection to all the buildings in daily life.
Three additional train lines form the inner connection in terms of public transport.
The layout of the living areas provides short distances to the public transport and the centrally
located train station makes it possible to reach every part of the city by only changing the line ones.
Within the low-density parts of the city, the single and double homes are placed in a grid of streets and every unit has its own garage. In the higher density parts, people have the
possibility to enter the building directly through the sublevel parking area underneath the apartment
complexes. Also the center hosts this feature to make shopping in the city as easy as possible
although parking their will not be for free, to encourage people to use the fast public traffic system.
center
The center of the city has a diameter of 1.5km and the height of the buildings as well as the size and outlay of the streets should remind on an historical European city center. A grid of alleys contains shops, bars, cafes, restaurants and also a market for selling goods produced in the near agricultural areas. The central square is formed by a huge water surface. On its “islands”
people will find scopes of green where they can relax; or go for a drink or snack in one of the bars, those are located around the huge fountain in the middle.
The row of buildings on the outboard open up regularly to create free spaces for meeting together or simply enjoying the view to the circumambient woods and fields.
living
The spaces for housing are located within the amount of green and distant from the outer connection belt, to provide the best marginal conditions for relaxation. The density and height is more or less
increasing anticlockwise. All of these built-up areas follow a different typology to ensure a broad
variety of houses and flats but still every one of these areas have something in common. They host special collective places where shops, restaurants and also kindergartens for the small children are located. In this way people from the neighborhood can meet together, or simply do their daily shopping.
work
The office buildings are located at the outskirts and can be reached by cable car very quickly.
Also the factories are located out there because of the good highway and train connection to move
goods in and out of the city.
education
In the children park you will find primary schools with day care centers, high schools,
universities and sports facilities and a natural pool.
common spaces
In the south of the public axis; which is actually the main entrance to the city (as the train and
the highway arrives there; as well as the airfield is located there) the government and the municipal buildings are positioned.The entertainment area is hosting a bowling center a cinema, an indoor go-kart track, an in and outdoor swimming path and a skateboard park.
The cultural center contains an opera a museum and a big library. With a water surface in the middle, a lot of green forms the environment of these cultural places and so can be used as a relaxation part as well.
About 150.000 square meter of indoor area can host international exhibitions, as visitors can arrive
by airplane, train or car very easily.
nature experience
Within the wood and the relaxation areas at the lakes, you will find paved walkways for doing a foot walk or go biking. Mobile platforms will offer further activities and catering.
The agricultural area and the farmland make a contribution towards self-supply.