Krasnodar, 11 December – Yug Times. The renovation project for the historic part of Krasnodar was reportedly awarded with a gold medal at the 26th international architectural festival held in Moscow at the end of November. It won the nomination, Best Architectural Practices. Now the 10-metre-high model can be viewed at Krasnodar Municipal Concert Hall. The author of the concept Yuri Shcherbinin is confident that the plan of transformation of the city’s appearance presented for public consideration will become an impetus to introduce real changes.
“When a year and a half ago a development plan for the city centre was being discussed at a meeting with Governor, it was said that ‘it would be good to see the model’. We volunteered.
“The main task set for the team of architects that was working on the project was to join what supposedly looked as incompatible concepts of buildings into a single ensemble. You must agree that the city was built in an infill and quite chaotic manner, which is why it looks extremely variegated from architectural viewpoint even within one block of streets. What we are offering is to join both old and new buildings under single urban-planning requirements that would create a general complex system of housing development.
“For our model, we worked on the sectors from St. Alexander Nevsky’s Cathedral down to Aurora Cinema, and four blocks wide - from Oktiabrskaya to Kommunarov streets. The real distance is 5.5 km, and the model is 10.6 m long.
“It’s only business that may provide financial backing for the project. Bearing this in mind, we thought of the following pattern: the investor removes the old buildings and repairs or reconstructs the architectural monument, and receives this land plot for further construction. He may open there a profitable enterprise. I think this is the only way to preserve the historic environment - as a compromise between the city authorities and the business circles.
“Presently, the regional department for protection of architectural monuments is working on the height restrictions. It’s too early to guess what they would look like. On the other hand, it’s obvious that an investor would be ready to erect seven or eight-storey buildings downtown - it wouldn’t pay to build less. I believe that the authorities and the business circles must find some compromise; it’s vital if we really want the city to revive and change for the better.”
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