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AN ISOLATED BOLSHOY SQUARE The square in front of The Bolshoy Theatre illustrates the two key problems for Moscow squares: • Traffic and parking seperates the squares from their surroundings and downgrades the attractivenes to city life • traffic cut up the squares into islands and segregating the squares from interacting in a public space network. The Bolshoy Theatre square is divided by 8 lanes of traffic in Teatralnaya and is surrounded by traffic infrastructure on all sides. Even though the quality of the square itself is good, the lack of pedestrian connections from The Red Square to The Bolshoy Theatre, across Teatralnaya and onwards, make the spaces less active; especially the park on the southern side of Teatralnaya is disconnected from the surrounding buildings due to traffic and parking on all sides.
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Bolshoy Ballet 1:2,000
Many of Moscow’s squares are surrounded by traffic and parking on all sides, disconnecting them from activity in the surrounding buildings and making the buildings difficult to access. This reduces substantially the usefulnes for people in these spaces.
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SPACE FOR CARS CAR LANES AND DIRECTIONS
CAR PARKING
SIDEWALK/SQUARE
UNDERPASS
GREEN SPACE
PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
Voskryesyenskaya square - visually but not physically connected to the famous Bolshoy Theatre, and surrounded by railing to prevent parking in the square
Gehl Architects · Urban Quality Consultants
ANALYSIS
SQUARES SURROUNDED BY TRAFFIC
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60