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mo masha wakula A complex human being, as you or anyone else, who believes that architecture and urban planning is a form of social activism. Whereas working with small or large scale projects, urban environment or custom home, cultural center or residential district, I acknowledge that I engage with and influence society and changes within it. contact meo +1.613.406.9046 mmasha.wakula@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/m-masha-wakula https://enougharchitecture.com/

skills

experience

. urban planning and architectural design . CAD, IPD, BIM, 3D . sustainability . project coordination . research . project presentations . architectural vizualizations . work with open data

2021 - present

Urban Planner

2019 - 2021 2019

Program Officer Intern through FINP

2017

Urban Planner Architectural Designer

Burø architecture and design team Kyiv, Ukraine /link to website/

2017

Project Coordinator

SAGA Development, Kyiv, Ukraine /link to website/

2015 - 2016

Architectural Designer Project Coordiantor

Architectural bureau ‘Zotov & Co’ / link to website/ & CANactions School /link to website/ Kyiv, Ukraine

2009 - 2015

Architectural Designer

Architectural bureau TEKTON Kyiv, Ukraine

software . Revit & AutoCAD . ArcGIS, QGIS . ArchiCAD . SketchUp (with V-Ray) . Rhinoceros . Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro . MS Office & G Suite

education . 2005-2011 . Master’s Degree in Architecture from National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine . field of study architecture and urban planning

City of Ottawa / Planning Infrastructure & Economic Development / Planning Services / Development Review, Central area City of Ottawa, / Planning Infrastructure & Economic Development / Planning Services / Asset Management Ottawa, ON, Canada

interests human rights for housing architecture of degrowth architectural transformations & interventions adaptive reuse preservation of built environment landscape preservation sustainable construction waste management stoicism complete neighbourhoods citizens / authorities / developers relationship urban democracy urban sociology computational design artificial intelligence circular economy & circular design

languages . English - proficient, fluent . French - intermediate . Ukrainian - native speaker . Russian - native speaker

additional education . 2021 . DelftX / “Circular Economy for a Sustainable Built Environment”online course

VL 13/15 INFILL urban infill, residential Velyka Zhytomyrska St, Kyiv, Ukraine studio project 172.4 sq.m.

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If you have ever thought about how to increase the city’s density, but not just erase parts of the city and remake it, let’s say, if you would not take a modernist approach. Infills and insertions into the lot fabric are a sensitive approach in providing new housing and employment and avoiding non-recyclable and unnecessary construction waste.

The house is designed to let the maximum amount of sunshine through the south and north facades. The notch on the north facade provides additional sunlight and comfortable access to the residential building. The space inside is split into eight levels (excluding roof gardens) instead of a staircase to preserve the most space on a narrow and small lot. The split-level approach gives a broad range of experiences and connections through the flow of spaces and allows one to make the most out of a small space.

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R1 MAPPING program: location: basics: area: year: in team with:

urban planning, research Ottawa, canada mapping 520.82 sq. km 2021, based on June 2021 open data -

R1 zoning in Ottawa allows building only single-family homes.

This type of exclusionary zoning occupies the land inside urban boundaries and impacts the provision of other more affordable types of housing for different needs and levels of income on the same size of the lot. Therefore, R1 is not feasible, outdated and does not serve actual community needs. Moreover, it promotes home ownership as a commodity instead of human rights for housing. It also contributes to urban spread while being unable to accommodate population targets and therefore have lots of implications for climate and general non-resiliency of the city to climate change events.

Ottawa’s urban boundary with all building footprints (as of June 2021).

Being a single-use zone, commerce is not allowed on this type of land, contributing to car dependency. This type of zoning is not dense enough to be supported by active transportation and other types of mobility, except private cars. It also puts strain on infrastructure costs. The mapping shows a visual context of how much of the space in the urban boundary can be used more effectively. The lots within the R1 zone are usually bigger than for any type of development except the mid-rise and highrise residential. Therefore, they carry a considerable potential for intensification while maintaining the existing housing stock of single-family homes. The data analyzed is buildings’ footprints as the zoning maps are not available as open data and are not shared by the Planning Department.

Ottawa’s urban boundary with R1 building footprints (as of June 2021).

AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE* program: location: basics: area: year: in team with:

urban, rehabilitation Mariupol, Ukraine public space, recycling of CDW 21,400 sq.m.

2020 Lilit Hakopyan

A pedestrian plaza in the heart of Mariupol.

It expands its influence onto the main city axis – Myra Avenue.

Axis creates a link with Teatral’na Square & Mariupol City Administration.

It spreads even further – across streets to sea waterfronts.

It reconnects the city center with its main asset – waterbank.

It can be even said that it reconnects to the values as well.

Requiring to eliminate the noise and non-essential.

The design emphasizes the importance of the void.

It uses standardized materials for all surfaces – horizontal, vertical.

It recognizes the value of the built environment.

It recognizes the importance of living a meaningful life within one’s community.

It becomes empty and public and space.

It spreads inside the building because the void is contagious.

But do we want it to be only empty and public and space?

The public square is inevitably associated with democracy.

Though democracy is power of the majority...

‘Public space is designed for the public. But does the word “public” represent everyone?’ - koozarch The void can belong to everyone as everyone can fulfill it with their own senses, thoughts, opinions, visions, ideas, values, Christmas markets, installations, events, concerts, playgrounds...

And it becomes an opportunity to tell a story about all of it.

We even make it political.

Because democracy is a value.

Because politics is inclusive.

And politics is about values. * Lawrence Weiner

DESIGN PRINCIPLE: ELIMINATION OF NON-ESSENTIAL

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‘The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.’

/memorial/ and its location is a subject for a separate competition among artists - Lin Yutang

‘art becomes ... a public dream’ - Susan Sontag

AND PRESERVATION OF THE VOID

NEW CITY VIEWPOINTS & PUBLIC SPACE EXPANSION “We still build all kinds of buildings on the ground, but the relationship of humankind and the ground has become rarified, and it has become more difficult in our daily life to feel the presence of the Earth. One reason could be the arrival of the aforesaid sky-scrapers, but even in small houses we can lose this former sense of clinging to the ground. I think a more fundamental reason is that we have treated the ground line and the skyline as external aspects of construction, since buildings divide one horizontal line into two lines: the ground and the sky. Without realizing it, we have seen those two lines just as separate building tools, and we have forgotten that they were originally one single horizontal line in the earth.” *7 New city viewpoints at the square are represented by lens street periscopes by the example of Craig Barrowman project for Peacock Visual Arts for their programme Defining Place: Architecture in Scotland 2004-2006. They are fixed on movable platforms and operated along old tram rail ways.

New city viewpoints are an interactive playground for children and families. They allow to observe a city in a different way and open view to the sea. For the square where once harbour and docking ships were seen in the past such installation is an opportunity to reconstruct its original viewpoints.

Lens periscopes are a subject for school reuse/recycle/readapt workshops where kids can work on the project of assembling lens periscopes from materials that otherwise could have been damped on the landfill.

CITY MASTERPLAN AMBITIONS. PEDESTRIAN AXIS & ITS EXPANSION TO WATERFRONT. Heavy industry co-exists with seaside recreation and tourism.

Green belt protects the city from the majority of industrial facilities on the east bank.

Green waterfront belt includes part of the industry which gives impulse for its sustainable development and sea harbour becomes vastly accessible for public, commerce and recreation.

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ramps for accessibility

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ADAPTIVE ZONING SCENARIOS

Where one can shop locally.

Culture, education and entertainment.

local produce stores local markets spontaneous market craft and artists studios

festivals and concerts film screenings exhibitions and installations lectures workshops classes theatre

Seasonal.

A platform for people and their political will.

summer farmers markets / Christmas markets summer fountains / winter skating early spring / golden autumn greenery summer patios / winter decoration early spring / late autumn patio fires

demonstrations cafe Mariupol

hostel co-working space co-working space co-working space with terraces on the roof educational block: driving school, IT school, patriots' school cultural block: administration and offices -

- theatre - theatre - community theatre community initiatives block:

public washrooms, entrance from the square joint foodcourt incld. community initiatives and entrepreneurship cultural block:

- workshops and studios for local artists and craftsmen

educational block: - musical and dance schools

museum with terrace on the roof museum gallery and exhibitions space -

media, information and research block: - research center - information and media center - information and media center / cafe Mariupol *1

NEW CITY COMMUNITY CENTER ZONING & SPACE REORGANIZATION

POLITICAL AMBITIONS Vyzvolennya Square is a plaza situated in the heart of the city of Mariupol, flanked by the community center building municipal theatre and cafes, and creates a pedestrian axis with Teatral’na Square and Mariupol City Administration.

The design emphasizes the importance of a void, which opens a panorama towards the city skyline.

An urban stage and an interactive open space, the 12.250 sq. m square.

The “city’s stage” is as a void and a place for everyone. Being an empty space it can be fulfilled with everything that city and its dwellers need - new visions, new ideas, new opinions, values, festivals, markets, installations, events, concerts, children’s games. And this place is an opportunity to tell the story about all of this.

Everything that remains is an empty public square.

But do we want it to be only public?

Public square is inevitably associated with democracy. Though democracy is power of majority... ‘ Public space is designed for the public. But does the word “public” represent everyone? ‘ ‘ So the argument we made is that we should design a more inclusive public space not only for the majority of people but also small groups of individuals we always ignored. ‘ - koozarch Void can belong to everyone as everyone can fulfill it with their own senses, thoughts, opinions, values.

Place for everyone opens a possibility of equality, an essential right.

CAFE MARIUPOL is a workplace for newspaper readers. ‘ They put together the up to date “state” which includes all press information that is significant for a special person or group and their decisions. At the same time [it is] a public cafe, where one has access to ... international newspapers from all over the world as well as the “states” for the politicians which had been assembled at the cafe.’ *1 “... Buildings which are able to make ‘city’ without being iconic.

This seems to be a contradiction these days. What is increasingly in demand is buildings which iconographically represent something. Whether or not they work in the context of the city is another story. This is usually achieved better by less ‘remarkable’ structures.’ *11 Proposed program can be challenged in terms of relevance to the city as it is in the process of defining its future strategy. What can be achieved is a maximum of free and flexible space that can be fulfilled according to city dwellers’ demands with minimum interventions. The program can change over time as the structure will stay relevant.

Working spaces Educational events / lectures

' ... ctizens can see what their representatives read.

Via the counter everybody can exert influence on the politicians' newspaper readers by giving reading suggestions. ' *1

"Participatory projects is about building a frame, a structure that different people can contribute to." *11

Media & Public Relations

Interns & Volunteers Podcast / Steaming service

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENT Local recycling and production from “trash” materials gives an opportunity to purchase affordable products with a warranty, and create jobs.

All can be low tech, affordable, strong and locally repairable.

The whole construction and recycling process on-site and supporting temporary site laboratory can impulse creation of jobs in science field.

All the reclaimed construction and demolition material that is not possible to reuse in production of new construction materials for the site should be utilised as a secondary raw material on site or in other fields of construction.

Long-term positive impacts from reusing/recycling/ readapting of CDW: - sustainable development - minimized impact on the environment - optimizing the use of natural resources - increasing restrictions on the dumping of reusable material, possibly leading to a ban on their disposal into landfills - potential economic incentives to encourage the recycling and re-use - conserves natural resources as raw materials and water - reduces CO2 emissions in certain cases - saves landfill space - creates employment

Image courtesy is by Djernes & Bell, an architectural practice based in Copenhagen.

Beauty in recycled concrete.

Samples at DTI Copenhagen testing the technical aspects of recylced concrete aggregate in new in-situ concrete can and should also be examined for their aesthetic qualities. These samples are and archeology of more than thei current form, they reveal their recyled aggregates and allow insight into their composition and history.

‘One can say that the city itself is the collective memory of its people, and like memory it is associated with objects and places.’

- Aldo Rossi - leave on place - repurpose in the yards - backfill

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grounds & soil 1,424 m3

- crash on site - use as an aggregate in new prefabricated concrete/terrazzo for resurfacing and building envelope cladding, site furniture and other elements.

- use as subbase for resurfacing (optional)

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unit pavers 243 m3

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concrete pavers and curbs min. 104 m3

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concrete from ruined bldg. min. 78 m3

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demolished components from building min. 100 m3

Separation of construction and waste materials by multi spectrum camera, AI and robot arm located at temporary site laboratory.

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Recycling of asphalt pavement is increasingly common, over 80 % of asphalt removed from roads in the US is recycled.

If reclaimed asphalt is recovered and free of contamination it can be guaranteed that the total amount of this reclaimed asphalt can be reused as construction material.

Reclaimed asphalt should be crashed and mixed with binder to form new asphalt pavement on site.

sort out and add to relevant recycling/reusing process

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stone min. 114 m3

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asphalt 591 m3

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UNIFICATION OF MATERIALS USED, BOTH FOR VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SURFACES, ENHANCE THE SENSATION OF THE VOID ACQUIRED

BIBLIOGRAPHY: *1 - Something Fantastic. “A Manifesto by Three Young Architects on Worlds, People, Cities, and Houses” by Julian Schubert, Elena Schutz, Leonard Streich; published by Ruby Press, 2nd edition, 2011. *2 - from lecture by Christian Kerez at the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, 24.10.2017. *3 - from conversation with Bettina Kraus by Something Fantastic (Julian Schubert, Elena Schutz, Leonard Streich) published in “A Manifesto by Three Young Architects on Worlds, People, Cities, and Houses” by Ruby Press, 2nd edition, 2011. *4 - Lawrence Weiner: As Far As the Eye Can See. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, 2007 *6 - research and development project by Djernes & Bell together with DTI Copenhagen - Aesthetics, culture & the sustainability of concrete: The role of architects & design in the development of sustainable visual concrete. *7 - Two Lines Drawn in the Ground - Go Hasegawa ‘Teopanzolco Cultural Center: Isaac Broid + Productora’, Arquine, Mexico City, 2019 *9 - Blueprint for Autonomous Urbanism by NACTO, 2nd Edition *10 - Global Street Design Guide by NACTO and Global Designing Cities Initiative *11 - from conversation with Markus Miessen by Something Fantastic (Julian Schubert, Elena Schutz, Leonard Streich) published in “A Manifesto by Three Young Architects on Worlds, People, Cities, and Houses” by Ruby Press, 2nd edition, 2011.

PUBLIC SPACE IN ACTION We don’t use images “because we are so used to just watch pictures. But the picture never reveals architectural experience... Architectural space can also be something that you can describe in words... It doesn’t mean that the space is good because it looks good in pictures. It’s something we are so a custom to, we are so used to it... We switch through architectural reviews and look at the pictures, but this is just a translation.” *2 “Maybe this is a general problem of architecture, which is increasingly image-oriented. People no longer seem to ask themselves what kind of spaces are created by that. It becomes obvious when you look at contemporary publications: they hardly show plans and sections anymore.

There are images that look good but they don’t give you the chance to see if the building is actually good or not.

Things that function as a trademark or an image have to be questioned according to their architectural, e.g. their spatial, value... I would like to concentrate on creating specific qualities, sketching a vibrant part of a city, and not reduce myself to the creation of an image... Drawings don’t allow a lot of cheating.”

“The reason why many buildings are only designed with regard to their image is most likely the fact that the majority of paeople are only going to perceive them in the form of images, via the media. The actual user in that case is in the back seat.” *3

MCHK RESIDENTIAL program: location: basics: area: year: in team with:

urban, mixed-use Kyiv, Ukraine new development 10 ha 2017 burø architecture and design team

A project of a mixed-use area in Kyiv with mid-density housing and long-perspective development of the pedestrian waterfront line. The project’s significance is the linking of an area’s existing green landscaping with designed green pedestrian circles and the development of cycling infrastructure for the city by linking the area with city centre. The area development includes 15 residential buildings, children daycare, elementary and secondary schools, public transportation, ground floor commerce, a supermarket, restaurants at waterfront line, beaches, leisure and spa complex together with city bath, outdoor and indoor sports facilities including sports on the water. All these amenities set short-term and long-term development goals with gradual implementation on-site and link the area with the city commercially and socially.

TRANSPORT

PROPOSED CYCLING TRAIL

based on Google & 2GIS data

URBAN ANALYSIS

S: - unique undeveloped territory - within Kyiv City boundaries - surrounded by Dnipro waterfront - surrounded by nature / protected landscape - with some commerce on place /yacht club, restaurant, beach club, water entertainment / - with piers to park the boats - recognizability / with circle of regular customers/ W: - no public transport - no essential services as pharmacy & supermarket / grocery stores - no social infrastructure as children daycare & school - no workplaces O: - uniqueness of place alows to create model of new housing and commerce for Kyiv - urban lifestyle in harmony with nature T: - to create luxury ‘ghetto’, ‘reservation’ - to lose uniqueness of area - to kill nature around - super narrow target audience - huge costs for public transportation development OBJECTIVES: - not to worsen quality of life for existing dwellers - to preserve the nature potential - to develop inherent infrastructure - to create new urban fabric - to create sustainable city model - to create inclusive and respectful, socially and physically, environment

PROPOSED ZONING

MASTERPLAN

FEASIBILITY STUDIES: The site area according to cadastre - 9.2481 ha 9 housing blocks 4-7 floors hight with 9 floor office sections Buildings footprint - 28,764 sq.m Total floor area - 148,581 sq.m Total living area (75% taken) - 112,818 sq.m Residential commercial area (80% taken) 6,963 sq.m Parking area - 26,880 sq.m Average area of one residential unit - 70 sq.m Approximate number of apartments - 1611 Commerce and services within site: 3 restaurants on waterfront - 488 sq.m Active ground floors with key renters TBD Supermarket FAR (floor aspect ratio) = S floor / S plot = 18.5726 / 9.2481 = 2.0 POP (population) = units x 2.5 / S cadastre = 1 611 x 2.5 / 9.2481 = 435 per / ha DW (dwellings) = number of units / S cadastre = 1 611 / 9.2481 = 174 dwel / ha Number of parking spots - 1,026 parking spots

SPACES IN BETWEEN program: location: basics: area: year: in team with:

public space, place making no fixed location / multiple locations concrete rubble recycling, installation no fixed size 2018; 2020 -

Spaces In Between is a conceptual architectural project of public space and installation that operates as a social and cultural catalyst. Neutral like a “dark matter” space that doesn’t interact with surroundings but has a strong influence on it. The installation has no fixed size, just proportions, and can be easily placed in any area. The installation can be built from recycling concrete adapting and demonstrating sustainability practices to the public.

Where the void can still be preserved...

Wasteland at Petra Sahaidachnoho Street / now pedestrian,.

Kyiv, Ukraine Only one from various possible locations.

Public space is a void that manifests city ownership by its citizens. It’s what adds value to the urban lifestyle. Unfortunately, in rapidly growing cities, voids can be lost. And the right for the city ownership as well.

In order to preserve the void, it can acquire a defined shape to manifest its existence. spaces in [ ] brackets [ meeting point ] [ informal social dialogue ] [cultural catalyst ] [sub cultural retrieve ] free shape. free size. free placement. free interpretation. free from stereotypes.

[ 2020 ] 2020 Pandemic revealed street, city and public space injustices all over the world even more. When artists, musicians, actors, dancers (you name it) cannot perform inside anymore, they were simply left out of jobs or to virtual space and social assistance in the best-case scenario. Whereas the physical space is still occupied by a “no-human user” - a car.

With just a glance into google maps in North America, it’s becoming clear that roughly 50% of the urban landscape is dedicated to a vehicle - whereas highway, road, or parking.

City, street and public space justice means that space is shared equally and serves a user most in need. It doesn’t mean that streets and city space to be redesigned and changed drastically. It doesn’t mean that we have to refuse cars. It means that the streets that we already have can become more resilient to the needs of actual citizens.

Ottawa, ON, Canada; a pedestrian passage near uOttawa.

BABYN YAR COMPETITION program: location: basics: area: year: in team with:

landscape preservation, area integration Kyiv, Ukraine competition organization & coordination over 41,5 ha Dec 25, 2015 - Sept 28, 2016 architectural bureau ‘Zotov & Co’

‘Babyn Yar - Dorohozhychi Necropolis’ Open International Architectural Ideas Competition for a Holistic Structuring and Integration of a Historical and Memorial Area Research of competition site and work with citizens while holding 2 public discussions.

Preparation of written materials - competition brief, guidelines.

Preparation of competition working materials based on research of the competition site.

32 submissions from 15 countries.

2 2nd prizes and 1 3rd prize. / conducted according to the UNESCO/UIA Standard Regulations for international competitions in architecture and town planning / Competition Organizer Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Charity Foundation /Toronto, Canada / With the support of • the National Organizing Committee on preparation and holding of events in connection with 75th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy • the International Union of Architects (UIA) • the National Union of Architects of Ukraine • the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance • Department for Urban Planning and Architecture of the Kyiv City State Administration Competition Scope The scope of the competition is the territory which historically included: • Babyn Yar—the site of the mass murder and burials of Kyiv’s Jews and other killings during the German occupation of Kyiv; • the surrounding area, including the historical multi-faith necropolis that had been in formation over many centuries and included Christian Orthodox, a Jewish, a Karaite, a Muslim, military as well as other cemeteries, as well as the area of the 1961 Kurenivka disaster.

Competition Objective Today, Babyn Yar is chiefly a place for regular recreation for the residents of the surrounding districts of Kyiv. At the same time, Babyn Yar is a site of pilgrimage by Ukrainian Jews, representatives of the Jewish diaspora, and other international visitors who come to pay respect to the victims of the Holocaust. It is also a place of remembrance for all citizens of Ukraine and Kyivans, who recall the crimes of the Jewish Shoah as well as other horrors of the Nazi occupation and Soviet totalitarian rule.

Thus, the aim of the competition should be to create a clearly marked out space, in which both those who are coming with the explicit goal of honoring the memory of the dead and regular local residents or students of the nearby colleges and universities would at once feel the connection of this place to the tragic history of the Holocaust and other tragedies that had happened here.

In the humanitarian context, therefore, the competition objective is to create a space of reflection and acknowledgement of the extreme inhumanity and tragic events that occurred at this site in the past, and to unite contemporary citizens of Ukraine of all ethnic backgrounds in the spirit of mutual empathy for past sufferings, affirmation of the value of every individual human life, and aspirations for a just and humane society.

In the context of memorial architecture, the competition objective is to present to the public, governmental institutions, and the professional community ideas for creating a comprehensive memorial space as an alternative to chaotic installation of separate monuments.

In the spatial context, the competition objective is to create a modern holistic public memorial space which is integrated with the city structure through the means of landscape design.

In the educational context, the competition objective is to employ landscape design to create a space capable of conveying to visitors (including those who have no connection to this place either through personal or through familial memory) the value of remembrance, as well as ideas of humanism, tolerance, democracy, civil society, human-rights defense, and natural and spiritual ecology—in effect, life-affirming responses to the evils of the Holocaust and other tragedies that occurred on this space.

In the social context, the competition objective is to present to the public a model of quality holistic structuring and integration of an urban recreational area that is a historical-memorial site of global significance.

Competition Guidelines • the site must remain a public space, accessible to individuals with disabilities; • participants should comply with the current land zoning regulations of both historicalmemorial reserves and the territory of protected areas of the historical-memorial reserve “Babyn Yar” and the landmark of national significance “Kyrylivska Church”; • all the existing objects of cultural heritage as well as memorial objects and other buildings/structures must be preserved; entries should also take into account the repurposing of buildings which will be handed over to the National Historical-memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar”; • competition participants should provide proposals for creating a space with the possibility of development over time, where new monuments might be erected in the future; • participants should provide proposals for the guidelines of territorial development, including parameters for possible new monuments and location(s) where they could be installed, with the view toward rational use of land and compositional unity with the surroundings; • the existing natural landscape must be preserved to the greatest possible extent and presented in the context set forth by the competition brief; • participants should provide proposals for the memorialization of space outside the competition site (e. g., the path which Jews took to their deaths on September 29, 1941; monuments; former Zenit stadium (currently Start stadium); former garages of a tank repair shop; part of the execution zone in Babyn Yar; the territory of the former Syrets concentration camp with its burial sites; the cemetery of German prisoners-ofwar, former streetcar maintenance depot named after Krasin (currently, the Podil streetcar depot) as parts of a joint memorial space; • entries should provide for methods of navigation around the competition site and the memorial space outside them in the form of information boards. It is recommended that design projects: • do not call for construction of new buildings and large structures; do not include new monuments of their own; minimize the use of new national, religious or political symbols; do not include fences or separated areas on the territory under design; • provide proposals for a pedestrian walkway system on the territory; • use economically sound solutions; • follow the Principle of Sustainability

Jury Panel: Barbara Aronson / Israel / – urban and town planner, landscape architect Marti Franch Batllori / Spain / – landscape architect Dr. Markus Jatsch / United Kingdom / – architect at Martha Schwartz Partners Jimmy Norrman / Sweden / – landscape architect, architect Jörg Michel / Germany / – landscape architect, landscape gardener Olivier Philippe / France /, representative of UIA – landscape architect David Bosshard / Switzerland /, UIA representative – landscape architect Serhiy Tselovalnyk / Ukraine / – Chief Architect of Kyiv (2010– 2015) Mykhaylo Hershenzon / Ukraine / – architect Volodymyr Pryimak / Ukraine / – architect Dr. Vladyslav Hrynevych / Ukraine / – historian, political scientist June 6-7, 2016 Series of lectures ‘The Intersection of Landscape, Art and Urbanism as the Foundation for Sustainable Cities’ 2 events in frame of CANactions School for Urban Studies Public Program and Babyn Yar - - Dorohozhychi Necropolis’ Open International Architectural Ideas Competition for a Holistic Structuring and Integration of a Historical and Memorial Area. Case on importance of landscape architecture in creating public spaces and higher comfort of life in the city.

Speakers: Jörg Michel / POLA/ Berlin, Germany / Marti Franch Batllori / EMF/ Barcelona, Spain / Dr. Markus Jatsch / Martha Schwartz Partners/ London, UK/ Olivier Philippe / Agence TER/ Paris, France /

CITY EDITOR program: location: basics: area: year: in team with:

urban, street design Ottawa, Canada public space, place-making 2020 -

It’s normal to doubt the widening of pedestrians zones during the pandemic. Cause yes, you’re right, pandemic will pass, things will go back to normal, and scrutiny of space while passing other people on your way to supermarket will seem so obsolete. Will it, though? Whenever I watch a movie now, I become uncomfortable seeing main characters so easily getting inside taxi, entering grocery stores, getting drunk in the bar and getting closer to just encountered person. I have this rising feeling inside me that just want to warn them “You forgot your mask…”, “Aren’t you too close to each other?”. Maybe the pandemic alienation will last longer than expected? Maybe it will be totally ok to continue to walk with a gap between each other even if you are friends… And really, it’s simply not comfortable to be aware all the time if there’s somebody ahead of you or behind you while you are having a lovely chat and a walk with somebody at 1,47 m wide pedestrian way. I measured ones in my neighbourhood, I swear.

But the width of the pedestrian way is not the only problem here.

The way we perceive the street is at the core of it.

The street became one of the many totally regulated areas of our life.

What if it can be more flexible? What if our life in urban areas can be more flexible?

NACTO swears that era of Automotive Urbanism is breathing down our backs. What can it really mean for streets? That they will become more regulated and supervised as our lives? Or they can become more flexible?

2020 described in 2 phrases “Fleabag”

NARROW OR OBSTRUCTED SIDEWALKS, DOWNTOWN & CENTRETOWN, OTTAWA

CONTEXT: SOMERSET STREET SCALE 1 : 4 000 1 – parking lots for development: public space, place-making, landscaping 2 – wastelands for development: public space, place-making, landscaping 3 – case study no.3 – active street with bars and restaurants 4 – case study no. 4 – residential street with multi-unit residential buildings and mixed-use services 5 – case study no. 5 – local residential street, was kept only for local access during summer 2020 6 – road in recreational area, stayed closed for vehicle traffic during summer 2020

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By making majority of the streets one-way in the city center, you can free up space for active street life and pedestrians. It promotes pedestrian mobility in the city as well, as it’s becoming more challenging to navigate in the city using one-way streets.

Limiting of street parking has even more impact and will create a public transportation mobility among residents from other neighbourhoods.

case study no.3 current situation 2,900

setbacks

case study no.3 proposed

sidewalks ~ 2.90m

10,600

4,300

6,300

2,200

sidewalks ~ 2.20m

multilane roadway with parking

2,900

setbacks

4,800 6,000

2,900

setbacks

sidewalks ~ 2.90m

1,800

3,000

multilane roadway

3,000

2,600

2,400

bidirectional sidewalks* setbacks cycle track min. 2.40m

flexible use of space by transforming street into one-way operates by schedule through local municipality parking freight/delivery pedestrian area expansion landscaping expansion setbacks for businesses street events running

* - minimum by Global Street Design Guide

case study no.4 current situation

case study no.5 current situation 1,500

setbacks

4,500

sidewalks ~ 1.50m

9,000

4,500

sidewalks ~ 1.50m

multilane roadway with parking

1,500

1,500

sidewalks ~ 1.50m

setbacks

1,500

sidewalks ~ 1.50m

multilane roadway with parking

case study no.5 proposed

case study no.4 proposed 2,400

setbacks

8,300

sidewalks* min. 2.40m

1,800

contra flow cycle lane

* - minimum by Global Street Design Guide

1,800 3,000

3,600 2,400

travel lane

2,400 2,400

sidewalks* setbacks min. 2.40m

cycle street flexible use of space operates by schedule through local municipality parking freight/delivery pedestrian area expansion landscaping expansion setbacks for businesses street events running

2,400

setbacks**

sidewalks* min. 2.40m

1,800

contra flow cycle lane

* - minimum by Global Street Design Guide ** - can be organized by residents if needed

1,800 2,900

2,900 1,800

travel lane

2,400 2,400

sidewalks* min. 2.40m setbacks**

cycle street flexible use of space operates by schedule through local municipality parking freight/delivery pedestrian area expansion landscaping expansion setbacks for businesses street events running

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