Ok.Veselkova.Portfolio

URBAN PLANNING / URBAN DESIGN SELECTED PROJECTS

Newark Masterplan Guiding city development through 2032

The new city Masterplan reflects the community values and goals to be followed the upcoming decade. Our objective was to incorporate state-of-art knowledge, social equity principles, and climate resilience approach to provide a clear set of planning policies. Those include flood and urban heat island risk mitigation with green infrastructure, dedicated areas for reforestation, tree buffers, coastal perimeter solutions, water retention facilities, and other resilience solutions. We also developed a network of green connectors feeding into the regional bike and walkability framework. This solution meets dual goals of enhancing social welfare and improving the air quality by reducing traffic and increasing city green areas.

Resiliency Strategies

Green Infrastructure Corridors

Proposed Greenways

Complete Green Infrastructure Projects

Future Green Infrastructure Projects

Wetland Restoration/Living Shoreline

Coastal Alignments

Underground Conveyance

Overland Conveyance

Retention Storage Sites

Potential Resiliency Hub

Portfolio. Oksana Veselkova

Green Infrastructure and Permeability

Primary Green Infrastructure Corridor

Secondary Green Infrastructure Corridor

Tertiary Green Infrastructure Corridor

Socially Vulnerable Areas of High Heat and Lack of Access to Green Areas

Areas of No Access to Green Space

Publicly Owned Impervious Surfaces

Impervious Surface on Vacant Lots

Expanding regional connectivity and recreation networks

FIGUrE 81 Areas of Priority for Permeability

Source. City of New Jersey, Resilient New Jersey

Impermeable surfaces in Newark strongly correlate with areas of social vulnerability and lack of access to green areas. De-paving the city's parking lots, wide corridors, and other impervious surfaces should target underserved and under-greened neighborhoods first.

Critical infrastructure and Vulnerability Areas

Childcare Centers Schools

Hospital-Medical Centers

Polluting Infrastructure

Socially Vulnerable Areas of High Heat and Lack of Access to Green Areas

Areas of No Access to Green Space

Air Quality Buffer for Highways Tree Canopy

Development - 2022

Team - One Architecture & Urbanism

Scope of works - policy and GIS analysis, vulnerability assessment, case-study, mapping, writing report

Newark climate vulnerability assessment

Resilient New Jersey

Climate vulnerabilty assessment and climate resilience chapter of the final masterplan for Newark, NJ will guide the city adaptation and mitigation actions. The Newarkers face considerable social, environmental, and economic challenges in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy with over 1/3 of the area exposed to rainfall areal, rainfall flash, tidal, and storm surge flood risks. On the other hand, proliferation of impervious surfaces and major regional transportation infrastructure cause the urban heat island effect adversely affectin socially vulnerable communities. We provided spatially explicit analysis to facilitate decisionmaking and prioritize communities` and assets` adaptation policies.

Vulnerability of critical assets75

Projected 2070 damages due to coastal storm surge

Priority assets

Infrastructure

Emergency response

Public health

Quality of life

Parks

Flood protection

Critical assets

Infrastructure

Emergency response

Public health

Quality of life

Parks

Priority parks (per RNJ ranking)

Flood protection

Light commuter rail

Repeated flooded rail lines

Repeated flooded streets

Natural gas pipelines

Transmission lines

Vulnerable areas

Socially vulnerable (SVI over 95%)

Economically vulnerable (>500M$/sqm projected losses-2070)

High vulnerability areas

Urban heat island effect

Extreme heat areas over

Extreme heat areas over Heat impacted areas without access to green space

Modeled flood impacts

Tidal flood extent (MHHW levels-projected 2070)

Coastal flood extent (Superstorm Sandymodeled 2070)

Flash flood extent (2%, 2hr rainfall eventmodeled current)

Areal flood extent (1%, 24hr rainfall eventmodeled current)

Known contaminated sites

Moderate

Figure 11 Flooding and extreme heat risk in Areas vulnerable both to extreme risk and high flood risk

Local tools of the UN SDG implication

Study of Charleston, South Carolina

The GIS research project uses open data to explore Charleston county through the framework of the United Nations Sustainable development goals, particularly SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities. The areas at risk are chosen according to SLR data projections for 2050. The first step determines whether the African American community is exposed to more risks from the sea level rise. Using Cluster-outlier analysis shows relatively equal risks, at the same time building Kernel density model for exploring poor communities showed several areas of the most urgent resettlement. The last step tested the idea of transportation restriction in the historical sites to reduce the subsidense keeping the heritage attraction points in walking proximity.

Environmental equity: higher poverty areas at the areas of sea level rise projections - 2050

Location-allocation model for the resettlement of communities at risk

Survey area analysis for the traffic closure of the old city streets and pedestrian proximity of the historical points of attraction

Coursework - 2021

Institution - Clemson University

Scope of works - research hypothesis, data collection and analysis, quantitative analysis, analytical report

Zoning ordinance for the Augusta road area

Greenville, South Carolina

The Augusta Road area zoning pursues a set of goals following the Greenville city comprehensive plan: enterprising, resourceful, inclusive, and courageous city expressed in the objectives of vacant land preservation, affordable housing integration, safe and diverse mobility corridors (GLV 2040, p. 26). The environmentally focused Zoning ordnance aims to achieve a comprehensive model of sustainable development for the historical district of a rapidly growing city. The new land-use categories are created to implement a broader range of sustainable development policies providing safety, environmental quality, and the general welfare in accordance with the Greenville Comprehensive Plan. They include mixed-use and recreational districts comprising TOD and preservation tools.

Coursework - 2021

Institution - Clemson University

Scope of works - environmental planning policies analysis, field study, vision, zoning ordinance amendment, explanation, GIS analysis.

Parks, recreation, and open spaces

single-family residential multifamily residential office district planned development commertial light mixed use corridor mixed use gateway mixed use

Community memorial center

Queens, New York

The Lubavitch community in Queens attracts thousands of pilgrims yearly. The main attraction points for the followers of Menachem Mendel Schneerson are two locations in New York City: the Rebbe’s burial site at Montefiore Cemetery and his home at 770 Eastern Parkway. These two points should be connected by a pedestrian and tranport route comprising intermediate points of interest. It includes the section of East-New York and Liberty Avenues, Rockaway, Fok and Merrick Boulevards, 120 and 121 Avenues. The track is based on walking activity index, noise level and safety data.

Portfolio. Oksana Veselkova

Montefiore Cemetery

Baisley Pond Park

Bayside Cemetery

Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters

Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park

Roy Wilkins Park

Cambria Heights, African American population ratio

Development - 2020

Team - Moscow Urban Center

Responsibilities - project management, team leadership, social survey and GIS analysis supervision, vision, community participation, presentations to client.

The building program model

Design principles include mixed-use development to create a multifunctional space for diversified communities; comfortable accommodation and service conditions for pilgrimage and cultural tourism; open knowledge, sharing Jewish culture with various categories of visitors; The memory center becomes a platform for interaction between residents and members of the Chabad-Lubavich community. The Cambria Heights area is dominated by single-family houses, lacking public facilities. One of the main objectives of the multifunctional center is to create a cultural space where the visitor could know the Rebbe better and immerse himself in Jewish culture in general. The center combines traditions of the Chabad culture and the Rebbe’s approach - openness, transparency, acceptance.

Ohel Chabad Lubavitch

Cabbell Park

224 12 Francis Lewis Blvd New York

Mikvah Yisroel at the Ohel

Lyubavich community places Cambria heights

Old city of Ufa revitalization program

The medium- and short-term development program for the city of Ufa’s new comprehensive plan implementation comprises six priority sub-programs. One of the priorities is the sustainable development of the Belaya River embankment. The area will become the central water promenade while restoring the natural values and ecosystems. The public cultural facilities will be connected with pedestrian and bicycle lanes. A modern approach to urban development includes adapting heritage sites to new uses based on the social and market survey. The economic tools for this transition include federal co-funding and investment passports for the historical objects. New educational and community centers will serve as a driver for the social activity of citizens and involvement in positive citywide changes.

Belaya embankment (3,3 km)

Leisure facilities

Social centers and facilities

Heritage buildings adaptive reuse

Public spaces network

ВИЗУАЛИЗАЦИИ.

СТАРАЯ УФА, ДОМ ДЕМИДОВА

На территории Старой Уфы больше всего сохранившейся деревянной

застройки и древнейших зданий Уфы. Здесь появятся места отдыха, характерные для исторической среды палисадники и цветники. Дворы

будут развивать музейные функции. В частности, в Доме Демидова появится культурный центр, выставочные пространства и кафе.

Central routes (10 km of connected walking friendly streets, 75 km of bike lanes)

Responsibilities - project management, team leadership, social survey and GIS analysis supervision, vision, community participation, presentations to client, public presentation to the community, contract drafting. Features - The project vision connects all cultural attractions of the historical center and benefits all city communities

Development - 2020 Team - Moscow Urban Center

Belaya embankment revitalization

Oktyabrskoy revolutsii str. reconstruction

Cultural center in the restaurated tower

Cultural center in the restaurated mason

Market square activization

Concert hall

ТОРГОВЫЙ ПРОМЕНАД, СПАССКИЙ ХРАМ

Октябрьской Революции развивается в соответствии с запросом на активизацию общественных пространств,

Зона «торгового променада» включает в себя территорию от ул.

Цюрупы до ул. Новомостовой. Это пространство задействует уличный

фронт прилегающей застройки и наполняется новыми зонами отдыха и активности. Так, на площади у Спасского храма появится кафе-трапезная и площадь для отдыха с сигнацией утраченного крыла храма.

Oktyabrskoy revolutsii street reconstruction

Ufa citizens’ vision of this historical street future is the main walking promenade in the city center, the central touristic district of Ufa, and an open-air museum. The project includes comfortable pedestrian spaces, information navigation, and new centers of attraction in the adjacent historical buildings to achieve this goal. Courtyard spaces are also reconsidered for public and commercial scenarios. Transport solutions include the reduction of car lanes, comfortable bus stop pavilions, bike paths, and elevated pedestrian crossings for increased safety on the street.

На месте исторического Уфимского кремля появится просторная пешеходная зона. Места исторического расположения стен Кремля будут выделены другим мощением, а также появятся цветущие яблоневые аллеи. Этот участок ведет к амфитеатру на набережной р. Белой и Монументу Дружбы, поэтому здесь появятся более широкие тротуары и туристский информационный центр на пересечении пешеходных потоков.

Жилой квартал нового типа

Многофункциональный квартал (владение 78) учитывает комфорт, пользовательский опыт и поведенческие сценарии будущих комфорт благодаря повышению общественных площадей на каждого жителя и качественного благоустройства участка. Соблюдение позволяет гармонично интегрировать комплекс в исторический контекст. Участок, расположенный на улице Октябрьской Революции, с обновленной набережной реки Белой. Туристические сервисы в первых этажах дополнят и оживят улицу, а надземный

Development - 2020 - 2021

Construction - 2022 - 2024

Team - Moscow Urban Center

Responsibilities - project management, team leadership, social survey and GIS analysis supervision, vision, community participation, presentations to client, public presentation to the community, contract drafting, schematic design, design development, cost estimations.

Features - Reconstruction and revitalization of the oldest street in the city, heritage adaptive reuse

2 km of dedicated bicycle lanes

32 new facilities in the renovated historical buildings,

Salavata

ВИЗУАЛИЗАЦИИ.

УФИМСКИЙ КРЕМЛЬ, АЛЛЕЯ К НАБЕРЕЖНОЙ

Library Youth recreation center

Restaurants and exhibition center

Cultural center Summer terraces

Federal competition for the best public spaces proposals

Kstovo central square, Nizhny Novgorod region

Lenin Square is a central public space in the small town of Kstovo. Despite its soviet rigid structure, citizens love the place and visit it in different everyday scenarios. The project aims at unleashing its potential for cultural events, recreational activities, and public participation. An important task here is rethinking the city symbolsstrawberry (the origin of the town’s name), the waves of the Volga river, and cinematographic episodes shot in the square. The project balances the controversial community requests for quiet recreation spaces and cultural and leisure activities. The square’s main program elements are diverse landscaping of concrete impermeable surfaces, creative and education areas, summer cinema, marketplace, recreation, and activity sites. The tree linings and wave-traced paths organize all these uses within one community space.

Development - 2021

Construction - 2022

Team - Moscow Urban Center

Responsibilities - project management, team leadership, social survey and GIS analysis supervision, vision, community participation, presentations to client, contract drafting, cost estimations. Features - won the federal grant for the realization

Trees lining buffering the square from the road

Open-air playhub The landscaping of the post-soviet monument Cinema pavillion

Parking lots

Workout area

Public podium

Market square Multifunctional entrance pavillion

Workshops area with the shade

Development - 2019

Construction - 2020

Team - Moscow Urban Center

Responsibilities - project management, team leadership, social survey and GIS analysis supervision, vision, schematic design, presentations to client, contract drafting, cost estimations.

Features - 1st place among all russian regions in the category of the towns 50 000-100 000 population.

Polevskoy main street, Ekaterinburg region

Polevskoy is one of the critical centers of the metal industry of Sverdlovsk in the Ural region. It is also the motherland of a children’s writer Bazhov, and numerous cultural facilities for childcare and education. The city community had chosen the territory of st. Karl Marx, pl. Bazhova, and st. Trojan for the priority revitalization. The space becomes the Alley of the Ural craftsmen, with street expositions and platforms for local entrepreneurship. New pocket parks and tree linings are being created to introduce a greener and more sustainable area environment. The spatial accents of the site are a unique event platform in front of the Cultural Center and the pedestrian promenade with a vernissage and shopping pavilions along the adjacent Trojan street.

Street retail and public facilities

Summer terraces and outdoor sites

Retail pavillions

Main promenade

Cultural activity

Festive cultural activity

Childcare center and primary school

Kindergarten

Cultural center

Event space

Masters’ boulevard

Pocket park

Library

School

участников: 85 человек

Tobolsk market square

Предложения жителей по развитию территории

ул. Мира позволят интегрировать проектируемую

территорию в сеть общественных

следующие категории:

Студенты (педагогический институт, мед.колледж, колледжа культуры)

―Спортивные, женские объединения

Представители учреждений культуры, учителя, творческая молодежь

―Предприниматели Представители объединения людей с ограниченными возможностями ―Сотрудники крупных компаний

Проблемы территории по мнению жителей

Исторический и туристический потенциал территории раскрыт Неблагоустроенное место: нет освещения, плохие покрытия, мало озеленения; нет уличной мебели объектов общественного питания, которые бы позволили задержаться в этом месте общественного туалета, поэтому общественный туалет – сама площадь Достоинства территории по мнению жителей Расположение в исторической части города: близость с Кремлем ―История места Может стать важной точкой туристического маршрута городу ―Уникальный ландшафт

Развивающая площадка для подростков:

― Восстановить исторические постройки, наполнить

их современным функционалом:

•Пивоварня

•Прокат коньков в зимнее время, туристический центр

•Фермерские ряды

•Мастерские

•Трапезная и общепит

―Восстановить историческое покрытие площади

―Залить каток

―В заброшенном саду обустроить зону отдыха

―Инсталляция: раскопки старого города под стеклом

Визуализация. Вид на ул. Мира Вдоль ул. Мира организуются пешеходные тротуары, а также предусматривается буферная зона между пешеходной и автомобильной частью в виде плотной высадки кустарников.

Eco-parking lots (permeable pavement, trees)

Архитектурный код

Tobolsk historically was a significant outpost in Russian Siberia. The old city market (Bazarnaya) square, Mira street, and the adjacent park were chosen by citizens as a priority revitalization site. The site connects lower districts with the Tobolsk Kremlin. The revitalization vision aims to bring the initial meaning of public meeting places to these areas. The connected city route includes the new general program of the historic buildings along the street leading to the city fair. There will be traditional and modern cultural and retail facilities, outdoor workshops, and temporary summer terraces. The parks and museums of the lower part of the city will connect to the points of attraction of the upland region. The new commercial activity on the street will encourage the development of the surrounding areas and allow investment in the heritage restoration, gradually bringing the historical character to the place.

Использование тематики западно-сибирского орнамента в оформлении и мощении площади позволит создать уникальный образ и придать территории идентичность в восприятии пользователями.

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и активного отдыха, предусматривается размещение интегрированной песочницы, а также детских игровых элементов. Дорожки выполнены бетонной плиткой и гравийным отсевом. Проектом предлагается организация кольцевого маршрута

Development - 2019

Construction - 2021

Team - Moscow Urban Center

Responsibilities - team leadership, social survey and GIS analysis supervision, community participation, vision, schematic design, presentations to client, cost estimations.

Features - won the federal grant for the realisation in the category of the towns 50 000-100 000 population.

Summer terraces on the central street

Workouts Workshop sites

Foodcourt

Playground complex in park

Sports ground

Podium

Information center

Tobolsk, Aptekarskiy garden

Комбинирование регулярной исторической планировки в структуре основных аллей и свободной дорожнотропиночной сети второстепенных маршрутов позволяет сделать сад проницаемым и грамотно разместить спокойного и активного отдыха. Организация площадок для воркшопов и сигнация исторического пруда зоны

Aptekarsky Garden is located in the upper city district, walking distance from Tobolsk Kremlin. The place was used for growing medicinal plants next to the hospital. In 2018, My Territory creative center was opened for community cultural events in the garden. Besides the historical significance of the territory, the project aims at the community activities support. The info boards show the history of the place, ecological material of pavement and street furniture, indigenous plants, and rainfall gardens - all these elements allow the sustainable development of the park. Commercial and public facilities are incorporated within the park structure as recreational pavilions and new functions of surrounding buildings.

Playgrounds

Workout, sports grounds

Development - 2019

Team - Moscow Urban Center

Responsibilities - team leadership, social survey and GIS analysis supervision, community participation, vision, schematic design, presentations to client, cost estimations. Features - won the federal grant for the realisation in the category of the towns 50 000-100 000 population.

Eco-parking lots

организованы

Movie theater and podium

Recreation site around the raingarden

Workshop sites with shades

Open library

Land-art open exhibition

Entrance

Path network is used for ski tracks in the wintertime

2.3. ВИЗУАЛИЗАЦИЯ

Moscow city projects

Moscow districts community centers

The research and design project commissioned by The Agency of the communities development aims to create quality public spaces for local communities in each of 146 Moscow districts. The constant growth of city center magnitude caused social disbalance, street congestion, and other issues exacerbated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The research methods used to prioritize districts to address the issue include community surveys, transportation, pedestrian analysis, field study, and GIS analysis of facilities. The work embraced the priority sites’ research, targeting, and conceptual design development.

ПЛОЩАДКИ

Предусмотрены разнообразные знаковые точки вдоль набережной: смотровые площадки с видом на артобъекты, мостики с озеленением, амфитеатры на склонах с видовыми точками. Все они формируют новые форматы взаимодействия с водным объектом.

КРУГЛОГОДИЧНЫЙ СЦЕНАРИЙ

Скверы у воды будут оборудованы детскими и спортивными площадками, которые можно использовать круглый год.

ИДЕНТИЧНОСТЬ

Природные особенности и современные проектные решения: навигационные элементы, дизайн покрытий и малых архитектурных форм создадут уникальный образ места.

ДОСТУП К ВОДЕ ДЛЯ ВСЕХ

Проектом предусмотрено

Development - 2019 Team Moscow Urban Center

Responsibilities - project management, team leadership, social survey and GIS analysis supervision, vision, presentations to client, contract drafting, cost estimations. Features - covered all 146 districts of Moscow, inventroduced the typology of dog walking parks

Small dogs playground

Big dogs playground

Training area

Sensor garden

Recreation

Development - 2020

Construction - 2021

Team - Moscow Urban Center

Responsibilities - project management, GIS-analysis, social survey, vision, presentations to client.

Features - the whole design process including cost estimation and the assistance in fund-raising was made on the voluntary basis as a contribution to national memory and cultural progress.

GULAG memorial garden

GULAG museum is a network of 36 memorial centers and institutions connecting and supporting the countless families affected by Stalin’s totalitarian regime and repressions. The museum keeps archive materials from the prison camps spread around the Russian North. The central point - the Moscow museum of GULAG - initiated the organization of the outdoor site for the museum collection and cultural events. The site, situated in Moscow interim zone (districts between downtown and periphery), was designed to consider surrounding communities. The social survey, mobility, and activities analysis helped shape the site program compatible with the museum plans and community needs. The idea of a memorial garden also provided fertile ground for pines, birches, and other trees from the camps, environmentally expanding the memory.

Prechistenka – museum street

The project’s main idea is to connect 47 museums in the district with the connected pedestrian route. The route connects the area with the adjacent «museum quarter» of Pushkin state museum (the construction is in progress). One of the project goals was the activation of predominantly business real estate district «Golden Mile» area and the creation of a new spatial typology within the courtyards, aiming to increase the permeability of the territory.

The diversification of scenarios was achieved through the research-based balancing of the automobile vs. pedestrian space of the street. The conceptual

design of the road, especially of its landmark spaces, was elaborated with thecommunities involvement. The historical. «museum» character of space was emphasized with the expanded sidewalks in front of the leading architectural dominants and cultural facilities. Underfoot, one peculiar detail is the «cheat sheets» for the tourist guides and curious passers-by. The content of short stories on the tiles was selected from the literature about the history of Prechistenka street or old Moscow.

Places for summer terraces and tourist groups

art academy

Brass signage tables with short stories about the street

158 new historical lighting poles

Sidewalk extension from 1.5 to 8.7 m

55 new trees in pocket parks and gardens

2 new playgrounds and 2 workout sites for communities

Research and design development - 2016 Construction - 2017 Team Strelka KB

Responsibilities - team leader from the research to the construction supervision stages, field study, community participation, vision, conceptual design, design development, supervision, problem solving, presentation to the client. Features - organization and conducting participatory planning with communities, businesses and authorities before the officially required participation method was introduced .

Prechistenskaya embankment as a part of Moscow river waterfront connects key iconic buildings of city centre

Bike sharing and bike stations along the

New central business square with a rainwater scenic pond and public decks

Smaller local squares for summer terraces

Research and design development - 2018

Team Strelka KB, KARRES EN BRANDS

Responsibilities - team leader, field study, community involvement, research supervision, vision, conceptual design, presentation to the client. Features - successful experience of international collaboration on the sustainable design of public spaces

Red oak alleys and herbal planting in flowerbeds

Sergiyev Posad. Patriarchal center

The strategy of spatial city development - 2025 is a comprehensive project comprising masterplan, form-based code, and public spaces design development. A vision and conceptual design for the historical part of the city public spaces was based on ethnographical research and social survey. The historical, thematic settlements of manufacturers or the other primary ideological and practical meanings of places have formed the local brand identity. In particular, a concept developed for the Krasnaya Armiya Avenue as the main city boulevard utilizes a red oak as the main symbol of pilgrims’ way to the shrine.

The project in general - proposing Sergiev Posad to become an international center of Orthodox Christianity is considered unsuccessful due to its unrealistic extent and the conflict of interests. Implementing an exclusionary strategy would take 140 billion rubles from the regional budget (considering an allocation of the whole Moscow Region of 670 billion rubles) and cause massive traffic congestion.

VDNKh - living history

Organizer team - ISOCARP YPPN

Responsibilities - complex research, field study, heritage status and risk assessment, land use analysis, SWOT, targeting the priority vision, schematic masterplan, pavilions reuse and program

VDNH planning development. Heritage strategy

The issue of heritage protection - what to keep, who must keep, and how to determine the heritage - is observed at the multifaceted site of the VDNKh (communities stewardship and production exhibition) particularly acute. The vast territory of the former agricultural collection was developing in its current form for decades: changed ideals, varied power, varied functions of the pavilions. Thus, the strategy of a key heritage site is to adapt to constant change. The primary spatial method prioritizes older pavillions for conservation, reuses the interim pavillions, and partly reconstructs non-heritage ones. In this proposal, the central park alley becomes a line from past to future, along which the action develops. An essential point is the square of mechanization, as the timeline splits at this point into three ways - as the options for the future. Link to the expanded report on the workshop results