A new 113-hectare neighbourhood for 9,600 homes on the outskirts of Vladivostok will bear EDDEA’s signature

EDDEA has won the international competition for the development of a new 113-hectare residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Vladivostok (Russia), where housing blocks connected by green areas will be designed to respond to the population growth the city is experiencing. The final masterplan is due to be delivered at the end of spring 2020, and construction of the first infrastructure should begin within a year.

Vladivostok is known as the last stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow. Today it stands out as the most important city on the eastern coast of the Russian Federation: its economy is enjoying a period of expansion, it attracts substantial investment from the federal government and its population continues to grow.

To meet part of this demand, EDDEA’s Citythinking team has designed, between the city and its international airport, a new medium-density residential neighbourhood with more than 9,600 homes and more than 150,000 square metres of other uses, with buildings mostly of between 5 and 12 storeys, although some reach 25 at the most strategic points of the layout.

EDDEA’s International Director, Anja Ehrenfried, notes that the project “was rated highest by the jury for two important reasons”. First, for its alignment with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals and, more specifically, “for its strategy of conserving the watercourses and existing green masses in the area: three natural corridors connect the forests to the east with the low-density residential areas to the west, also serving as a reserve for plant and animal species”.

Second, EDDEA’s scheme stood out “for its innovative perspective on industrialising the planning, design and management of residential urban districts for affordable housing, where an integrated approach combines standardisation techniques across every process”, concludes Anja Ehrenfried.