OSTROVY OSTRAVY (OSTRAVA ISLANDS)

Project idea

This term project was focused on a very unusual topic of post-industrial landscape in the context of a city.

Wast bearings of iron together with the availability of black cole and water streams helped this city to became an industrial center of the Czechia. Today, the heavy production of steel is decreasing and city suffers from several post-industrial diseases: incoherent urban structure, bad condition of local environment, social problems.

Project aims to demonstrate the possibilities of further development of Ostrava on the area of a former slag heap Hrabůvka in several scales: city-heap-quarter-street

Project description

1) SCALE OF THE CITY

DEVELOPMENT AXIS - metro

Ostrava suffers from an incoherent urban structure, the city is scatted through the landscape, like a small islands connected by motor ways. The heap is currently one of these islands.

The heap is bordered by very busy motor way (Místecká st.). To connect the area with the rest of the city and also to contribute to the overall connectivity around the city, I proposed a line of above ground metro.

This line connects all the current important points, developing areas and strategic projects.

The busy motorway can be therefore changed into a city avenue and the heap can be fully connected with the rest of the city.
GREEN AXIS - bicycle path

On the east side the heap is neighboring the river Ostravica. Alongside this river we can find strong connections to the islands of natural areas, parks a industrial wastelands. These areas can be furtherly cleaned, developed and offered areas of high bio-diversity. In ecology these areas are called “The new wilderness”

This axis balances the development axis and creates a green corridor with bays of green areas.

2) SCALE OF THE HEAP

PHASE 1
Development of metro - start of the heap urban development. Creating the metro stops - two centers.
Creating strategic points, street network, accessible park.

PHASE 2
Urban development, spread of the urban structure outside of the heap - connecting with the city.
Gradual transition from the motor way to city avenue.

PHASE 3
Full urban development, fully connected to the city.

PHASE 4
Possibility of further development

3) SCALE OF THE QUARTER

Proposal is composed of two main pillars: The Master plan and The Urban Manual.

The master plan is libaretly staying on this abstract level. It is setting only the structure, the network of connections, relationships and key points.

The Urban Manual is describing general rules of development, urban structure and building characters.

Together they propose a functioning template within a living organism of city can grow according to its needs and with the ability of reaction.

4) SCALE OF THE STREET

Technical information

This project was designed as an idea study.

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