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Contemporary Urbanism in Russia

Fri, Feb 10, 2017    6pm

(scroll down for portuguese)

In Russia, recent urban development plans show the country’s commitment to planning its urban areas for the new millennium. In this context, several cities are investing in strategic plans to think about a more sustainable future and St. Petersburg is one of them. After World War II, the city was extended southwards, in addition to its industrial belt (the gray belt). Today, with the industry’s decline, it has become a divisor in the city and a challenge for urban planners.

St. Petersburg recently held a competition to rethink this area and Yana Golubeva, Russian architect and urbanist, director of the MLA + office in St. Petersburg, led one of the winning teams. His urban plan for the Belt accepts the spatial conditions created by the needs of the industry and redefines its uses so that new qualities can emerge, thus forming the DNA of a new St. Petersburg.

In this talk, Yana will present the project for the “Gray Belt” and will discuss the importance of strategic planning, as well as the challenges faced by urban planners in Russia and BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and Africa southern).


Na Rússia, os recentes planos urbanísticos em desenvolvimento mostram o empenho do país em planejar suas áreas urbanas para o novo milênio. Nesse contexto, diversas cidades estão investindo em planos estratégicos para pensar em um futuro mais sustentável e São Petersburgo é uma delas. Após a Segunda Guerra, a cidade foi estendida na direção sul, além do seu cinturão industrial (o cinturão cinza). Hoje, com o declínio da indústria, o mesmo tornou-se um divisor na cidade e um desafio para planejadores urbanos.

São Petersburgo recentemente realizou um concurso para repensar essa área e Yana Golubeva, arquiteta e urbanista russa, diretora do escritório MLA+ em São Petersburg, liderou um dos times ganhadores. Seu plano urbano para o Cinturão aceita as condições espaciais criadas pelas necessidades da indústria e redefine seus usos de modo que novas qualidades possam emergir, formando assim o DNA de uma nova São Petersburgo.

Nessa palestra, Yana apresentará o projeto para o “Cinturão Cinza” e debaterá a importância do planejamento estratégico, além dos desafios enfrentados por planejadores urbanos na Rússia e em países do BRICS (o grupo formado por: Brasil, Rússia, Índia, China e África do Sul).