Experts and local residents appreciated the quality of the improvement of public spaces in Nizhny Novgorod for 2019 year. The rating and anti-rating leaders became known at the press conference of the Interfax-Povolzhye news agency 16 November.

Participated in the assessment of the territories 9 expert groups and Nizhny Novgorod residents. When compiling the rating, analysts took into account opinions from 12 thousand profiles. A children's playground on Surikov Street is in the TOP-3 for the best landscaping, Dubki Park and game complex near Avtozavodsky Park.

“Wonderful territories, which have very active residents. We received the largest number of questionnaires from Leninsky and Avtozavodsky districts. Sure, it affected the assessment ", - emphasized the director of ANO Institute of Urbanism, Zoya Ryurikova, Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the NRO LLC Union of Architects of Russia.

Experts also appreciated the improvement in the park named after. Grabina, square 1905 of the year, Shchelokovsky farm, Oshar Square, square near the Black Pond, Nizhnevolzhskaya embankment, square in the Sormov Center, square them. Grigorieva, youth playground in the children's park named after. Sverdlov, on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street (from Minin Square to Oktyabrskaya Street) and in Zaton. 25 years of October. During the discussion, they noticed, that for a successful landscaping you need architectural supervision of the project, and the designer must follow the contractor.

According to the federal expert in the field of lighting Oleg Yurchenko, in Nizhny Novgorod projects the light brand of the territory is not sufficiently emphasized and the effect of light on the biorhythms of people is not taken into account. for example, light in the Shchelokovsky farm, Dubki park, site at Avtozavod and on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street, normative, but does not evoke any emotions". Black pond can be praised for a successful image - circles on the water. But at the same time, the project turned out to be overexposed several times more, than necessary. A successful compositional solution in the Grigoriev square and on the Nizhnevolzhskaya embankment, although some places remained in the dark. The leader of the anti-rating was the square named after. Grabina: illumination on the playground in 5 times below normal, and in the skate park in 20 times lower. The square in the Sormov Center is also insufficiently lit., and reconstruction requires a square 1905 years - the compositional center of the space has failed there.

A comment on the accessible environment was given by a representative of the NPROI "Invatur" (public organization of disabled people) Andrey Chistov. It revealed, that none of the listed objects fully meets the requirements. As a result, some landscaped areas can be accessed, but it's inconvenient to move. Sometimes the opposite situation is observed - a convenient coverage for movement is provided in the public space., but it's problematic to get there. And some zones are even "check and checkmate for disabled people". Andrey Chistov spoke positively about Dubki, squares them. Grigoriev and 1905 year and Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street- there are no elevation differences, ramps and comfortable coverage are provided. Bolshaya Pokrovskaya. Included in the anti-rating Shchelokovsky farm and the park for them. Zhukov on Osharskaya Square.

Olga Voronina, President of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Public Organization of Landscape Architects OLA, drew attention to, that landscaping objects are often selected without the goal of creating an interconnected urban greening system, and green areas remain isolated from each other. As for specific landscaped areas, in Shchelokovsky farm and Dubki park new landscaping was not carried out at all. A positive example with a rich assortment of newly planted plants - square named after. Grigorieva and children's playground on Surikova. Olga Voronina put forward a proposal to involve local residents in the greening of public spaces.

In turn, Anna Medvedeva, a full member of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Studies Society, emphasized the importance of taking into account history in the improvement of a specific object. Good examples from the point of view of an expert are the playground in Surikov Park, Deep and park 1905 of the year. These are harmonious spaces for people, that do not cause emotional alienation. And the Sormov Center loses in this regard: if any fly-by-night firm can repaint historic houses, as she wants, then QR codes with historical references will not help. Reconstruction projects should be centered around the citizen.

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