Putin's Park

Dec 2, 2017 · 27m 39s
Putin's Park
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President Vladimir Putin has gifted Moscow with a new park – a free public space right next to the Kremlin. Designed by the US architects behind New York’s High Line,...

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President Vladimir Putin has gifted Moscow with a new park – a free public space right next to the Kremlin. Designed by the US architects behind New York’s High Line, Zarydaye Park is a bold step in city branding, aiming to demonstrate that Moscow is open to the world and to innovation. But does it break new ground for large-scale development projects in 21st century Russia? For Global Business, Lucy Ash explores some of the prizes and pitfalls of this notoriously bumpy terrain.



Contributors include:

Boris Bernaskoni, architect, Bernaskoni Bureau

Galina Gordushina, Head of Engineering, Mosinzhproekt

Sergei Kuznetsov, Chief Architect of Moscow

Michal Murawski, anthropologist, Queen Mary University

Anton Pominov, Director, Transparency International Russia

Charles Renfro, architect, Diller Scofidio + Renfro Saskia

Sassen, sociologist, Columbia University



Producer: Dorothy Feaver

Photo: Zaryadye Park

Credit: Iwan Baan
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