Vaasa City Design
Li Yang   Nov 19.2018

Introduction

The project is located in Vaasa, Finland. It’s a new mixed-use urban development on the former horse race track, Vaasan Raviradan. The design scheme connects the area to the southern edge of the city center by extending the historical grid to the area. The grid-scale design is based on Setterberg's plan to further fit the local urban context and maximize connectivity. The grid is connected to the city centre via the main street Klemetinkatu, connected to the sea ice zone by existing bicycle lanes, and extends to the green belts in the east by consolidating the original forest. The new urban structure is conducive to the sustainable development of the city.
Vaasa City Design

Highlights:

The design creates a modern urban framework with a simple grid that links the project area to the entire urban environment, enriching urban diversity and addressing the challenges of comprehensive sustainable development in the new century.

Details

The design reorganized public transport and car access, giving priority to ensuring the safety of the walkway, so that the expanded street system is more hierarchical. Klemetinkatu Street connects the community to the city centre, where pedestrians, shops and vehicles blend together to form a vivid streetscape. The remodeled Rantamanntie connects the sports center parking lot and creates a high-quality environment with multiple functions. In addition, the local streets are covered with green plants, and the alleys have also set up parking entrances and service areas. Diagonally distributed bicycles and pedestrian lanes pass through the block, making it a shortcut to connect the area with the original recreational roads. The proposed bicycle road network uses three existing underground passages to connect the area to the waterfront and nearby sports facilities, while uniting the main public spaces in the area.
The new urban structure creates a series of urban neighborhoods that in turn give the city its unique character and give the city a high degree of flexibility and diversity. Grid frames and diagonally constructed areas of varying size offer the possibility of architectural diversity and give more people the opportunity to participate in the urban development process. Larger areas along the main street can be used as commercial areas and apartment houses, while smaller and narrow areas can build other different types of homes and develop diverse socio-economic projects.
The powerful grid structure can adapt to future urban development and the city center continues to expand southward. In the long run, the grid plays the role of an urban component, which is well suited to the future development of the surrounding sports complex and National Road No. 3 (Finland).  In the future, the grid will be a scalable structure, a highly connected urban organization, and a flexible abutment for urban development.

Conclusions

The structure of the city is the soul of the city and has an important impact on the city's transportation, space and operations. Urban structure should emphasize organic growth and elastic development. In the new era, the urban structure must face the challenges of urban sustainability and face the uncertain factors of the future.

 

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Vaasa City Design
Published on Thursday, August 28, 2014 in Goood

TOPICS | Finland | Intelligent | Compositive

Reference: 

 https://www.mandaworks.com/

 https://www.gooood.cn/inside-outside.htm



Lat: 63.0951
Lng: 21.6165
Type:
Region: Europe
Scale: Region
Field: Compositive
City: Vaasa