Projects of improvement of Bolshaya Krasnaya St. and Svobody Square were presented to Mayor Ilsur Metshin

(KZN.RU, May 22). Projects of improvement of Bolshaya Krasnaya St. and Svobody Square were presented to the Mayor  of Kazan Ilsur Metshin by participants of the second architectural workshop Spring March. The Mayor got acquainted with the proposals of the architects.

Spring March was held in Kazan on May 16-22 with participation 75 architects and urban planners of Tatarstan, who designed the concept of development of public spaces of the significant Kazan territories.

Two group of 8 architects from different cities and countries worked on the concept of improvement. They proposed to pave with stone blocks the area in front of the Kazan Bogoroditskiy monastery, and install speed bumps in front of the entrance. Thus according to the architects, there is no need here to close the movement for vehicles, but pedestrians will have the advantage. The architects also propose to extend the pedestrian area and to increase the number of green spaces.

Svobody square also needs a larger pedestrian area, architects propose. The project involves removing various bushes, and planting trees with large crowns instead. Project developers also suggested installing a fountain and broadening green spaces.

Ilsur Metshin responded new ideas with interest and instructed to elaborate the project.

The event was also attended by presidential aide Natalia Fishman, chief architect of Kazan Tatiana Prokofieva, head of administration of Vakhitovsky and Privolzhsky districts Andrei Lobov, architect Daria Tolovenkova and others.