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Transportation Hub as an Urban Unit

(Issue of a magazine 4/2014, page 102)

In Moscow was adopted a large-scale building program of transportation hubs, most of which to be fundamental. Given the importance and complexity of this matter, it is necessary to consider the theoretical basis for its realization. The first part of the article on the methodological approach to the creation of transport hubs was published in the previous issue of the Green Buildings Magazine (2014, №3). In the second part we will focus on priority areas in terms of the development and the simulation model of a transport hub.

Botanical Garden - Development Integrated with Transport Stations

(Issue of a magazine 4/2014, page 108)

Today Moscow actively tackles the transportation problems caused by insufficient transport infrastructure development, including the lack of car parking and convenient transfers from one to another transportation mode. To overcome these problems, as well as significantly increase the value of surrounding areas, should be created transport hubs (TH).

Creating a Living Environment

(Issue of a magazine 3/2014, page 86)

The National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU) is one of the major field-oriented universities that train specialists for the construction industry; and it is the only field-specific university to have acquired the status of the National Research University. One of the fields that MGSU is engaged in refers to the creation of intelligent buildings. What are the prospects of professional construction education? How are science and practice related? How useful are the ideas of scientists today? In our interview we will dwell on these issues with Andrey Volkov, Chancellor of MGSU.

Transportation Hub as an Urban Development Design

(Issue of a magazine 3/2014, page 94)

Development of the capital transportation infrastructure is one of the priorities of the Moscow City Government. Great attention is paid to the development of transport interchange hubs (TIH). Significant volumes of local-and-interurban passenger transit, carried by civil passenger transportation in Moscow and the Moscow region, the need in increasing the rate of these means and enhance the comfort of the passengers – all this brings the need for creation of new TIH s and reconstruction of existing ones in the first place amongst the priority issues of renovation of the city transport infrastructure.

Ecoterrause: Your Own Green World

(Issue of a magazine 3/2014, page 100)

Just imagine how can be changed life in the big cities, if each apartment owner will be provided with not only an apartment, but also a private terrace for their own garden with a lawn, small and big trees and, and if the climate provides this opportunity – with a real pool. Ecoterrause – is a new absolutely pragmatic type of urban multiapartment building created by the non-professional Moscow architect Alexander Malyshev, in which each apartment is actually turns into a real urban villa and could restore to us daily personal contact with nature, without tiring hours-long trips to the countryside.

Long Life, Loose Fit

(Issue of a magazine 2/2014, page 92)

The Arizona State University Health Services Building (ASU HSB) is an adaptive reuse project that transformed the existing sterile and inefficient health clinic into a clearly organized, efficient, and welcoming facility. The design imbues the new facility with a sense of health and wellness that leverages Tempe’s natural environment and contributes to a more cohesive pedestrianoriented campus.

On the Crest of Architectural Trends

(Issue of a magazine 2/2014, page 98)

Inaugurated and opened to the public at the end of December 2013, the new “Le Creste” Cultural Centre in Rosignano Marittimo, in the province of Livorno, Italy, represents a paradigmatic case in the design scene of recent years.

School in Saint-Ouen: Between Playgrounds and Gardens

(Issue of a magazine 2/2014, page 104)

The Docks school in Saint-Ouen, a northern suburb of Paris, is in a strategic urban location, in the middle of the Zac des Docks mixed development area, which an exemplary case of sustainable urban development.

10 Sustainability Advances by 10 Design

(Issue of a magazine 2/2014, page 108)

With expertise in megascale real estate development across Asia, 10 DESIGN is working with software developers to integrate innovative energy modelling techniques beyond single buildings to whole developments up to 100 hectares. This service allows our designers to define, quantify, and optimize the natural resources, energy, water, carbon, and financial benefits of relevant design strategies from the very start of design.

Haworth Beijing Showroom: the Greenest Interior in the World

(Issue of a magazine 1/2014, page 102)

Haworth, a world leader in office furniture, has recently opened its Beijing showroom, recognized as the world’s first certified LEED CI project under the USGBC’s new LEED v4 program. BEE – Bisagni Environmental Enterprise, an international sustainability engineering consultancy, worked closely with Haworth on following the guidelines for LEED certification in this newest version of LEED.