'Comfort Town' residential village in Ukraine wins global award for use of colour
The bright colours of Comfort Town residential complex in Kyiv Ukraine turn an industrial area into a warm inviting neighbourhood.
Designed by local architects Archimatika, this dynamic development has taken out the title for the Best Use of Colour at the World Architecture Festival.
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The festival was held in Amsterdam from December 4-6 and recognises the world’s most extraordinary completed and planned architecture in 2018.
Archimatika intended to restore the heart of the 40 hectare site and instigate growth in a historic neighbourhood.
The architects chose a system of irregular modular blocks of varying heights from 2 to 16 storeys that avoids repetition of form and colour.
Partly as a design choice and partly as a result of limited budget the architects used simple geometric shapes and flat facades that excluded balconies and decorative elements.
According to the architects, there were three techniques they focused on.
- Silhouette: different turns and height of dual-pitch roofs allowed to achieve an interesting shapes.
- Windows: it is the first housing project in Kyiv to use the French balcony system and the window shifting system, which allowed to avoid monotonous rows.
- Colour: it is the first daring colour solution for a residential neighbourhood in the country.
Inside the maze of blocks are large courtyards with evergreen trees, sculptures and a fountain that cannot be accessed by motor vehicles.
There are a total of 22 children’s parks that are looked after by a dedicated maintenance service.
Buildings that were formerly factories have been transformed into sport courts, cafés, businesses, a shopping centre, offices, and a publicly accessible 4600-square-metre fitness hub with three pools.
Also on the site is the Academy of Modern Education, a combined kindergarten, elementary school and high school for 1000 students.
Images Andrey Avdeenko
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