The provincial town Krapivna/Russia, one of Lev Tolstoy‘s work places, has a 18th century urban structure. In the project I analyzed the conservation area and suggested solutions to very different problems: historic buildings are substantially at risk, public buildings stand empty and the infrastructure needs to be completely renewed.
Site overview
Step 1: Analysing the current situation
Number of floors and shape of roofs
Current state of construction
Memorial values
Step 2: Making qualities and deficiencies clear
Qualities
Deficiencies
Step 3: Developing future solutions
Proposal for future use of outdoor spaces
Proposal for pavements
Step 4: Transfer concept developed for village center to the whole village
