Principles of Planning Organization of Neighborhoods and Typology of Housing Construction in the Outlying Areas of Moscow in the 1930s

Using examples of Moscow construction practice in the 1930s the basic principles of the planning organization of neighborhoods are shown step by step. The first blocks of mass development of the period under review were departmental or municipal construction. The task of quickly settling workers arriving in the capital determined the dominance of lightweight standard construction and line-by-line development of neighborhoods. By the middle of the period, both the typology of construction and the principles of organizing neighborhoods became more complex. Capital construction projects were located closer to the highways, and light construction was carried out in the depths. Children’s institutions were located in the center of the block, forming a green core with their vast territories. By the end of the period, development was carried out mainly in new urban areas that did not have an established street layout and block pattern. This helped to create more correct compositions. The planning principles for organizing neighborhoods were even more closely tied to the typology of construction, which was quite developed. It is shown that during the period of the 1930s there was a transition from the dominance of row buildings of a rectangular grid of blocks to developed compositions combining in their structure different types of residential buildings and consumer service enterprises.

A.V. VASILIEVA, Architect, Senior Lecturer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (26, Yaroslavskoe Highway, Moscow, 129337, Russian Federation)

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