SMART CITY DISPATCH · VISUAL ATLAS
Moscow, Russia
Zaryadye Park — Moscow
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ABOUT THIS PROJECT
Opened in 2017 near Red Square, Zaryadye Park reinterprets several Russian landscape environments—forest, steppe, tundra, and wetland—within a new public park in central Moscow. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with international landscape and engineering partners, it combines paths and planting with the broad Glass Crust canopy, the climate-focused Ice Cave, performance spaces, and the cantilevered Floating Bridge above the Moskva River.
SMART TECHNOLOGIES
The Glass Crust canopy creates a sheltered microclimate using solar gain and a glazed structure incorporating building-integrated photovoltaic modules. Its environmental systems include automated high-pressure mist cooling, with temperature and humidity sensors, timers, monitoring, and pump controls. Transsolar's climate engineering combines solar exposure, airflow, and protected outdoor environments to make different landscape experiences available across seasons. The park also uses purpose-designed structural engineering for the long, cantilevered river overlook.
WHY IT MATTERS
Zaryadye shows how a public park can function as a climate-engineered urban environment, rather than simply as planted open space. Its integrated environmental controls, selective solar energy generation, and expressive pedestrian infrastructure offer useful examples of how technology can extend the usability of public spaces through different weather conditions.
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