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Koh Ota residential complex in Tashkent, seen from the canal embankment

Koh Ota

Koh Ota residential complex in Tashkent: over 55,000 m², blocks with inner courtyards, entrance lobbies and landscaped streets. A SAD project, 2020–2021.

About the project

Koh Ota residential complex. The project featured in CNN’s Next Stop programme in a segment on Tashkent, with the scheme model and its planning decisions.

Residential complex
Architectural design
Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
over 55,000 m²
2020–2021

Publications

CNN — Next Stop, 2024

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Koh-Ota residential complex from the street: the corner tower and a tree-lined boulevard
Koh-Ota at dusk: lit facades along the main road

The embankment

The complex runs along the canal, and the embankment is part of the project rather than an approach to it. The ground floors on the water side are open, with seating and lighting along them — in the evening this side works as public space for the district, not only as a yard for residents.

The entrance to block 5 at Koh Ota, residents with bicycles at the door
The entrance to block 4 at Koh Ota, with its canopy and sunken approach
The Koh Ota courtyard from above in the evening: the playground, paths and planting

The entrances

Every stair core has its own entrance: a canopy, a sunken approach, a ramp and planting at the door. It costs more than a standard porch, but it is what decides how the building reads from the street — the entrance stops being a door in a wall and becomes an address.

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The street between the Koh Ota blocks by day, entrances and planting along the pavement
A facade detail of the corner building at Koh Ota: balconies and perforated screens
The entrance to block two of Koh-Ota: a bracketed canopy and ground-floor shopfronts
The inner street of Koh-Ota in the evening: block entrances and footpaths
Koh-Ota balconies in close-up: wrought railings, lit loggia ceilings and a brick inlay

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