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Grand Park residential complex in Tashkent: the blocks around a raised courtyard with playgrounds — SAD studio

Grand Park

Over 30,000 m² in Tashkent. Parking is tucked under the podium and the courtyard is lifted above the driveway, separating cars and pedestrians onto different levels. Designed by SAD studio, 2019.

Densification that did not ruin the courtyard

A residential complex of over 30,000 m² inside the established fabric of Tashkent. The plot is tight and the developer’s brief was strict — the maximum of residential and commercial area had to be kept without turning the courtyard into a car park. The answer: parking moved underground and under the podium, with the courtyard raised above the drive. Cars enter from the street and never reach the inside of the block.

Residential complex
Architectural and concept design
Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
30,000 m²
2019
Courtyard elevation of Grand Park in Tashkent: light stone, bay windows and balconies above the playground — SAD studio
Courtyard of the Grand Park complex in Tashkent: the parking retaining wall, lawn and play equipment — SAD studio

A courtyard for residents, not for traffic

The raised courtyard is separated from the street by a retaining wall and railing: inside there are lawns, trees and playgrounds split by age group. Retail is pushed out to the street front of the ground floor, so shoppers and couriers never cross the residential part. For the district it also solves a traffic problem — the entrances are spread out so that no queue forms at a single barrier.

Grand Park in Tashkent from street level: the pavement, the underground parking entrance and the courtyard raised above the drive — SAD studio
Street elevation of Grand Park in Tashkent: the long balconied front and the green strip along the pavement — SAD studio
Pedestrian lane between the Grand Park blocks in Tashkent: paving, trees and a block entrance — SAD studio

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