Urban Farm at VDNKh
URBAN FARM AT VDNKH
Wowhaus
TYPE
Cultural › Pavilion Educational › Auditorium Other Landscape + Planning › Playground Public Park Urban Green Space
The Urban Farm at VDNKh is the first project of its kind in Moscow, though this form of children’s educational and family leisure attraction is popular worldwide.
On the farm, children come into contact with animals under the guidance of their keepers: they prepare food for them, feed them and look after them.
The project is based upon a socio-economic investigation, carried out by ourselves in company with KB23.
Its result is a complex of open air and covered areas devoted to particular themes.
The farm offers a new type of leisure activity for children and parents in Moscow, educating children about the natural world through direct contact with nature.
The Urban Farm is set to be a major step in the development of VDNKh – including a completely new building (rather than a remodelling of an existing one), connecting the contemporary city-dweller with his needs and the history of the exhibition park.
