Project
«White Center» — public garden improvement project
Category
Best Project of Public Space by Student
About the project (provided by the applicant)
«White Center» is a rethinking of the space in front of Building D of YSTU, where the Institute of Architecture and Design is located. A previously faceless area is transformed into a new type of urban square — at the intersection of landscape, architecture, and art.
The main source of inspiration was the painting of Mark Rothko, especially «White Center». Here, color is not decoration but a design tool. The space is divided into four zones — pink, white, black, and yellow — each with its own botanical and emotional logic.
At the heart of the pink zone is the operated roof of a semi-underground parking lot, transformed into a terrace with ping-pong tables, swings, and flower beds. Old trees are replaced with maples, forming a new green structure.
The project raises the question: can public space become a living painting? «White Center» confidently gives an affirmative answer.
Location
Public garden in front of Building D of YSTU (103 Volodarskogo St.), Yaroslavl, Russia
Project design year
2025
Extra visual materials
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10MBrKUNxAdBCt99a8c-XnNR_tE2KgwIi?usp=sharing
Applicant
Vadim Dmitrievich Spirenkov
3rd-year student at the Institute of Architecture and Design, YSTU. Academic advisor — Elena Viktorovna Mitrofanova.
Author of the project
Vadim Dmitrievich Spirenkov
Visualization
Vadim Dmitrievich Spirenkov
Status of the project
Conceptual design
