Tashkent DiamondMall is proposed as the heartland of Uzbekistan's capital city, Tashkent, where many administrative, cultural and public buildings exist. The masterplan of Tashkent, which grows in a radial manner, has an organized layout in which regular, and broad streets dominate and different residential textures and green areas are felt everywhere. Uzbekistan, whose traditional architecture is observed in a dominant way, is moving rapidly to become a part of new urbanization strategies. Among the recently development plans announced by the authorities, there is an aim to bring Tashkent's economy and cultural attractiveness to national economy. Tashkent city has already begun plans to create a "high-tech" or “smart city” to become an important hub of the world for new foreign investments. It seems that Tashkent, which is the highest city of Central Asia in terms of its population, will soon transfrom its traditional architecture into a new business equipped with new research centers, intelligent technologies, intelligent buildings, new educational and research institutions.
Tashkent DiamondMall is proposed as an independent piece of urban development plans that have yet to be embodied. The proposed new shopping mall is designed to be quite porous and vivid but assertive enough to stimulate the development of the surrounding area. The project site is located on the main axis of the Taskent Conservatorium of Music building and a local TV channel of the city. At the adjacent of the plot, there is the building of the most important investment companies of Uzbekistan. Contrary to the traditional building tectonics seen in the city, the rggA's proposal offers a building that generates various public spaces, proposes a walkable space around the building and creates accessible areas from every point of the building. Functions broken down by 5 major circulation volumes and planned in a systematic layout make the visitors easy to navigate and the users accessible to everywhere. The main functions of Tashkent DiamondMall consist of shops, playgrounds, sports areas, office lobbies, parking areas, offices distributed in 2 towers, and open "green terraces" in the interim floors.
The interior spaces in the building and the voids rising up to the ceiling are balanced proportionally with the functions of the building. The most important principle here is designed to make every point of the building accessible to the usersIn this sense, it can be also read that the structure is opened underneath the fragmented roofs, which are designated as "podium floors" on the 18th floor. The area provides both 360' scenic views for the users and fulfills passive climatization criterias. All offices are located in 2 office towers distributed at 80 floors. On the two storeys dividing the two towers, the intermediate floor 21 and the 22nd floor offer a light green terrace and reduce the density of the blocks. The two storeys dividing the two towers, are situated in the intermediate 21st and the 22nd floors and feature open “green terraces” and also reduce the density of the blocks. The architectural language of Tashkent DiamondMall is divided into pieces to propose a holistic structure and balanced with the special coating material that shines like a diamond and where the use of glass surfaces are used as much as possible. The same architectural language continues itself as a diagonal form in the office blocks by means of a concrete structural framing system. The structure, which protects its own unique texture and exposes itself with different sub-languages, is designed by using different stone materials in the shopping block to emphasize the entrance of buildings and differentiates its uniform appearance throughout the structure.
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Project name: Tashkent DiamondMall
Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Client: Undisclosed
Program: Shops, office lobbies, open-closed parking, offices, playgrounds, sports areas, open social areas
Total construction area: 373,372,48 m2
Design: 2018
Renderings: rggA
Architect: rggA Architects
