340: Zamarstynivska 40 by  Urbanideas 

The design strategy draws on the constraints and potentials of its rooftop condition. A system of low concrete retaining walls enables soil depth suffi cient for a diverse plant palette, allowing the introduction of Amelanchier lamarckii, Pinus mugo, Cornus alba, Cornus kousa, and a range of perennials and shrubs. Rather than foregrounding ornamental display, the planting strategy seeks to cultivate a sense of natural informality — a semi-wild atmosphere that foregrounds sensory experience over visual spectacle.

The spatial organization articulates a gradient of scales: smaller, inward-facing garden rooms off er moments of solitude and passive recreation, while a larger, open clearing accommodates low-intensity community use — from informal gatherings to small-scale events. The plan’s subtle curvature reinforces spatial differentiation while maintaining fluid continuity.

The courtyard is conceived as a social-biological ecosystem — a spatial threshold where residents, hotel guests, and offi ce workers can intersect in daily, unscripted ways. More than a decorative amenity, it operates as a soft infrastructure for microclimatic regulation, psychological well-being, and interstitial community life.

Within the layered density of a historic urban block, this courtyard off ers not escape from the city but an intensifi cation of its potential — a green void calibrated to support urban coexistence, seasonal transformation, and a quieter rhythm of shared occupation.

• All landscape architecture offices involved in the design of landscape:
Urbanideas: urbanism and architecture

• All architecture offices involved in the design:
Landscape Design realization: Olia Oshust landscape
Construction company: OBRA Construction
Architecture: Volodymyr Bezborodov

• Other credits:
Client: Development company Budynky i liudy

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