The masterplan project started from the study of the urban form of Nizhny Novgorod, considering the importance of the Strelka area in its development. While respecting its historical-scientific values and significant elements, it starts from the identity of the place and relaunches its image and the commercial vocation through a system of public spaces. First from an artificial hill/amphitheatre filled with sport, commercial and service activities, all hypogeous, through the new hotel/lighthouse on the tip of the Strelka and the dachas and kiosks along the river banks, then using commemorative elements to evoke the original port function, such as cranes on the Volga riverside. Offices are included in the regenerated pavilions and in the pitched roof building emerging from the hill. 

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Team:
DBmLab Architects, Massimo Bellotti, Mikhail Dutsev, Pier Federico Caliari, Carola Gentilini, Claudio Fazzini, Ida Lia Russo, Florin Dan Andresan

Year:
2017

Location:
Nyzhny Novgorod, Russia

Client:
Municipality of Nizhny Novgorod

Status:
Competition

Category:
Urban design

Services:

International design competition. Outline design.

Selected Project