Europa City Residential Complex

Arrangement of buildings

Sketch

Project Owners

Construction Corporation Renaissance of St Petersburg

Address

10 Medikov Prospekt, St Petersburg

Designed

2007-2012

Constructed

2011-2018

Plot Area

6,7327 ha

Built-Up Area

29 682,77 sq. m

Gross Internal Area

180 011,15 sq. m

Number of Storeys

9-13 storeys

Number of Apartments

1645

Partners

SPEECH, nps tchoban voss

Head of the Authors Team

Evgeny Gerasimov, Sergey Tchoban

Chief Project Architect

Victor Khivrich

Architects

Evgeny Gerasimov and Partners: Oxana Golovko (Leader of the Architects Group), Anna Shtepa,Anna Yershova, Alexey Kuznetsov, Alexandra Vagner, Yekaterina Basay, Alexandra Getmanskaya;

nps tchoban voss: Pavel Zemskov, Frederick Scholz;

SPEECH: Viacheslav Kazul (Chief Architect of the Project), Andrey Kabanov, Yekaterina Paul, Liubov Kartavchenko, Sergey Popov;

Interiors: Andrey Perlich (Chief Architect of the Project), Yulia Lavrova, Maxim Grishanov, Yelena Pluzhnik, Tatyana Liubimova, V. Gorelova, Olga Nikitina;

Designers of the façades of the buildings within the blocks (winners of a contest among young architects): Yevgeny Kitselev, Roman Pak, Vladimir Peshkov, Oleg Tkachuk, Yana Tsebruk, Irina Filimonova, Ilya Filimonov;

Chief Structural Engineer

Margarita Reznichenko

Structural Engineers

Tatyana Kharinskaya (Leader of the Structural Engineers Group), Marina Iliodorova, Tatyana Smirnova, Xenia Vlasova, Marina Kirpikova, Sergey Nenashev, Natalia Bogdanova, Maria Koksharova, Alexander Kuznetsov, Yelena Yegorova, Vladislav Antonov, Andrey Denisov

General Layout

Yelena Kuznetsova, Alexandra Titova, Irina Kharinskaya

Utilities

ProektService – SPB PTI Co.

Chief Project Utility Engineer

Alexey Taborsky

Photos

Andrey Belimov-Guschin

Architectural Model

Gradmaket

Description

The architecture of the first-line buildings facades is inspired by the corridor-like development typical for the old part of the Saint Petersburg. The inner-block buildings facings are designed by young architects - winners of a special contest for the best design of a residential house façade.

The site of the residential complex is located in the Petrogradsky district, in a city environment that has taken its shape a while ago, near the Petrogradskaya metro station. It provides yet another example of a successful renovation of a former industrial area by the Evgeny Gerasimov and Partners architectural workshop: the site used to host the Elektrik plant. The other examples include the Tsarskaya Stolitsa and Futurist residential complexes, the redevelopment draft for Khimvolokno and Plastpolimer plants, the reconstruction project of the premises of Krasny Treugolnik plant.

The outside finish of the complex as a whole bears a contemporary style. In all the buildings, a ventilated suspended facades system is used with a facing of ceramic panels. Europa City is one of the major Russian “ceramic” projects, both by volume and by the diversity of shades applied in the facing.

Seven nine-storey residential buildings with integrated premises are located along the site perimeter. The architecture of the facades is inspired by the corridor-like development typical for the old part of the city. Every façade is divided into sections, each having a unique façade pattern and colour, which makes the sections look like separate buildings. The patterns were designed in collaboration with the SPEECH bureau, and the sections are strictly alternating.

The inner-block buildings facings are designed by young architects - winners of a special contest for the best design of a residential house façade. The contest was conducted under the guidance of the Union of Architects of Saint Petersburg and the Committee for Architecture and Urban Planning of Saint Petersburg in collaboration with the project owner of the Europa City residential complex.

The block contains ten 13-storey residential buildings, which are arranged in two rows, symmetric about the main axis of the block. The axis is a broad landscaped pedestrian area with sports grounds and recreational areas. The project also provides for a single-level underground garage.

The residential buildings construction technology was based upon standard panel construction using concrete monolithic structures. The architects set themselves a challenging task: to change the image of the panel housebuilding and to show that it can, too, create comfort and be effective.

References in Media

A Will for Diversity

The main trait of the Europa City residential complex is not its scale, but the experimentality. First of all, the complex is made up of panel buildings: the Series 137 design was specifically redeveloped for this project, and the panel structures rest on a monolithic plinth. Furthermore, Evgeny Gerasimov and Sergei Choban chose to completely conceal the reinforced concrete with a ceramic coating of a very diverse design: there are almost no repetitions in section solutions, but the design is tailored as to arrange the sections under a common cornice.

Awards

A diploma of the international Zodchestvo festival. Works of Architecture of 2016-2018. Buildings. Multiapartment Residential Houses

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