Urban Resort San Petersburgo / WMA
Architects: Willy Müller Architects (in collaboration with: BPG Arquitectes and THB Consulting)
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Principal in Charge: Willy Müller
Associate Architect: Frédéric Guillaud
Project Team: Mario Perez Botero, Sabine Bruinink, Bruno Louzada, Christian Kreifelts, Fransisco Villeda, Augusto Alvarenga, Samuel Martin Guerra, Sergio Pruccoli
Collaborators: Elke Gall, Sergio Ramos, Gijs Verhoofstad
Structure Consultant: BOMA
Installation Consultant: Grupo JG
Competition year: 2007
Project Phase: 2008/2009
Constructed Area: 135,000 sqm
Model: Fabian Asuncion
The complex contains 300 hotel rooms a convention center with the capability for 500 people and 23 rooms for reunions. Beyond that the complex contains an enormous sports center, an office building, a parking zone and a landing zone for helicopters.
The “Resort” of Saint Petersburg is a perfect example to incorporate the structure of a building with its surrounding environment.
The building creates a recognizable silhouette in the boundary of the city.
The shape of the construction equals an artificial landscape. With its different undulations the membrane equals mountains that accrete and accumulate the snow, which is omnipresent in the city.
The white roof cover of the building shows a contrast to the colours and materials of whole complex.
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4 comments »
very nice.inspiring.congratulations.
censor, thank you
I know there are a lot of progressive young people in Rusiisa and in St.Petersburg. I am wondering where are they? why they dont protest or try to resist to this overwhelming stream of architecture in the hands of absolutely hegemonic capitalists of their country and Europe? why we dont here a voice against these unhuman developments which will have devastating effects on their already ultra polarised cities.
WHERE ARE YOU ?????
i’m here
i’m against THIS
this couldnt be in StPb
its a crime