These masterplans, commissioned by Russian developer SPB Renovation, provide a structure for the regeneration of three neighbourhoods in St. Petersburg with a combined area of 160 hectares. The neighbourhoods were originally built during the Khrushchev era. Together, the masterplans envisage the construction of 1,333,000m2 of new, predominantly, residential space and a projected population 42,000 people.
For the Vitebskaya Railroad neighbourhood, the masterplan incorporates a significant number of existing residential and non-residential buildings.
The new matrix of thoroughfares and public spaces, including a ‘Central Park’ that stretches the full length of the neighbourhood gives existing schools, shops and workplaces a public face for the first time.
