SPbGASU graduates developed a concept for the renovation of Kanonersky Island
Maria Druzhinina, Anna Goldobina, Anna Eremina and Daria Barkeyeva, fifth-year bachelor's degree graduates of the Faculty of Architecture at St Petersburg State University of Architecture and Engineering, under the guidance of Aleksandr Demin, associate professor at the Department of architectural environment and landscape design, developed a concept for the renovation of Kanonersky Island in St Petersburg. In the future, not only residential buildings, but also a student campus, an equestrian center, and a new metro station may appear here.
Recreational space in the southern part of the island
Public business center. Renovation of industrial areas,
creation of new public spaces
Kanonersky Island is located in the Kirovsky district of the Northern capital. About five thousand people live here, the area of the island is 115 hectares. The island stretches from north to south for more than 5 km, its maximum width is approximately 650 m.
The island is difficult to get to and lacks modern public spaces. At the same time, the island is important from the town-planning, historical, geographical points of view. The authors of the concept tried to reveal its potential.
Daria Barkeeva, Maria Druzhinina, Anna Eremina, Anna Goldobina
According to Aleksandr Demin, it is planned to create four zones on the island. The first, already existing, is a recreation area with landscape objects. The second zone will be residential development on the site of garages. The third zone is the currently operating shipyard, to which a student campus will be added. The fourth one is public spaces of renovated industrial areas.
Scheme of the territory layout
Aleksandr Demin
According to the authors, the island needs places of recreation, beaches and other opportunities for contact with water. The problem of the Western high-speed diameter will be solved by a green strip of large-sized trees.
Aleksandr Demin is sure that the city needs to use the potential of Kanonersky Island. Here it is possible to link together water, residential buildings, public spaces.
According to the architect, one of the main tasks for the future is to include the southern part of Kanonersky Island in the new general plan of St Petersburg as a recreational space for citizens.
Text: Tatiana Petrova
Photo: presented by Aleksandr Demin, Daria Barkeeva, Anna Goldobina, Maria Druzhinina and Anna Eremina
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