Project
Public spaces beautification concept for Sortavala
Category
Best Project of Public Space by Student
About the project
Sortavala is a town in the north of Karelia that is annually visited by 1+ mln tourists but lacks beautified premises to welcome them.
This proposal includes beautification of the park along the Valkolahti Gulf, accomplishment of the triangular square and reconstruction of the market building, beautification of the linear embankment that connects the two above-mentioned sites, readjustment of the abandoned heat station to use its building as a climbing facility and its chimney as a hotel, reconstruction of the railway track to use it for an eco-tram, and beautification of the square at the Karelskaya railway station.
Location
Sortavala, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Project design/implementation year
2023
Applicants and author of the project
Alyona Artyugina, Yelizaveta Tumanova
Graduates of St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Project status
Design concept
