The Water Sports Centre in Novosibirsk serves as the primary landscape-planning hub within the compositional framework of a large-scale urban fragment, comprising linear pedestrian recreation zones with cycle paths, piers, retail hubs, pump tracks, bike-sharing stations, and more.
The Centre's architectural and spatial identity combines the urbanistic rigour of the building's forms with the organic, flowing lines of fencing and surfacing elements, visually linking the project to the fluidity and motion of the waves on the banks of the Ob River.
The functional and planning structure includes a demonstration pool with seating for 2,300 spectators, designed to host major competitions, as well as a public pool for therapeutic exercise. The complex also features a spa block and a light-filled atrium that separates user flows.
The project revitalises a lost beach area, completing Siberia's largest sports cluster, and demonstrates that architecture can be a place of strength, health, and new urban identity.
Leninsky District, Novosibirsk, Russia
MGSU, 1st year of the Master's programme in Architecture. Academic supervisor: L.A. Solodilova
Nikita Stovpets
Nikita Stovpets