Project
Boarding House in Zelenogorsk (Russia)  

Category 
Best Project of Building or Facility by Student

About the project (provided by the applicant)
The boarding house for senior citizens is located in Zelenogorsk. With its clean sea air, the scent of spruce forests, and sandy beaches, the city provides an ideal environment for human health.  

Given the conditions of the site and the low visibility of the overall building volume, the focus is on its internal content. The facades facing the forest have no decorative elements and are purely functional. Since the facades can only be perceived from a close distance, special attention is given to materials, texture, and surface finish. The three-story structure measures 74.45 by 74.45 meters. Its entire design follows the principle of a medieval castle, with perimeter walls acting as protection from the outside world, while all life is concentrated inside the structure, resembling a self-contained city with inner courtyards and galleries.  

Location
Russia, Saint Petersburg, Zelenogorsk, Pribrezhnaya Street, 6 

Project design year
2024  

Extra visual materials
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/lx8EQaOIcN1DQg

Applicant
Mikhail Lomakin  

Master's student at Kuban State University, Faculty of Architecture and Design. The presented project is his bachelor's degree thesis (5th year). Academic supervisors: A. Morgachev, A. Kuzmenko, D. Gayduk.  

Author of the project
Mikhail Lomakin  

Visualization
Mikhail Lomakin  

Status of the project
Conceptual design

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