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Architectural Design of a Staircase (Russia)


Project
Architectural Design of a Staircase

Category
Best Project of Public Building or Facility


About the project (provided by the applicant)
The designed staircase is part of a pedestrian route from the Spassky Cathedral through the historic earthen rampart of the Penza fortress, down the hillside to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, and onward to the Penza River embankment.

The top of the descent is aligned compositionally with the rampart staircase and is accentuated by two granite-topped pedestals, identical to elements on the opposite side. The newly created public space divides pedestrian flows and includes a rotunda under a canopy that houses a model of the fortress. At the base of the rotunda is a souvenir pavilion.

Using stylistically related and repeating architectural and design elements from the already implemented rampart improvement project creates a cohesive spatial spirit. The magnificent views from various points of the city’s riverside and surrounding areas enhance and illustrate the historical essence of the location where the city began.

Location
5 Kirova Street – 6A Spaso-Preobrazhenskaya Street, Penza, Russia

Project design year
2023

Extra visual materials
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/vAkP/fNw48jzko

Applicant
SOYUZPROEKT LLC

Author of the project
SOYUZPROEKT LLC — Igor Smagin, Aleksandr Prokin, Pavel Poluektov

Visualization
SOYUZPROEKT LLC

Customer
UKS Penza

Other participants
AT-2 LLC, Artem Trofimov

Status of the project
Working drawings