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The Golden City<\/strong> project is developed based on the winning entry of KCAP Architects&Planners<\/strong><\/a> and ORANGE Architects<\/strong><\/a> for the urban and architectural competition for the western most tip of the Vasilievsky Island<\/strong> in St.Petersburg.
\nWith its important role in the historical outreach of St. Petersburg towards the West, Vasiliesvky Island will become the most prominent manifestation of the city of St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland. With the urban plan, the 15ha site will become a new part of the city with a diverse mix of urban functions facilitating and interconnecting the surrounding areas. It will become a new face of St. Petersburg as the entrance to the city from the water.
\nThe first buildings of the \u2018Golden City\u2019<\/em> are under construction, providing a glimpse of the future of Vasilievsky Island when visitors arrive by boat.
\nBlock 6<\/strong> is the starting point for the construction of a large mixed-use development, called Golden City, on the western tip of Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg.
\nThe project consists of 2 closed perimeter blocks and 4 towers emphasizing the corners of the buildings. The setup of the ground plan refers to the structure of St. Petersburg\u2019s centre with solid urban blocks and diversity of the enclosed urban gardens and courtyards. This classic urban structure offers shelter and protection to the lower levels of the plan and generates a variety of public spaces bordered mainly by 6-storey high facades, with large arches to the courtyards.
\nThe ground floor is programmed with mainly commercial functions, which are attractive for residents as well as for visitors of the area. These programs activate<\/strong> the street level<\/strong> and the different public spaces<\/strong> around the block.
\nFrom the first floor up, the buildings provide space for residential units, which vary in size, ranging from studios of 25 sqm to generous family apartments of more than 90 sqm.
\nAll apartments are equipped with loggia, giving residents the possibility to enjoy the summer sun and \u2013 from the higher floors \u2013 the spectacular view over the sea and the city.
\nBoth facades solutions of Block 6 are based on the grid, but differ in appearance. The western block facades are defined by an informal framework\u00a0in white composite, filled in with deppositioned, champagne coloured aluminium window frames.
\nThe spires are the jewels of the plan. They spring up from the facades below through the refined transition from square to triangular framework. The spires are finished in a golden colour.<\/p>\n

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Golden City – the tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Block 7<\/strong> is bordering Block 6 of the Golden City project, that is part of the new multifunctional development along the Finnish Bay, located on the most western part of Vasilievsky Island.
\nThe block sustains the same morphology principals, as designed in the winning masterplan for the Golden City district, referring to the structure of St. Petersburg\u2019s historical centre with solid urban blocks and a diversity of the enclosed urban gardens and courtyards.
\nThis classic urban structure offers shelter and protection to the lower levels of the plan and generates a variety of public spaces bordered mainly by 6 floors high facades, with large arches to the courtyards.
\nSt. Petersburg\u2019s traditional courtyards and green streetscapes were chosen as a theme for green open spaces of block 7. The \u201cluxury\u201d and slight formality of the spaces are inspired by the palace gardens.
\nThe volume of the building is formed by a 6-storey G-shaped perimeter block with 3 towers on top and is enfolded around two inner gardens. This spatial organization creates two different courtyards: one enclosed and one open one. Monumental arches connect the inner spaces with the lively streets around. One of the highlights of Block 7 is an open courtyard with the formal fence, facing South.
\nContinuing the structural grid set up of Block 6, Block 7 varies in apartment typologies as well as in facade design solutions.<\/p>\n

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Golden City – Block 7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The concept of the facade is based on a gradient<\/strong> presented by 3 facade components: colour, inclination of window reveals and window size. Keeping golden tops and golden plinth as a common idea for the whole Golden City complex the confluence of golden, champaign and white colours within the body of the building becomes a unique feature of the Block 7 facade. Yet, by opening the golden reveals on the top of the tower and making minimum inclination of white reveals in the lower floors, the golden colour gradually merges with the white colour, creating a dynamic wave around the facades. This wave is amplified by introducing wider windows in the upper part of the facade, and more narrow windows in the lower part. The narrow windows refer to the scale of the streetscape while the wider windows offer panoramic views<\/strong> on the city level<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n