Project
Northern Wind Quarter
Category
Best Project of Residential or Mixed-Use Estate
About the project (provided by the applicant)
Northern Wind is a project transforming 5.6 hectares of reclaimed land on Vasilievsky Island into a self-sufficient urban quarter. Six thematic clusters — active, natural, sports, family, cultural, and recreational — form a circular boulevard-park, symbolizing continuous movement. Along the route, there are 10 diverse squares: event, gastronomic, sports, family, quiet, and others, highlighted with art objects. The social core includes a school, kindergarten, and cultural center with a neighborhood center, coworking space, and theater studio. The first row of facades and large trees provide wind protection, creating a favorable microclimate near the bay. The architecture is inspired by Scandinavian functionalism: multi-level volumes — from townhouses and urban villas to towers, rhythmic windows and loggias, warm tones of brick, plaster, and wood. The project transforms a monotonous, windy, and infrastructure-deficient reclaimed area into a resilient, vibrant urban organism.
Location
Plot 12, Neva Bay, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Project design year
2024
Project website
https://spb.brusnika.ru/projects/severnyj-veter/
Applicant
Brusnika
Brusnika is a Russian development company founded in 2004, headquartered in Yekaterinburg. The company builds modern, affordable housing of a new quality in major cities of the Urals and Siberia, Lipetsk, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and the Moscow and Leningrad regions.
Authors of the project
Brusnika Design Team
Visualization
Stanislav Vergasov, Felix Ambalov
Customer
Brusnika
Status of the project
Under construction
