reМельников (Saratov)

Project
reМельников

Nomination
Best Project of Public Space

About the project
The Kirov Square is unique: lots of green plants, variety of architectural styles, multiple functions. Moreover, it is a powerful transport joint, and the Kirov Prospect starts here.

However, we discovered its key problem: although people use this place for transit, they don’t stay long. That’s how we came with a PINBALL concept – in this game, you need to keep a ball at the playing field as long as possible. Then we notices that the structure of that game was similar to Avant-Garde compositions. At a certain point, we chanced upon the works by Konstantin Melnikov, whose works are as unique as our square. For several years, Melnikov worked in Saratov and even made a competitive design for the Kirov Square, so we followed one of the key concepts from his project – circular traffic at the Pobeda cinema hall.

Location
Russia, Saratov, Kirov Square

Submitters
Polina Butkova, Yekaterina Argutina, Polina Filipyschenko, 4^thyear students, Gagarin Saratov State Technical University.