Ligovsky City St. Petersburg, Former Russian Railway Yard, Contemporary Residential Buildings Images
Ligovsky City St. Petersburg
16 July 2020
Ligovsky City St. Petersburg Buildings
Architects: KCAP Architects&Planners and ORANGE Architects with A.Len Architectural Bureau
Location: Ligovsky Prospekt, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

KCAP + Orange Architects design Ligovsky City St. Petersburg
Rotterdam, July 16th, 2020 – Dutch architectural firms KCAP and Orange Architects are working in a consortium with A.Len Architectural Bureau in St. Petersburg, Russia, to transform a former railway yard on Ligovsky Prospekt into a new residential district with communal facilities, retail and extensive greenery.
Linear parks and landscaped boulevards that follow the historical railway tracks are at the origin of the new urban framework and will offer the backdrop for a high quality living environment, where the buildings are characterized by industrial aesthetics.
KCAP+ORANGE Architects in consortium with A.Len Architectural Bureau prepared a proposal for the territory planning of the former Tovarno-Vitebskaya railway yard in the south-eastern part of the grey belt of St. Petersburg. This project is a continuation of the Glorax Development’s Ligovsky City neighborhood development project, where the first residential complex is already in operation while the second one is nearing completion. The area under consideration, 30 hectares, is well connected to city. In the North,...