Nominations



Project site

  • Area in front of the LETI Campus entrance with turnstiles, where the current signage stele is located;
  • space between Building D and Building 5, bounded by the archway to the inner campus area;
  • the Popov Monument with green space around it, and a freestanding brick ventilation shaft with adjoining area;
  • staircase and entrance to Building 5.

Tasks

  • Reconception of the pre-turnstile space with a laconic but impressive signage of ETU “LETI” as the country's leading scientific and engineering center.
  • Add amenities for visitors behind the turnstiles (e.g. rain protection, space for brief meetings or document transfer services, etc.)
  • Esthetic upgrade of the buildings D and 5 facades (color solutions, architectural lighting).
  • Designed university name on the entrance wall.
  • Re-zoning of the area between buildings 5 and D, by adding functions for the comfortable outdoor stay, communication and events (zones and facilities for meetings, sites for mobile cafes, movable stage, vending, etc.)
  • Solutions for the green area around the Popov Monument.
  • Proposals for the aesthetic appearance and functional use of the Cube (a brick ventilation shaft), without affecting its primary function.

Description

Today the Nomination 1 site mostly serves as the transit (walk though) zone, with occasional events in front of the Popov Monument. Building D (late 19th century) and Building 5 (mid 20th century) belong to the architectural heritage of St. Petersburg. Renovation of their facades and arranged architectural lighting will create a unique LETI atmosphere. Addition of “the venue” functions - information and comfortable stay facilities will increase the attractiveness of SPb GETU LETI as a place for work and studies.

"Entrance Space" was one of the nominations in the LETI Academic Spaces contest of 2021. Conceptual architectural projects of the finalists from the Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg State University of Civil Engineering, Stieglitz Academy and Repin Academy can be used as the reference information for detailed projects.

Materials

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 Location on campus (PNG)
 Scheme 1 (PNG)
 Map of the territory at the entrance to the 5th building (PNG)
 Entrance plan to the territory and building 5 (PDF)


Project site

  • The main lobby starting from the two-level entrance stairway;
  • DNA stairway and space around, with corridors adjacent to the American lounges;
  • walk-through zone towards the DNA stairway and lounges merged with the space in front of the cloakroom. Temporary plastic module separating this space from the lobby center will be removed;
  • part of the lobby adjacent to the hall of video conferences, including the service space with ATMs;
  • the outdoor terrace;
  • unused staircase with a bottom landing (closed exit to the Instrumentalnaya Street).

Tasks

  • Rezone the lobby with the addition of exhibition, information and navigation functions using modern digital technologies.
  • Redesign the lobby lighting and improve esthetic looks of the space, including safety marks and lines of the DNA stairway and the lobby.
  • Infographics and visual solutions of the lobby for navigation and information about main academic and administrative units of the campus.
  • Universal solutions for temporary exhibitions and campaigns (mobile exhibition modules); indicated locations for installations or objects of science art.
  • Transform the area into the flexible place for meetings, open lectures and other events, which strengthen the LETI image as the venue for congress events.
  • Solutions for all-weather use of the terrace as a unique LETI place for presentations.
  • Design stairway as the amphitheater for events.
  • Convenient cafe area supporting the congress function.
  • Suggest wider functions for the service area, with the addition of vending, charging, printing, and other services.

Description

The lobby of Building 5 is the main walk-through area with the largest flow of students, employees and visitors of LETI. Space for comfortable stay and hospitality amenities is limited due to the built in additions and inserts, which do not belong to the original design project of architects Leviash and Matusevich. Their removal will open the initial volume of the lobby and give more opportunities for exhibitions, communication and networking.

Peculiarity of this space is also in the different height of ceilings with light wells, underused "nooks and corners”. The lobby is occasionally used for temporary exhibitions, e.g. the university admission campaign, recruiting to student construction teams, etc., but it does not offer facilities for brief meetings of students, guests and employees.

In recent years, the Video conference hall of LETI Bld.5 has become a popular convention place, and not only for the university events, but for the citywide and international conferences. Its hospitality infrastructure is limited to the buffet zone around the hall itself, while the adjacent lobby spaces have a good potential for the congress infrastructure development. Primarily, it is the unused outdoor terrace with the pronounced LETI architectural identity and the staircases that can be converted into the amphitheater for lectures or presentations.

Materials

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 Location on campus (PNG)
 Scheme (PNG)
 Plan (PDF)


Project site

Courtyard of Building 1, bounded by the archway and unused exit to the Prof. Popova str.

Tasks

  • Turn the neglected courtyard into the all-weather LETI congress area.

Description

The enclosed yard, originally designed for firewood storage, is connected to the LETI campus space by an archway and has unused driveway to Prof. Popova str. So the yard can have both controlled and open access. Easy public access (without key cards or passes) can be arranged by opening the Prof. Popova Street gate, combined with restricted access through the internal arch to the main LETI space. It is a good solution e.g. for admission campaign or city festivals.

Facades of surrounding buildings are protected by the St. Petersburg heritage regulations, but they can treated as the scenery for architecture & design solutions, which turn the yard into a multifunctional all-weather space for educational and scientific activities, conferences and festivals. Yard transformation into the indoor space includes provisions for engineered services and facilities (light, heat, water supply, etc.).

Materials

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 Location on campus (PNG)
 Scheme 1 (PNG)
 Scheme 2 (PNG)
 Plan 1 (PNG)
 Plan 2 (PDF)


Project site

External boundary of the LETI campus from the Bld.1 end along the ironwork, which separates the project site from the recreational area of neighboring residential complex.

The site has a complex configuration, it includes the building of anechoic chamber located near the entrance to Bld.1 and passage to future sports playground, also other walkways between buildings of the auxiliary service and storage area.

Tasks

  • Change the depressed site into the functional area for intellectual sports and recreation.
  • Offer opportunities for sports and games, and fit them into the available space with appropriate zoning of recreational and sports activities.
  • Propose design for the repaired facades of anechoic chamber.

Description

This area is LETI's most neglected and unattended space, with limited exposure to light (orientation to the north, shaded by buildings). At this, it has a close vicinity to popular green spaces ("Forum" and "Vologdin Garden" of the previous contest). LETI is one of the most athletic technical universities in St. Petersburg, but its city campus does not have the outdoor sports playground. The space design challenge is to create a multi-functional area with comfortable atmosphere and facilities for sports and intellectual pastimes.

Nowadays the shabby service building of the 20th century houses the advanced LETI research laboratory the anechoic chamber. Its facades need both repair and new design reflecting the university’s research profile in dialogue with the built environment.

Materials

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 Location on campus (PNG)
 Scheme (PNG)
 Plan 1 (PDF)
 Plan 2 (PDF)
 Plan with measurements (PDF)