Residential Complex on the Velikaya River

THE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX COMPRISES FOUR PARTS: THE BUILDING OF 1930s POWER STATION BEING ADAPTED FOR RESIDENTIAL FUNCTION AND TREE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. ONE OF THE FIRST EXAMPLES OF POWER STATIONS IN RUSSIA, THE ONLY MONUMENT OF CONSTRUCTIVIST ARCHITECTURE IN PSKOV (1926–1930, ARCHITECT A. A. OL) IS GOING TO KEEP ITS OVERALL APPEARANCE AND ALL OF ITS PRESERVED STRUCTURES (BEARING FRAME OF THE BUILDING, COAL-LOADING BUNKERS AND SKYLIGHTS ON THE ROOF). THE FORMER FURNACE ROOM WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A MULTI-HEIGHT LOBBY (14 meters). LIVING-ROOM WINDOWS OF APARTMENTS WILL LOOK INTO THIS SPACE. MOST APARTMENTS WILL HAVE TWO BEDROOMS AND HIGH CEILINGS (3.45–3.6 M). THREE NEW BUILDINGS ARE DIFFERENT IN SHAPE (SQUARE WITH A COURTYARD, U-SHAPE BUILDING AND GATEHOUSE ) AND HEIGHT (TWO AND THREE STORES). HOWEVER, THEY MAKE UP A UNIFORM ENSEMBLE DUE TO SIMILAR BRICKWORK AND LOCAL HANDCRAFTED GLAZED TILES. THE CLEAN FACADE DESIGN IS SET OFF BY THE LIVELY WINDOWS, THEIR SIZE AND SHAPE CONSISTENT WITH THE SIZE AND FUNCTION OF THE ROOMS. THIS ARCHITECTURAL DEVICE EVOKES OLD RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE WITH ALL OF ITS ‘WRONG’ AND ‘RANDOM’ DEVIATIONS FROM ABSOLUTE SYMMETRY AND REGULARITY. ADAPTING POWER STATION - 8905,6 sq.m. (48 apartments) NEW CONSTRUCTION - 8629,3 sq.m. (72 apartments) TOTAL AREA - 17 534,9 sq.m (120 apartments).