New Geography of St. Petersburg

The expedition heads to a Petersburg that is not in guidebooks. The route leads not to the past, but to the future - along the concrete and glass of new embankments, where factory buildings turn into art quarters, and crystals of steel rise above the marshes.

Part 1: Sevkabel Port - A Territory Reclaimed from Oblivion
The journey begins at the edge of the city, on the windy squares of Sevkabel Port. The austere hangars of the former cable factory have become a space of new culture, and rough brick - a canvas for bold architecture.

• Industrial aesthetics: You will see how the vast workshops and warehouses of the former production have transformed into galleries, coworking spaces, restaurants, and public areas, preserving the spirit of the place and its industrial charm.
• New embankment: From here, an unexpected, modern view of the Gulf of Finland opens up. This is a territory where the history of industrial Petersburg engages in direct dialogue with new forms of urban life and creativity.
• Architectural experiment: The space demonstrates principles of working with historical heritage through bold interventions, showing how the past can become a foundation for the future.

Part 2: Lakhta Center and Lakhta Plaza - A Vertical City-Lighthouse
Next, the city's silhouette is changed by Lakhta Center. The twisted spire, woven into the low Baltic sky, is more than a skyscraper. A vertical city, a new lighthouse, shining not for ships but for the future.

• You will appreciate the futuristic silhouette of the world's northernmost skyscraper, learn about the technologies that made it possible to build on difficult soils, and its symbolism as a new business and cultural pole of the city.
• Nearby lies a cold and perfect satellite - the Lakhta Plaza quarter. Mirror facades, geometric squares, impeccable order of a world built with the latest technology, changing the rhythm of the metropolis.
• You will see how a new, perfectly planned urban environment is created "from scratch," contrasting with the historical center and offering a different way of life and work.

Part 3: New Holland - An Ideal Park and a Dialogue of Eras
The journey ends in the very heart, but in a different dimension, on the island of New Holland. Under the arch of classicist brick warehouses, an ideal park opens up.

• You will stroll through Russia's first artificial island, which was a closed zone for three centuries and has now become an elegant manifesto of dialogue between eras.
• You will see how a monument of 18th-century industrial architecture was carefully restored and "unpacked" for a new century, turning into a multifunctional cultural space with a park, pavilions, and lawns for relaxation.
• This is a place where history did not end but received a new reading. The island demonstrates a benchmark example of redevelopment, where respect for the past combines with contemporary design and content.

Conclusion: In 4 hours, you will see Petersburg in its most modern and dynamic light - from reborn industrial zones to futuristic skyscrapers and exemplary transformed historical territories. This is a journey through a city that confidently builds itself for the future without forgetting its heritage.