Minsk Northern Waterfront

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Type: Site plan / Urban planning

Location: Minsk, Belarus

Project area: 16.3 ha

Timeline: 2021

Project Team: Katerina Kovaliova, Pavel Nishchanka, Anton Petrukhin, Vlad Chabai, Mikhail Naumov, Yuliya Nesviatayeva, Hanna Budnikava, Darya Rogovtsova, Elizaveta Lavrinovich, Yuri Korolev, Dmitry Sergienya (LEVEL80 | architects)

We designed a competition project for a new residential district development concept on the shore of the Tsnyansky reservoir in Minsk. Although the site is located within the city, the design area is distant from the hustle and bustle of the city and has picturesque views of the reservoir.

Our architects aimed to design a masterplan of the site considering the water-protected area, preserving the existing greenery as much as possible, and fitting the architecture into the natural environment.

We offered two variants for the architecture of the district’s central part. In the first one, the central place in the composition is occupied by a residential building with integrated maintenance facilities, which is the main dominant of the district and forms a square — a central public space, a place of attraction for district residents.

In the second variant, we kept the idea of three volumes united by a built-in parking lot but reduced the number of floors. Due to this, the volume became more human scale.

When designing large territories, we approach the task comprehensively at each stage: from masterplan to individual small architectural forms and interiors.

We try to use every meter as efficiently as possible, preserving the existing environment and considering the interests of future district residents.