St. Petersburg - Large Scale Projects at the Waterfront at the Gulf of Finland

Abstract

The challenges in urban planning in St. Petersburg are complex, they include the necessary construction of new residential areas and renovation of the existing housing stock as well as the conversion of the numerous industrial areas, the renewal and expansion of the traffic infrastructure and much more. Three large-scale projects change the silhouette of St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland - the Baltic Pearl in the south, the Lakhta Center with Gazprom Tower in the north and the Golden City at the new port for cruise ships on Vasilevskiy Island. An overall strategic concept for the development of the waterfront is not insight. Future sustainable development of St. Petersburg requires a paradigm shift in urban planning.