How the Lakhta Center skyscraper is built. Lakhta Center: from foundation to spire Who is building Lakhta Center

The high-rise business center under construction in St. Petersburg is often called the Gazprom tower. This building will be the tallest in the Northern capital and the second largest in Europe after the Ostankino Tower. The skyscraper is being built by Gazprom and will house the headquarters of this concern and its company.

Let us recall that initially the construction of a business center 400 meters high was planned to be carried out on a site of 4.7 hectares in the center of the Northern capital, which caused a sharp protest from city defenders and the public. The object fell into a protected zone where monuments included in the list of UNESCO sites are located.

Soon, the governor of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko, canceled the decree allowing the developer to deviate from the permitted height of 100 meters in this place.

A new site of 14 hectares for the construction of the Lakhta tower is located in the north of St. Petersburg at the exit of the city between the Gulf of Finland and Primorskoye Highway. The distance from the construction site to the city center is about 10 km. According to experts, now the Lakhta Tower, although it will be visible from almost all areas of the city, will not cover the sights of St. Petersburg and dominate historical sites.

At the same time, the tower will be clearly visible from the sea; it will become a kind of lighthouse, welcoming those sailing into the city by sea. This will be a landmark object of the sea facade of the Northern capital.

Unlike the old project, in Lakhta Center, in addition to the office part, social infrastructure premises will be located.

The office part will occupy premises in the tower itself, and the buildings at its base will be used for social facilities - shops, sports and medical centers, a children's educational center and a planetarium.

At the top of the tower there will be an observation deck, a revolving restaurant and a conference room.

Lakhta Center Tower - brief description

The customer and investor of the project is Gazprom Neft, the construction project was completed by the British architectural bureau RMJM - Robert Matthew Johnson Marshal.

The general contractor is the Turkish company Renaissance Construction (created in St. Petersburg in the 1990s, founded by Turkish businessmen). Dozens of institutes and construction organizations are involved in the construction of the building.

The height of the building with the spire will be 462 meters, and the total weight of the tower with all the infrastructure, glazing and even furniture and people will be 670 thousand tons.

The area of ​​one office floor is from 668 to 2060 sq. m. meters.

From the side of the Gulf of Finland, the Lakhta Tower center will appear in all its splendor in the form of a spire soaring upward. It can also be compared to a drop of water flying upward.

Peter the Great conceived Petersburg as the sea capital of Russia. And according to the authors of the project, from afar, from the sea, the Lakhta center will look like a snow-white yacht.

The project includes several architectural highlights, the main ones being a modern planetarium and an outdoor amphitheater.

Planetarium

The planetarium, designed for 140 people, will occupy an unusual place - at the height of the fifth floor of one of the buildings adjacent to the tower. It will look like a huge ball, which seems to have been thrown into the building with all its might, and it stuck to the facade. Of course, such a spectacular form of the building cannot but interest everyone who walks or drives by.

During the sessions, a variety of special effects will be used - a moving floor and illusions of lightning and rain, virtual smoke and smells.

Amphitheater

The idea of ​​​​creating an open amphitheater facing the sea is associated with the need for a smooth transition from the high roof to the water space. Here spectators will be able to admire water fountains and various shows on the water, as well as participate in theatrical performances and competitions.

• When laying the foundation, many principles were taken from nature. Thus, the piles at the base of the building, like the roots of a giant tree, go 82 meters into the ground. Above the piles, a “box-shaped” foundation 17 meters high was built, which guarantees the stability of the building
• The maximum permissible deviation of the structure from the vertical over the entire height is no more than 6 millimeters. Not to be confused with the vibration amplitude of a building during a storm wind
• Double-glazed windows have passed a variety of tests: under high pressure of water, air currents and fire. The glass is made using a special film that will not allow the glass to break into fragments
• All materials used in construction are non-flammable or fire resistant. But despite this, the evacuation of people was thought out as much as possible. In the event of a fire alarm, air is pumped into the central core, made of reinforced concrete, which prevents it from becoming smoked. By moving to the central core, where there are stairs, a person is safe
• A special system will be used to wash windows, which moves along rails located on the ribs of the tower.
• In case of strong wind, the top of the building can deviate by 46 cm from the vertical, and at the level of the observation deck (at an altitude of 357 meters) the maximum deviation will be 27 cm
• To prevent birds from crashing into the windows, the double-glazed windows are edged with opaque material, and the glass itself is non-mirror. In addition, during mass flights of flocks, the lighting will be “scaring.” This way the birds will see the glass.

Adjacent territory

An entrance for office employees will be located on the east side of the building. This part of the complex will appear in the form of an arch with a span of 100 meters.

A pedestrian zone with a length of 8 km will begin on the south-eastern side. It will include a bridge and a huge space for holding mass celebrations and festive events.

The northern part of the territory will be used for various exhibitions, and in addition, in the future a railway platform and a metro station will be built here.

In addition, next to the tower there will be a parking lot for tourist buses and a museum of the Poltava ship.

Transport infrastructure

In the future, it is planned to establish a transfer between the Lakhta center and the Chernaya Rechka and Staraya Derevnya metro stations. A metro station is expected to be built in 2025.

The development of transport infrastructure is primarily promoted by the World Cup. In 2018, the Begovaya metro station will be opened, one of the exits of which is located at a distance of just over a kilometer from the Lakhta center, that is, within walking distance.

The Lakhta Center Tower will become the center of the new business district of St. Petersburg, one might say Petersburg City, and the development of transport infrastructure will turn this undeveloped area of ​​the Northern capital into an example of a modern and high-quality urban environment. We would like to remind you that the facility is scheduled to be commissioned in 2018.

Now let's see how they build IGLOO GAZPROM

The whole story began with the project of the Okhta Center, or Gazprom City complex. The complex with a 396-meter skyscraper was planned to be tied to the Neva again - it was supposed to rise on the cape formed by the Neva and the Okhta River flowing into it. On the opposite side of the Neva is the famous Smolny Institute, which was once the headquarters of the Bolsheviks, and now serves as the residence of the governor of St. Petersburg. The project then caused a lot of noise, mostly unenthusiastic. The glass needle of the skyscraper was radically disharmonious with the architectural style of the St. Petersburg center, while creating a new high-rise dominant, competing with the spiers of the Admiralty and the Peter and Paul Cathedral. Such interference in the historical low-rise urban landscape seemed blasphemous to many.

In the end, the Okhta Center became the Lakhta Center: the construction of the Gazprom skyscraper, now 462 m high, was moved to the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland. There are no urban developments nearby, and the historical center is a full 9 km away, so the “needle” will no longer invade the recognizable outlines of old St. Petersburg. The complex of a high-rise building, an auxiliary building and a vast recreational area is scheduled for completion in 2018, and then...

Is there any practical sense in constructing such tall buildings where there seems to be no shortage of land? Of course, Lakhta does not have the cramped conditions of American downtowns, but architecture is not always intended to perform a utilitarian function. Sometimes her task is to create symbols, objects of attraction. Historically, temples that were supposed to rise above the surrounding buildings became such centers of attraction. There was no other meaning in this except symbolic. When elevators appeared and cities began to grow rapidly, high-rise buildings became the leaders and dominants. “Lakhta Center” will greet cruise ships and ferries heading to St. Petersburg like the Statue of Liberty in New York Bay; it will become a new symbol of the city, and this is precisely its main aesthetic task. This is what the authors of the project think.

Even those who are not good at geography probably remember: a city built in the delta rests on loose, water-soaked soil. Everyone remembers a branch of the St. Petersburg metro that was torn apart by quicksand for almost a decade. Unlike the textbook Manhattan, which is essentially bare rock, in the St. Petersburg area the granite shield lies below 200 m, and it is unrealistic to rest a building on it. How to build a skyscraper here? It turns out that from the point of view of geotechnics - the science of soils - no monstrous difficulties arise in this case. In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where two twin super-skyscrapers were being built, the situation was even worse: the buildings stand on 120-meter stilts. Of course, it is too difficult to rest on the rocky ground in Lakhta - this would require piles of an unprecedented length in world practice, so we have to use ones that support the building due to friction. The upper layers of the soil are very loose, but already below 30 m the Vendian clays begin to be quite hard, and the piles are held securely in them.

The traditional construction of a skyscraper foundation is an array of piles on which a powerful slab rests. In principle, something similar has been done in Lakhta, but the foundation of the St. Petersburg skyscraper will have its own characteristics. It is a box-shaped structure buried in the ground to a depth of 17 m. Thus, the building will appear to be “sunk” in the ground, which will serve to more evenly distribute the weight of the structure and help avoid severe settlement of the skyscraper in the future.

The outer boundary of the foundation is a wall in the ground (in plan it is a regular pentagon, or pentagon). It is not a supporting element, but it protects the strength part of the foundation from soil pressure, and most importantly, from the seepage of groundwater. A pit is dug in the ground inside the wall, and to prevent the wall from collapsing, it is gradually strengthened with four reinforced concrete structures located on top of each other - the so-called spacer discs. When the pit is ready, the heads of the pre-installed piles are exposed. There are 264 piles, and the length of the most powerful of them is 82 m. At the bottom of the pit, a concrete slab resting on the heads is poured, and reinforcement for the main load-bearing structure - the lower foundation slab - is mounted on it. The designers did not have a shortage of space, and therefore they were able to support the building on a large foundation to ensure maximum stability.

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The tragedy of the World Trade Center towers in New York, and especially the terrible picture of their collapse, is so clearly etched in the memory of each of us that the question “what will happen if???” arises quite naturally, as soon as we are talking about a new high-rise building. Here it should be remembered that the main customer of the complex is Gazprom, and we can say that this building is of strategic importance for our economy.

That is why the task was set to ensure the highest safety standards. In principle, the skyscraper will be built according to a well-known scheme: a cylindrical reinforced concrete core, floors, columns along the outer contour. The World Trade Center towers had approximately the same design. These were strong buildings, designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 747, but the destruction of some power structures of the external circuit led to the progressive destruction of others, a domino effect was created, and as a result the skyscrapers collapsed. The high-rise building of Lakhta Center is designed in such a way that it can be supported by one core. You can blow up all ten columns along the outer contour, but even then the skyscraper will stand. This is a real fortress, which, according to the architects, should survive many decades.

The stability of the structure is ensured by a special scheme for redistributing the load of the external contour of the building to the core. Every 16 floors, ten powerful consoles extend from the reinforced concrete core - a kind of hanging foundations on which a section of the building will additionally rest. There are four such outrigger levels in the skyscraper.

As a result, Lakhta Center will have a safety margin unique among buildings of this kind, significantly exceeding established international standards.

The reluctance to save on safety does not mean that the idea of ​​increasing the efficiency of a structure and reducing operating costs is completely alien to the authors of the project. On the contrary, it is very important for Gazprom, given that it is building a building “for itself,” to remain committed to modern energy saving technologies, especially in the harsh climate of St. Petersburg. For example, the building will receive a double façade, that is, there will be an insulating layer of air between two strands of glazing. The heating system will use such highly economical devices as infrared emitters. In addition, the heat accumulated in the building from operating computers and other office equipment will be removed and then used in the heating system. The air conditioning system has its own peculiarities - it is based not on the usual scheme for removing heat from the room to the outside, but on cold accumulators placed underground, which can produce up to 1000 tons of ice per night, and then release its cold to the rooms during the day. Occupancy sensors will also become widespread, which will turn off lighting fixtures when there is no one in the room.

But will the building be habitable from the bottom floors to the very top? High-rise buildings erected for purely commercial purposes are often inhabited from top to bottom, and there are no “excesses” there. However, if we are talking about a symbol, be it the Moscow State University building on Sparrow Hills in Moscow or the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, a significant part of their height is an uninhabited spire, designed to give the structure aesthetic completeness. Despite the fact that the height of the Lakhta Center skyscraper will be 462 m, all inhabited floors will be below the 400 m mark. Anything higher is an architectural element that will help the building serve as a city landmark and decoration of the sea gates of St. Petersburg.

The skyscraper in Lakhta will have a helical shape, that is, its facades will have a rather complex and asymmetrical surface. Particularly interesting is the use of cold-formed glass, which makes the glazing absolutely smooth. Together with the double facade, this will give unusual optical effects - for example, the reflection of clouds, as if rising diagonally along the wall of the building.

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The construction of a business and public center in Lakhta is not only an attempt to turn St. Petersburg to the sea with a “human face,” but also a desire to follow the centrifugal trend in modern urban planning. New business parks are being created away from dense urban areas; there are large areas and there are no problems with parking. The flow of cars to the Lakhta Center will always be in antiphase with the flow that moves to the city center in the morning and rushes to the outskirts and suburbs in the evening. This way, the historical center of St. Petersburg will be partially relieved, and business activity in the Lakhta Center, on the contrary, will intensify. Of course, the accessibility of Lakhta Center will be ensured not only for motorists, but also for those who use public transport: the complex will be connected to the city center by a metro line.

However, the purpose of Lakhta Center goes far beyond the task of providing the city with additional office space. In the skyscraper and in the auxiliary building, the project provides not only business premises, but a large entertaining science center for children, conference rooms, exhibition spaces, sports and medical complexes, cafes, restaurants, shops and even an ultra-modern planetarium. The vast surrounding area will include public gardens, parks, walking paths and an amphitheater overlooking the Gulf of Finland.

We can say that the history of Lakhta Center is connected not only with urban planning and architecture. After all, it so happened that the clash of interests of a large national corporation and the aspirations of the civil society of the Northern capital regarding the Okhta Center led not to the triumph of one side to the detriment of the other, but to a new quality and to a new stage in the development of St. Petersburg.

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Construction of a high-rise building in the area of ​​a deep river delta is a difficult task, but not impossible. The upper layers of the soil have quicksand properties, but at a depth of 30 m there are so-called Vendian clays, which are comparable in hardness to natural stone. In this regard, it became possible to replace the slotted foundations with bored piles, which will support the building not due to support on the rock, but due to the force of friction. The piles, the most powerful of which reach a length of 82 m, are not driven, but installed. Such piles are called bored piles: first a well is drilled, then a casing pipe is lowered into it (so that the walls of the well do not crumble), reinforcement is installed inside the pipe, and then concrete is poured.

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The Lakhta Center skyscraper rose 35 floors (147 meters) and set a new record among all buildings in St. Petersburg.
There is one building higher - the TV tower, but that doesn't count. In addition, in 2017 the building will be 2 times higher, and by 2018 the height of the skyscraper will be 462 meters. It will be taller than the Federation Tower in the Moscow City business center in the capital and will become the tallest building in Europe.

Until now, the city record belonged to the Leader Tower, which glows in the Moscow district, which, by the way, is the tallest building in the world in northern latitudes. Of the historical buildings, the leader is the Peter and Paul Cathedral with its 122 and a half meters, conceived as the main dominant feature of the city. But technology is stronger.

Let us recall that the construction of Gazprom’s headquarters was accompanied by battles between city defenders and the authorities, because initially its construction was planned not in Lakhta on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, but in Malaya Okhta on the right bank of the Neva. The authorities believed that this would become a new symbol of the Northern capital, and residents were against the tower almost in the center. Now people and authorities have agreed. It is planned that the “mega-structure” will attract financial tycoons from all over the world. It has already been included in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest foundation in the world. It was flooded non-stop for 49 hours. Lakhta Center today
Lakhta Center as planned for 2018
Record-breaking foundation of Lakhta Center
Construction plan
Internal view of Lakhta Center according to plan
The tallest building in the northern latitudes in the world is the Leader Tower on the square. Constitution
The architectural dominant of the Northern capital until 1962 (that year the TV tower was built)

It’s hard to imagine beautiful St. Petersburg as a city of skyscrapers, but high-rise construction is rapidly breaking into the city of Petra. Its first “swallow” will soon be the majestic Lakhta Center. At the same time, the Leningrad Tower will not be an ordinary skyscraper, but the second tallest among similar Russian and European buildings, surpassing the “Federation” in “Moscow City” and second only to While the building is under construction, there is time to find out interesting details about it.

General idea of ​​the project

“Lakhta Center”, “Lakhta Center” (both spellings are correct) is a public and business complex currently under construction. Its scale explains the fact that the key object of the skyscraper will be the headquarters of the largest Russian corporation Gazprom. The location of the complex is Primorsky. Construction of the tower began in 2012. Its full completion is planned for the third quarter of 2018.

The maximum planned height of the Gazprom tower in St. Petersburg with antenna/spire is 462 m. The top level of the very last floor will be located 372 m above the ground. The weight of the structure with filling will be 670 thousand tons. The complex will include not only a tower, but also a multifunctional building, which will divide the atrium into northern and southern parts. The total area of ​​the future building will be 400 thousand m2. How many floors are there in the Gazprom tower in St. Petersburg? The final number will be 87. The building will be served by 102 elevators.

Tower construction progress

Let's touch on the key stages of the construction of the Gazprom tower in St. Petersburg:

• 2013 - a pit was dug for the building.
• 2014 - completion of work on the construction of the pit, start of driving piles.
• 2015 - completion of the so-called construction: production of a box foundation, reinforcement and concreting of minus floors.
• 2015-2016 - construction of the first 50 floors of the skyscraper and 7 floors of the MFZ.
• February 2017 - the 60th floor (260 m) was built.
• April 2017 - work on the construction of the 67th floor (300 m).
• May 10, 2017 - having reached 327.6 m and 78 floors, the skyscraper became the tallest building in the northern capital, “overtaking” the TV tower. The latter held this title for 55 years.

Concept of the Lakhta Center project

According to the project team, this tower, aimed at the sky like a rocket at the start, located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, will form new standards of living for the city with its appearance and content:

• developed social infrastructure;
• modern offices that meet all global environmental requirements;
• comfortable public spaces;
• abundance of green areas;
• pedestrian and transport accessibility.

The main task of the so-called Gazprom tower in St. Petersburg is to rid the historical center of business and business activity, and at the same time the dominance of transport, moving the focus of this activity to the outskirts of the city. The skyscraper will not only help the second capital move to a polycentric development model, but also attract significant investment, create new high-paying jobs, and create all the conditions for business development.

Architectural solutions

St. Petersburg is a city of skylines, not high-rises. All of its historical high-rise buildings - St. Isaac's Cathedral, Peter and Paul Cathedral - are central points around which independent and integral structures are built. Therefore, in order not to spoil the appearance of the city-museum, it was decided to build a skyscraper that would house the headquarters of the state concern Gazprom, on the coast of the Finnish bay, away from historical buildings.

The tower is intended to begin to form the “sea façade” of St. Petersburg. Its appearance does not at all conflict with the “face” of the city - the same theme of a lonely spire on the horizon, the desire to rise, the contours of buildings reminiscent of the outlines of ship hulls.

The shape of the Lakhta Center, as conceived by the architects, should visualize openness, lightness, freedom, the flow of spaces and the energy of the sea. They strive to give the complex the effect of weightlessness and organic unity with the surrounding city and nature. A special type of double-glazed windows will help with this, which will allow the building to change its color depending on the mood of the sky.

What will happen inside the complex

The popular name of Lakhta Center - Gazprom Tower - is not entirely correct. The design of the “filling” of the complex is striking in its versatility:

• Only 43% of the total area is planned to be allocated for office space.
• 2.5 thousand m2 will be occupied by a medical center.
• 7 thousand m2 is guaranteed to be provided to the children's scientific and educational center "World of Science", which will include lecture halls, laboratories, and an exploratorium.
• It is planned to open a planetarium in the building, in which 140 people will be able to simultaneously observe celestial bodies.
• It is planned to build a transforming multifunctional auditorium designed for almost 500 people.
• Floors 74-76 (330 m) are planned to be allocated for a two-story panoramic restaurant.
• At an altitude of 357 m above the ground, on the 83-86 floors there will be an observation deck equipped with powerful telescopes.
• The MFZ will allocate 1.5 thousand m2 for exhibition space.
• It is also planned to build an impressive amphitheater with 2,000 seats. Its stage, with an area of ​​almost 1.5 thousand m2, will host various water shows.
• Part of the complex will also be a covered pedestrian bridge that will connect the Lakhta Center space with the city’s 300th anniversary park.

Other characteristics

Let's get acquainted with the interesting technical and design features of the Gazprom tower in St. Petersburg:

• The skyscraper stands on 264 piles, each of which has a diameter of 2 m and a depth of 82 m.
• The reinforced concrete core is responsible for the stability of the tower.
• The horizontal rigidity of the skyscraper is achieved through outrigger floors - there will be 4 pairs of them in total. The outriggers will maintain the stability of the tower even if it loses 30% of its supporting structures.
• Cold-formed glass technology is responsible for the innovative three-dimensional curvature of the complex's facades.
• The lighting of the Lakhta Center is made up of light “pixels”. Their color will depend on the season of the year.
• The waste will be disposed of using an innovative waste removal system.
• It is planned to open a metro station next to the complex under the working name "Lakhta".

Finally, let's look at some interesting facts related to the St. Petersburg tower:

• The concreting of the bottom slab of the skyscraper's foundation was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest continuous pour of concrete in the world. It lasted 49 hours, during which 19,624 cubic meters of concrete were poured.
• 400 thousand cubic meters of concrete will be spent on the construction of the entire complex.
• The area of ​​the tower's glass surface will be 77 thousand m2. The weight of each double-glazed window is more than 700 kg.
• In July 2016, the skyscraper became the tallest building in St. Petersburg. He was able to achieve this title in just 10 months.
• In August of the same year, Lakhta Center became the northernmost skyscraper in the world.

Surprisingly, Russia's tallest skyscraper will be located in St. Petersburg, the city of skylines. In addition to its height, the Lakhta Center project amazes with its versatility, thoughtful concept and organic architectural design.

1. The approximate height of the skyscraper is 462 meters (87 floors). G The general construction contractor is Renaissance Construction.

The complex will consist of:
Office spacesThe area is 130 thousand sq.m., 43% of the total area of ​​the complex.

Medical center parea - 2.5 thousand m². Functionality - diagnostic and treatment departments.

Sports complex parea - 4.6 thousand m². Functionality - gyms, fitness center, health and relaxation centers.

Children's Scientific and Educational Center "World of Science"area - 7 thousand m². The concept of the center was developed jointly with specialists from the University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) and is based on the principle: “Tell me and I will forget, show me and maybe I will remember, let me participate and I will understand.” The center will be located in the MFZ. In the Southern building there is an exploratorium with interactive exhibits designed for different age groups. In the Northern building there is a scientific center with laboratories and lecture halls. The blocks will be connected to each other by a bridge - from entertaining activities to a serious and in-depth immersion in the world of science and technology. After opening, the exploratorium at Lakhta Center will be included in ECSITE - the European Community of Science Centers and Museums.

Planetarium in the shape of a ballcapacity up to 140 people.

Multifunctional hall - transformable, with a capacity of 494 people. The transformability of the hall will make it possible to set different heights of walls and seats, remove seats, remove entire rows of seats, making this place more spacious (Executive Director of Okhta ODC Alexander Bobkov).

Panoramic two-level restaurant with a rotating platform, located on the 74th-76th floors of the tower, at an altitude of 330 m.

The highest observation deck in Europe. Located from the 83rd to 86th floors of the Lakhta Center, at an altitude of 357 m. The telescopes will be equipped with an interactive map of St. Petersburg, which will allow visitors to learn about attractions at the time of observation. Visiting the observation deck will be possible without prior registration or passes.

Permanent and temporary exhibitions will be located in the southern part of the MFZ. The area of ​​the exhibition areas will be 1500 m², the ceiling height will be 12 meters, which will allow oversized exhibits to be placed there. In the northern square of the complex there will be open space for art objects, sculptures and installations.

Restaurants and cafes will be located on five levels of the MFZ. The total number of seats is 1500.

Outdoor amphitheater for watching water shows incapacity - up to 2 thousand people. The area of ​​the open stage will be 1495 m². The area of ​​the open stage will be 1495 m². City events are planned.

Green zone and pedestrian bridge connecting Lakhta Center with the Park of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg.
The covered pedestrian bridge between the park and the public and business complex will become part of a new pedestrian route - the city embankment along the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, connected by a bridge across the Lakhtinskaya harbor with the promenade and amphitheater at the Lakhta Center.

2. At the time of preparation of the report, work was carried out on the 83rd floor, which is a height of over 348 meters.

3. Less than 30 meters remain before the title of the tallest building in Europe (Federation (eastern tower) 374 m).

4. On the sides of the high-rise dominant there will be two buildings, which will be built with a height difference from 22 to 85 m.
The highest point of the southern building will be far from the tower, while that of the northern one will be on the contrary, directed towards the tower and the city.

5. The creators of the future landmark of the city and the tallest building in Europe.

6. Every minute a new batch of workers is brought to the construction site and the previous shift is taken away.

7. Inspections by the Federal Migration Service of the general construction contractor, Renaissance Construction, are carried out quite often and there are no illegal immigrants at the construction site. Work on the project is carried out around the clock. Hard workers - about 3.5 thousand people.

8. The Lakhta Center tower consists of 189 thousand metal structures and floor beams, of which only 2 are identical. This uniqueness of the components is due to the fact that the building twists, and each floor differs from the next by 3 degrees.

9. The glazing area of ​​the complex will be 130 thousand m², including the tower - 77 thousand m². The weight of one glass unit of the facade is 740 kg.

10. Opposite the Lakhta Center, the Lakhta Plaza apartments are being built. The architecture is too secondary for such a loud name, and even on the lands of the 300th Anniversary Park.

12. We go to the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg.

14. It just so happens that the main modern dominants of the city are concentrated in one place: the new stadium "St. Petersburg Arena", the WHSD with a beautiful cable-stayed bridge and the Lakhta Center. The Primorsky district and its residents are lucky with their location.

15. A rare sunny and warm day.

16. I suggest you look at the Yacht Bridge.

17. Yachtny Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in St. Petersburg between Krestovsky Island and the Park of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg.Commissioned on May 27, 2017.

18. It offers gorgeous sea views.

19. View of the alluvial territories of Krestovsky and Vasilyevsky Islands, the construction site of the Novokrestovskaya station complex and the sea passenger port "Marine Facade".

21. The length of the bridge with the approach part is 1 km; wwidth of the roadway - 9 m (2 lanes of 4.5 m each); Pbridge navigation span - 16 m.

25. The entire alluvial territory of the western part of Krestovsky Island is being turned into parking lots for the stadium, I hope that you will have enough imagination to plant trees. I remember how they promised to create a green walking area here with beautiful views of the bay and Lakhta Center.

29. Stadium! The fact that the stadium bowl is oval and the roof is round does not create the most presentable angles.

I recommend taking a look at my previous report on the construction of the Lakhta Center, especially since a whole year has passed since its release!!!
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