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I managed to visit a variety of construction sites, ranging from residential buildings to large-scale projects of thermal and nuclear power plants, but I have never been to a skyscraper construction site. I recently filled this gap in St. Petersburg, having visited the construction of the tallest skyscraper in Russia and Europe. In general, this skyscraper is considered the best in many respects, but first things first.

Today we will see how the Lakhta Center is being built. Stock up on tea and cookies, because this report will be as long as a skyscraper).

Construction of the tower began in 2013 from a zero cycle. First, construction and installation equipment was produced, then bored piles were installed, a box-shaped foundation was erected and work began on creating a foundation pit, the excavation of which was completed in 2014.

The creation of the foundation pit was preceded by the installation of a wall in the ground, 30 meters deep. It was needed to protect the future pit from shedding and ground water. After that, piles were driven in, and then a foundation pit was dug out. Its depth was 21 meters.

I, like many others, had a question - how could a skyscraper be built in a swamp? In fact, the tower was not built on a swamp. Of course, the soil on the surface is not the hardest, but at a certain depth, very dense and hard rocks begin.

Moraine deposits excavated during drilling.

This laconic retelling of course does not convey the scale of the zero cycle, but the photos speak for themselves.

In total, 264 piles were installed in dense layers of soil, each with a depth of 82 m and a diameter of 2 m. A foundation was installed on them. The total pile load is 670,000 tons.

A small infographic for more clarity.

This is how the reinforcement frame was made for the piles that are under the tower

Under the multifunctional building (MFB) and the arch, 848 piles with a diameter of 1.2 m were installed, and 968 piles with a diameter of 60 cm under the stylobate (underground parking).

The box-shaped foundation consists of three densely reinforced slabs, the lower slab is 3.6 m thick. The diameter of the reinforcement is 32 mm, the reinforcement spacing is 16.5 cm, and 15 mesh levels are installed in the lower slab.

Between the three slabs of the box-shaped foundation will be the underground floors of the skyscraper. Also, 10 radial walls go from the core to the outer perimeter. Their thickness is 2.5 m, and the height is 5.5 m.

The reinforced mesh, which will soon be filled with concrete, goes down 3.6 meters.

By the way, when concreting the bottom slab of the tower foundation, on March 1, 2015, a record was set, which was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest continuous pouring of concrete in the world. In 49 hours without stopping, 19,624 m³ of concrete was poured, 3,000 m³ more than the previous world record.

After the foundation was ready, the zero cycle was completed and the tower began to grow upwards.

The construction scheme of our skyscraper is as follows - first, a reinforced concrete core is built, then it is gradually overgrown with walls and ceilings. The core gives stability to the tower structure, and inside it are communications, 34 elevators, Technical buildings and security zones.

By the way, the core of the Lakhta Center has the highest degree of fire protection REI240 - the ability to withstand fire for 4 hours without changing the properties of concrete and steel.

Construction at the facility is ongoing 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in three shifts. 4 thousand people work in each shift.

This is what the first 16 floors of the tower look like, which are assembled from 22,000 elements connected by 200,000 bolts.

A few months later, the core of the tower was overgrown with floors and rose even higher. Nearby you can see the MFZ building that has grown during this time, which consists of two parts, united by a common roof.
May 2016.

Construction phase in February 2017. On the left is a diagram of the tower.

If the core gives the tower vertical rigidity, then the outrigger floors are responsible for the horizontal rigidity, thanks to which the stability of the tower will remain even if 30% of the supporting structures are removed. The skyscraper will have 4 pairs of outrigger floors every 70 m along the entire height of the building.

This is how they look from the inside. Here you can see that the metal structures are covered with high-strength concrete.

And these are the floor plans, starting from the bottom and ending with the top. The peculiarity of the Lakhta Center tower is that the sides of the pentagonal building twist upwards, giving it a characteristic architectural volume.

This is what Lakhta Center looked like in the spring of 2017.

On this collage you can see how the Lakhta Center tower grew from September 2015 to April 2017.

And this fresh photo from the construction, which I removed in early August.

I went up to the 76th floor. Cranes are attached to the core of the tower on several floors. A little later, I'll show you how it looks. There are 4 cranes at the very top, and there are 16 of them at the construction site.

These are the largest luffing jib cranes manufactured by Liebherr. The departure of their arrows is 45, 50 and 60 meters. The maximum carrying capacity is 64 tons, the speed of cargo movement is 176 meters per minute.

Well, now let's go to the construction site.

Since Turkish contractors work here, and many foreign workers, warning signs are duplicated in Turkish and English.

MFZ building.

Up close, the tower looks very impressive.

The elevators were installed in March 2017. You see the blue doors - they are behind them.

Here, each elevator has its own elevator operator. After the construction is completed, the elevator doors will look familiar, but during construction, everything looks like this. Between the elevators there are interchange nodes from the lower zone to the middle one, and from the middle zone to the upper one. A special elevator will also be installed, which will deliver passengers to the observation deck without transfers.

The walls are upholstered with plywood so as not to accidentally spoil them. When climbing from the first floor to the upper level, there is almost always a full house. This is a very fast elevator, it took us only 40 seconds to get to the top floor.

A temporary elevator that goes from the middle levels to the upper ones looks easier. It will be replaced upon completion of construction.

A little interesting about the elevators of the Lakhta Center.

And this is a view of St. Petersburg and its environs from the 76th floor. There are no glasses here yet.

On this floor, the cranes are attached to the composite reinforced concrete columns of the tower, at the base of which there are steel cores in the form of a Maltese cross, giving them rigidity.

These cores are at the base of the columns.

Also, the cranes are attached to the core. Thus, they withstand strong gusts of wind, which are not uncommon at this altitude.

From here, the surrounding areas of St. Petersburg are clearly visible.

Yacht Club.

Elite area.

Less upscale area.

Thermal power plant.

The construction of the tower will take more than 22,000 tons of metal structures - 189,000 different parts, of which only two are the same. This happened due to the fact that the tower is twisted, and each overlap differs from the next by 0.82 degrees. Another 2,000 tons will go to the spire, which will be 90 meters high. The spire will contain various equipment. Metal structures for Lakhta Center are manufactured at twelve factories, ten of which are Russian.

By the way, the observation deck will be located higher, on the 86th floor, at an altitude of 360 m and will be the highest in Europe.
View to the other side.

The building is closer to the skyscraper.

Although I don't really like heights, and I was a meter from the place where the windows had not yet been installed, it was not scary at all, rather the opposite. It is over 300 meters high.

But I would not want to be in the place of these workers at all, despite the breathtaking views.

The main thing when working is not to forget about safety.

Instagram "how it's done" a question was asked about increasing the height of cranes, I answered it above, but I want to add about the work of crane operators. The crane operators ride up to the 55th floor in the elevator you've already seen. From there - along the stairs connecting the tower and the crane they go to the crane mast, further along the stairs inside the crane they get to the cabin.

The crane operator cannot go down again. They even dine in their cabin, where they deliver it from the ground.

The new "Passenger Port of St. Petersburg", for cruise and ferry liners.

Went down a few floors. Here they work on such mini cranes.

And this is the mount for double-glazed windows. Unlike conventional skyscrapers, in the Lakhta Center, double-glazed windows are hung on these brackets, and are not rigidly attached to the supporting frame of the building. The weight of one double-glazed window is about 740 kg. I will talk about the features of the glass facade a little lower.

Floors below the 70th floor are glazed.

There are no glasses on the left, there are already on the right.

We went down even lower and ended up on the outrigger floor. They, as I wrote above, give horizontal rigidity to the skyscraper.

The walls of these floors are much more massive than on ordinary floors. Outrigger levels also serve as technical floors.

Some floors have water bottles and disposable cups.

And now a little about the glass facade of the Lakhta Center. In order to glaze the skyscraper, it was necessary not to have simple flat glass, but curved glass, due to the spiral shape of the building. A German manufacturer who made glass for the tower specially opened a factory in Leningrad region so as not to carry from Germany and facilitate logistics.

Glass was bent in a cold way, which does not impair its characteristics in any way. With this method, the glasses were deformed along the plane up to 4 cm along one corner. A laminated package measuring 2.8 m x 4.2 m is placed in an aluminum frame lying in a horizontal position, and under its own weight the glass unit is deformed, bending to the shape of the frame. The weight of a double-glazed window is about 740 kg.

Most of the double-glazed windows are slightly different from each other, and therefore each double-glazed window has its own place.

The glasses were made according to a multilayer formula: 8mm glass + 1.5mm film + 8mm glass + 16mm argon + 8mm glass, totaling 4.15 cm of thickness. The inner layer of glass is tempered, which is why the glass does not give large and sharp fragments in case of damage.

The glazing area of ​​the Lakhta Center tower is 72,500 m². The weight of the glass part of the facade is about 13 thousand tons.

The peculiarity of the outer layer of glass is thermal reflective properties. To protect against excess solar radiation, a special coating is applied to the glass, which gives the glass surface of the tower a cold gray-blue tint.

Due to the spraying and the fact that the glass on the facades is "enlightened", i.e. with the lowest possible content of "yellowing" iron oxide, the tower looks different in different lighting conditions. Shades depend on the light. In the daytime, with bright sun and reflection of the sky, the glasses are blue; in cloudy weather, they are gray and bronze.

For the upper floors of the skyscraper, glass heating is provided, which will prevent icing.

To clean the facade of the Lakhta Center from pollution or to replace damaged glass, a special lift is used. In the ribs of the tower between facade panels grooves are provided, and in the lift cradle itself there are clamps with rods that are fixed in the grooves of the facade. This fastening system allows you to completely eliminate the rocking of the cradle at a height.

And in this place the hall of the tower will be located.

These are already underground floors, the future parking of a skyscraper.

There are generators in one of the rooms.

Water supply system.

A small infographic on the topic of water supply of the Lakhta Center.

The technical floors are almost ready.

The BIM - Building Information Modeling program is especially worth mentioning. This is a building information model of a building, in which the physical and functional characteristics buildings - geometry, spatial relationships, geographic location, material properties, etc. BIM works at all stages: from the creation of a concept to the construction and operation of a facility.
When changing any one of the parameters during design or construction, BIM automatically changes the rest of the parameters and objects associated with the object, up to drawings, visualizations, specifications and schedules.

Thus, the BIM model is single source information about the object for all construction participants - customers, designers and contractors. In addition, projects created using BIM guarantee high speed, accuracy and cost-effectiveness of construction. And the cost of building a building using BIM is reduced by 20-30%. At the same time, the buildings are obtained exactly as they were originally imagined by the architect and the customer.

And this is the Multifunctional building (MFZ), inside view. It consists of two blocks. The building is of different heights - the difference is from 22 to 85 meters. The highest point of the southern building is farthest from the tower, and at the northern one it is directed towards the tower and the city.

There will be a sports complex, a fitness center, health and relaxation centers, a children's scientific and educational center "World of Science", an explorerium with interactive exhibits, a transforming hall with a capacity of 500 people and an open amphitheater for watching water shows with a capacity of up to 2000 people.

A small infographic.

At this place there will be a planetarium in the form of a ball with a diameter of 16 meters.

The roof of the MFZ will be glass.

From here you have a good view of the bay.

This is what Lakhta Center will look like at the end of 2018. Construction is scheduled to be completed in the 3rd quarter of 2018.

Thanks to everyone who read to the end!
Thanks to the press service of the Lakhta Center for the invitation and an interesting tour!

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04/05/2017

Lakhta Center will be completed by autumn 2018. Construction is proceeding according to plan and will be completed on time, the company assures. But neither additional roads, nor interchanges, nor crossings necessary for the transport support of the skyscraper will be built on time. How will people and cars get to it, and what will it mean for St. Petersburg? - "City 812" said the executive director of JSC "MFC" Lakhta Center "Alexander BOBKOV.

W osse with a reversal

I asked your press secretary how to get to Lakhta Center without a car, and I heard the answer: “Let's pick you up ourselves.” And how will employees and visitors get here after the opening?

After the opening, it will be possible to get to us in the same way as all the inhabitants of Lakhta today - by buses, fixed-route taxis along the Primorskoye Highway. AT summer period aquabuses will walk on the water. Plus, we will launch free shuttle buses to the nearest Begovaya metro station, which will open for the World Cup. And we are always happy to bring the press to the construction site.

According to official information, more than 8,000 employees will work in Gazprom offices alone. Plus service personnel, plus tourists. There are already tens of thousands of people. At least two thousand of them will travel in private cars along the Primorskoe Highway. It is already loaded, but it will turn into a traffic jam. What to do?

Look at the diagram. We will, of course, build the entire infrastructure within our quarter - entrances, exits from the parking lot, intra-quarter roads. The city is responsible for the transport infrastructure adjacent to the Lakhta Center multifunctional complex. When we chose a place for construction, we naively believed in the General Plan. Long before us, U-turns on Primorskoye Highway and a major interchange near the (then non-existent) Lakhta Center were already planned in it (in the diagram - in a yellow oval. - Ed.). With the opening of the Lakhta Center, the city must ensure the connection of our quarter to the Primorskoye Highway using an overpass exit through the Lakhta Harbor (in the diagram - in the red oval. - Ed.). I cannot say that all this will be done by the opening.

- What will be done?

By June 2017, the construction of two U-turns on the Primorskoye Highway should be completed (green “circles” in the diagram). They were planned to be made back in 2014, then in 2015, 2016... Now they are ready by fifty percent. In one of them, you only need to move the curb and paint over the double solid one so that you can turn towards the area. The project for connecting the South Lakhta block (where Lakhta Center is located) to the Primorskoye Highway will be submitted for examination in May. But when we will see his physical incarnation is unknown. These are questions for the city. Naturally, the two existing entrances to the territory of the Lakhta Center will be expanded and ennobled. But I would like the city to implement its plans within the stated time frame.

How much will it cost to connect Lakhta Center to Primorskoye Highway? The deputies voiced the figure of 12 billion.

The cost of building this interchange with a flyover, according to city committees, is at least three times less.

- In Smolny they say that there is no money for this.

There is money, it's just that it is distributed among other objects.

The city authorities sent an application for co-financing of this project from the federal budget in autumn. Is there already an answer from Moscow?

We don’t know about this, but I can assume that the first question the feds have when considering such applications is: “Do you have documentation?” And the documentation for this project will appear no earlier than May, after passing the state examination. Therefore, the decision is probably postponed and is waiting for the documentation to be sent.

About a year ago, they talked about the construction of the Novaya Lakhta station opposite the Lakhta Center on the existing railway line. At what stage are these plans?

October Railway ready to start building a new station right now. It will take 9-11 months. But the fact is that the station without a pedestrian crossing to the "Lakhta Center" through the Primorskoye Highway - underground or aboveground - loses its meaning. Unfortunately, the city has not yet found funds for its construction. Although it is in the planning project.

Need more offices

- PJSC Gazprom is implementing another construction project near the Lakhta Center. What is going to be there?

Office center. In size, it will be smaller than ours, but the area is one workplace- more. Accordingly, about 1000-1200 people will still fit there.

Two years ago, you said that Lakhta Center would have more public space than offices. And now you give two-thirds of the space for offices. Why is that?

We abandoned the hotel in favor of office space, as there were not enough of them. At the same time, all significant public facilities complex are preserved. It should be taken into account that a significant part of the complex - 25-27% - is occupied by parking.

- How many cars does it fit?

For 2000 vehicles. Plus, there will be approximately 890 more seats in the adjacent area.

- Is that enough?

More than. I hope that not all employees will drive to work. According to the regulations, per 100 square meters offices have one parking space. We have 60 square meters - one parking space.

- Parking will be paid?

Most likely, it will be some kind of mix. Those who come to our concert or planetarium will be able to leave the car for free.

What will appear in Lakhta Center besides offices? How many non-Gazprom visitors do you expect to come and why?

We believe that the flow of tourists of 400-600 thousand people annually is guaranteed to us. Since everyone wants to come to the observation deck. An extended atrium-promenade will appear between the two buildings of the multifunctional building. It will house the entrance to the planetarium, a children's science center, a transforming hall, street retail, cafes and restaurants, as well as elevators to office floors. We want to make this public area as comfortable as possible, but at the same time complimentary to business.

- Already have an agreement with the tenants? What public catering and what kind of trade will appear?

There are many applications, and there is a short list (in fact, a long list) of companies with which negotiations are underway. We want to get tenants who, like us, understand that this is a non-standard place and a unique environmental object. We will not have a full-fledged trade, and we would not like to see standard fast food here. A panoramic restaurant will be located between the 74th and 76th floors of the tower. The operator has not yet been selected, but all the leaders in this industry - name anyone! - show interest.

The weather is very bad

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

Recall that initially the construction of a business center with a height of 400 meters was planned to be carried out on a plot of 4.7 hectares, in the center northern capital, which caused a sharp protest from city defenders and the public. The object fell into the protected zone, where the 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 altitude of 100 meters allowed in this place.

The new site of 14 hectares for the construction of the Lakhta Tower is located in the north of St. Petersburg at the exit from the city between the Gulf of Finland and the 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, but it will not close the sights of St. Petersburg and dominate historical sites.

At the same time, the tower will be perfectly visible from the sea; it will become a kind of beacon that welcomes those who come to the city by sea. It will be a landmark object of the sea facade of the Northern Capital.

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

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 will be an observation deck, a revolving restaurant and a conference room.

Lakhta Center Tower - short 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 (established 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 infrastructure, glazing, and even furniture and people will be 670,000 tons.

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

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

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

The project provides for several architectural highlights, the main of which are a modern planetarium and an open amphitheater.

Planetarium

The planetarium, designed for 140 people, will take 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 seemed to be 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 passes 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 connected with the need for a smooth transition from a high roof to a body of water. Here, viewers 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. So, the piles at the base of the building, like the roots of a giant tree, go into the ground by 82 meters. Above the piles, a “box-shaped” foundation 17 meters high was built, which guarantees the stability of the building
• The maximum allowable deviation of the structure from the vertical along the entire height is no more than 6 millimeters. Not to be confused with the amplitude of a building's vibration during a storm.
• Double-glazed windows have passed a variety of tests: under high water pressure, air currents and fire. The glasses are made using a special film that will not allow the glass to break into fragments.
• All materials used in construction are non-combustible or fire retardant. But despite this, the evacuation of people is thought out as much as possible. In the event of a fire alarm, air is forced into the central core, made of reinforced concrete, which prevents it from smoking. Going to the central core, where there are stairs, a person is safe
• To wash windows, a special system will be used that moves along rails arranged on the ribs of the tower.
• In strong winds, the top of the building can deviate by 46 cm from the vertical, and at the level of the observation deck (at a height of 357 meters), the maximum deviation will be 27 cm
• To prevent birds from crashing into windows, double-glazed windows are edged with opaque material, and the glass itself is non-mirror. In addition, during mass flights of flocks, the backlight will be “frightening”. This way the birds will see the glass.

Surrounding area

From the east side of the building there will be an entrance for the office staff. This part of the complex will appear as an arch with a span of 100 meters.

A pedestrian zone 8 km long will start from the southeast side. It will include a bridge and a huge space for public 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 organize a transfer between the Lakhta Center and the Chernaya Rechka and Staraya Derevnya metro stations. In 2025, it is planned to build a metro station.

The development of transport infrastructure is promoted primarily 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 a 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 a model of a modern and high-quality urban environment. Please note that the project is expected to be completed in 2018.

One of the tallest buildings in Russia and Europe - the modern skyscraper Lakhta Center - is located in the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg. Its construction began in 2012, the building was put into operation in 2018, and the opening of the Lakhta Center is scheduled for early 2020. In addition to the Gazprom headquarters, there will be offices, scientific and business centers, an amphitheater, a sports club and other infrastructure. The main highlight of the tower will be an observation deck with a panorama of St. Petersburg and the Gulf of Finland. The cost of the Lakhta Center is estimated at $2.5 billion.

Observation deck Lakhta Center

The most anticipated object of the complex is the observation deck, which will be located at a height of 360 meters, on the top floor. It will be a panoramic site with a 360° viewing angle and with telescopes for detailed review. High-speed elevators will operate to lift visitors. It is planned that the Lakhta Center observation deck will become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city.

Christmas tree

Despite the fact that the official opening of the skyscraper has not yet taken place, Lakhta Center is already taking part in the cultural life of the Northern capital. In honor of the New Year's Eve, on December 31, festive lights were lit on the facade of the building, turning the tower into the world's tallest green Christmas tree.

Video of New Year's greetings:

Webcam Lakhta Center

At the moment, a webcam is installed at the level of the observation deck, which broadcasts the panorama of St. Petersburg and the Gulf of Finland in real time. You can see the popular sights of the city - the park named after the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, the Gazprom Arena stadium, Yacht Bridge, Yelagin Island and other objects.

Floor plan and architecture

In connection with the wide media coverage of the construction of this facility, many are interested in the question “how many floors are there in the Lakhta Center and what will be there?”. According to the project, the tower has 87 floors, and the total area of ​​​​the premises is 400 thousand square meters. meters, of which 130 thousand square meters were allocated for offices. meters. It is planned to launch almost 40 elevators to move between floors. In addition to the main building, the complex includes two more buildings, which are located on the sides of the tower. Their height varies from 22 to 85 meters.

Project Lakhta Center

In addition to the observation deck and Gazprom's headquarters, the complex will house the following facilities:

• Panoramic restaurant Lakhta Center. The halls will be located on the 75th and 76th floors (about 320 meters high). It will be a nice alternative lookout. Based on the results of the selection of applicants for the creation of a restaurant, at the beginning of 2019, the management company announced the winner. They were well-known Russian football players - the Berezutsky brothers, who proposed the concept of a Russian cuisine restaurant, the basis of which will be products Russian production and unique recipes from all over the country.
• Multifunctional hall - transformer and congress center. The unique feature of this hall is that, if necessary, it can be divided into two rooms. This is the first such facility in St. Petersburg. The arrangement of seats and the configuration of the stage can be changed according to the format of the event. It is planned that concerts, performances, fashion shows and other events will be held in the transforming hall.
• Scientific and educational center. The main task of the scientific center will be to popularize science among the population. The center will be open to a wide audience, educational events will be held here - lectures, exhibitions. The exposition area reaches 7000 square meters. meters.
• Medical Center. The medical and diagnostic complex Lakhta Center is designed to provide services to residents of the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg. Equipped with the most modern equipment, the medical center will provide dental, therapeutic, surgical and other services.
• Sports complex. In the Lakhta Center, it is planned to create a large sports center with an area of ​​4600 sq. meters. Here will be located GYM's, halls for group classes, swimming pools, relaxation and health centers.
• Atrium, trading floors, expositions. For office workers and visitors to the skyscraper, there will be exhibition halls for art objects and works of art, a multimedia room, as well as cafes, canteens and shops.
• Offices. Management Company offers for rent offices ranging from 650 to 2100 sq. meters. Detailed information from the administration, contacts can be found on the official website of the Lakhta Center.

At the foot of the tower, on the territory overlooking the bay, it is planned to erect amphitheater. Designed for 2,000 seats, the facility will be the first facility of this type in St. Petersburg. The amphitheater is oriented to the sea, according to the architects' intention, water or a coastal strip can act as a stage.

architectural solution

Since the building of the Lakhta Center has an extreme height, during the development of the project and construction, great attention was paid to the stability and safety of the structure. The main tower has a central core made of reinforced concrete, inside which the most important communications and security zones are located. The foundation of the skyscraper stands on 2080 piles, and the floors and columns are made of metal and concrete.

The architectural concept of Lakhta Center was developed by RMJM in 2011. As conceived by the authors, the outlines of the skyscraper fit perfectly into the landscape of St. Petersburg and form a harmonious combination with the spiers and domes of the Peter and Paul Cathedral.

The glazing of the Lakhta Center is made without joints, which makes the building lighter - the smooth walls of the facade reflect water and clouds.

How to get to Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg

Metro near Lakhta Center

The nearest metro station "Begovaya" is within walking distance from the skyscraper. The walk will take about 20 minutes, but while the tower is not working, you can admire it from the territory of the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg.

Route from metro to Lakhta Center:

The authorities plan to build a new metro station "Lakhta". The project is included in the metro development plan until 2025.

Ground transport

Near the Lakhta Center there is a public transport stop - "15th km Lakhta". Buses No. 101, 101a, 110, 211, 216 and minibuses No. 206, 210, 232, 305, 305a, 400, 405, 417, 425 run here.

In addition, for trips around St. Petersburg, you can use applications from taxi services Uber, Gett, Yandex. Taxi, Maxim, Taxovichkof, etc.

Lakhta Center presentation: video tour

Night illumination of Lakhta Center: panorama-google

Friends, today, I propose to take a walk around the neighborhood of the Lakhta Center public and business complex being built in the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg.

Lakhta Center is a skyscraper being built on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, in a picturesque place on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the future headquarters of the "national curse of heritage", whose dreams come true - Gazprom.

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

The complex will include:
Office spacesaimut 130 thousand sq.m., 43% of total area complex.

Medical center phorse - 2.5 thousand m². Functionality - medical and diagnostic departments.

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

Children's Scientific and Educational Center "World of Science"horse - 7 thousand m². The concept of the center was developed jointly with specialists from the University 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 South Building there is an exploratorium with interactive exhibits designed for different age groups. In the North building there is a scientific center with laboratories and lecture halls. Between themselves, the blocks will be connected by a bridge - from entertainment activities to a serious and in-depth immersion in the world of science and technology. After the opening, the Lakhta Center Exploratorium will be included in ECSITE - the European Community of Science Centers and Museums.

Planetarium in the form of a ball inwith a capacity of up to 140 people.

Multifunctional hall - transformer, with a capacity of 494 people. The transformability of the hall will make it possible to set different heights of walls, seats, remove seats, remove entire rows of seats, making this place more spacious (Okhta ODC Executive Director 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 the 86th floor of the Lakhta Center, at an altitude of 357 m. The telescopes will be equipped with interactive map Petersburg, which will allow visitors to learn about the sights at the time of observation. A visit to the observation deck will be possible without an appointment and passes.

Permanent and temporary exhibitions will be located in the southern part of the MFZ. The area of ​​the exhibition zones will be 1,500 m², the ceiling height will be 12 meters, which will allow placing oversized exhibits there. On the northern square of the complex, an open space for art objects, sculptures and installations is expected.

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.

A green area and a pedestrian bridge connecting the 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 a promenade and an amphitheater at the Lakhta Center.

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

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

4. Two buildings will be located on the sides of the high-rise dominant, which will be built with a height difference of 22 to 85 m.
The highest point of the southern building will be farthest from the tower, while the highest point of the northern building will be opposite, directed towards the tower and the city.

5. Creators of the future sights of the city and the highest building in Europe.

6. Every minute a new batch of hard 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, the Renaissance Construction company, are carried out quite often and there are no illegal immigrants at the construction site. Work on the project is ongoing around the clock. Hard workers - about 3.5 thousand people.

8. The tower of the Lakhta Center consists of 189 thousand metal structures and floor beams, of which only 2 are the same. This uniqueness of the components is obtained 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 towers - 77 thousand m². The weight of one double-glazed window of the facade is 740 kg.

10. Opposite the Lakhta Center, the Lakhta Plaza apartments are being built. For such a big name, the architecture is too secondary, even on the lands of the 300th anniversary park.

12. We pass 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 St. Petersburg Arena stadium, the WHSD with a beautiful cable-stayed bridge and the Lakhta Center. The Primorsky district and its residents were lucky with their location.

15. A rare sunny and warm day.

16. I propose to look at the Yacht Bridge.

17. Yacht Bridge - a pedestrian bridge in St. Petersburg between Krestovsky Island and the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg.Put into operation on May 27, 2017.

18. Gorgeous sea views open from it.

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

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

25. The entire alluvial area of ​​the western part of Krestovsky Island is being turned into a stadium parking lot, I hope that I 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 the Lakhta Center.

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

I recommend that you look at my previous report on the construction of the Lakhta Center, especially since since its release whole year!!!
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