Parus Center St.Petersburg

PROJECT PARUS CENTER BY ARCHITECT SVETOZAR ANDREEV

"The impossible is possible." — Peter the Great *

PARUS CENTER is an ultra-modern architectural complex for Saint Petersburg's new cultural city centre in the Neva Delta, its unique and memorable design is formed by a complex arrangement of curved load-bearing surfaces shaped like sails, creating a bold and dynamic silhouette of a grand ship heading into the open sea.

​The project encompasses over 70,000 square metres of all-season public spaces, including numerous large, state-of-the-art exhibition halls, lecture theatres, auditoriums, concert venues, libraries, and observation platforms located across different levels of the complex.​ The centre's spaces allow for large-scale events, exhibitions, and broadcasts dedicated to the history and culture of Russia and Saint Petersburg. These will be enhanced by large-format laser projections on the complex's internal walls and the display of three-dimensional holographic objects and scenes within the central atrium.​

The architectural composition of the complex is deliberately aligned with the cardinal points, ensuring that the central atrium also functions as an ideal panoramic platform for observing sunsets. The façade’s sails are designed to serve as enormous projection screens at the heart of an open-air landscape stage, forming a spectator area along the "amphitheatre" of embankments in the delta of the Bolshaya and Malaya Neva Rivers.

"We understand that contemporary society needs new cultural symbols. I see my project as an open vision of the future and as an architectural challenge, reflecting the dynamism and hope of our time."

​Architect Svetozar Andreev, author of the PARUS CENTER project, Saint Petersburg 

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PROJECT PARUS CENTER SAINT-PETERSBURG, RUSSIA ​

Idea, Architecture and Interior Design – Architect Svetozar Andreev. 

Сopyright © Svetozar Andreev, 2024-2025. All rights reserved.

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* "The seemingly impossible happens" or "Impossible is possible" — the legend on the commemorative medal issued by the decree of Emperor Peter I, dedicated to the first victory of the Russian fleet in the Great Northern War, in the battle at the mouth of the Neva River on May 7, 1703.