I.Metshin on the renovation of the industrial zone at River Port area

Last week, Tatarstan President approved a master plan for the integrated development of the 287 hectares territory on Portovaya Street. We have been working on this for several years. Today, it is a downtrodden area that cuts off Kazan and its inhabitants from the Volga.

Such great projects indicate the growth of the city and plans for future. They are not up to everyone in Russia for some reason.

The capital of Tatarstan is actively developing – today more than 1.3 million people live in the city. With the increase in the population of the city, the construction of new housing is required. It is extremely important for us to engage downtrodden industrial zones in circulation. One of such challenging areas is Portovaya Street, because there are not dozens of owners there, but hundreds. But we did a lot of work in dialogue with them, which resulted in a master plan. The architectural and spatial concept of the first site on 6 hectares has already been developed. We are presenting the project to the public.

Leading architects Alexander Tsimaylo and Nikolay Lyashenko, who are recognized as architects of 2022 according to ArchMoscow, were involved in the development of the project. We asked to take into account the identity of Kazan in the project, and they approached the history of our city with great love. The next designed part will have other architects. We would like to have a different palette of architectural ideas. But they will have one mutual task – to make it clear – this is Kazan, not Amsterdam, London, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Usually, when building a territory, about 15% of the total area is given for landscaping, and on Portovaya Street– about 25% of the projected territory. It is also planned to create an embankment with a length of 12 km. We studied the best world experience. This is the first practice in such a large-scale construction.

The territory of Portovaya Street will combine residential and business areas and will become a magnet for talented young people.

The high praise of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov inspires us and encourages us to work further on this project.