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architecture can communicate reconciliation
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Kaliningrad, birthplace of Immanuel Kant, shares a privileged location in the Baltic Sea with
part of the European Union and Baltic Nations. As the Pregolya river bisects the city, its water, flowing East to West, becomes polluted.
Our entry for the Matterbetter Submarine repurposing competition proposes transforming a former machine of war into an architectural instrument of reconciliation and regeneration!
A decomissioned Typhoon Class submarine would be stationed in the river, now serving as a filter that would clean the water before it reaches the Blatic sea. Our entry’s initiative additionally proposes a building component: A cultural and scientific point where citizens of Kaliningrad can converge, reaching across the river with two operable pedestrian bridges.
The idea pioneers a solution to an international problem by suggesting potential repurposing of the remaining two submarines under the same water restoration effort at different locations along the city's lagoon, closer to the Baltic Sea.
We seek to jumpstart possibilities for the city's tourism potential by linking present and future development, imagining it as an integral part of the city as an international venue. The proposal gives the city a needed civic locale on a key historic location, and conspicuously takes on the responsibility of river restoration for the benefit of all nations sharing the Baltic sea.
After safely disposing of its nuclear power system, the submarine is adapted for an aeration device to oxygenate hypoxic water, a centrifuge system for particle filtering, monitoring labs, and the previously missile silos are repurposed for maintenance and for safekeeping of solid waste removal marine drones. The submarine's new water treatment systems are physically connected with the proposed Water Research and Convention Center.
In collaboration with: Iuliia Fomina
Our entry for the Matterbetter Submarine repurposing competition proposes transforming a former machine of war into an architectural instrument of reconciliation and regeneration!
A decomissioned Typhoon Class submarine would be stationed in the river, now serving as a filter that would clean the water before it reaches the Blatic sea. Our entry’s initiative additionally proposes a building component: A cultural and scientific point where citizens of Kaliningrad can converge, reaching across the river with two operable pedestrian bridges.
The idea pioneers a solution to an international problem by suggesting potential repurposing of the remaining two submarines under the same water restoration effort at different locations along the city's lagoon, closer to the Baltic Sea.
We seek to jumpstart possibilities for the city's tourism potential by linking present and future development, imagining it as an integral part of the city as an international venue. The proposal gives the city a needed civic locale on a key historic location, and conspicuously takes on the responsibility of river restoration for the benefit of all nations sharing the Baltic sea.
After safely disposing of its nuclear power system, the submarine is adapted for an aeration device to oxygenate hypoxic water, a centrifuge system for particle filtering, monitoring labs, and the previously missile silos are repurposed for maintenance and for safekeeping of solid waste removal marine drones. The submarine's new water treatment systems are physically connected with the proposed Water Research and Convention Center.
In collaboration with: Iuliia Fomina