Article source: Zaha Hadid Architects

Located on the Black Sea coast, connecting Russia with the Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean and Suez Canal, the city of Novorossiysk is the nation’s largest shipping port and the third busiest in Europe by turnover. With direct links to Russia’s rail and highway networks, Novorossiysk has also developed into an important centre of industry.

Documented in antiquity as a port specializing in grain, Novorossiysk rich history and traditions as a centre of trade are continued in this masterplan that integrates new public spaces and amenities for the city’s residents and visitors to enjoy the seashore with facilities to host international conferences, trade fairs and business congresses, as well as professional and academic seminars.

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• Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects (Eider Fernandez Eibar)
• Project: Admiral Serebryakov Embankment masterplan
• Location: Novorossiysk, Russia
  
• ZHA Design Director: Christos Passas
• ZHA Team Leaders: Ben Kikkawa, Alicia Hidalgo Lopez, Melhem Sfeir, Kwanphil Cho, Leonid Krykhtin
• ZHA Design Team: Aleksandar Bursac, Maria Touloupou, Ekaterina Smirnova, Maria-Eleni Bali, Anna Uborevich-Borovskaya, Nessma Al Ghoussein, Christina Polyviou, Afsoon Es-haghi, Zsuzsana Barát, Paul Tunnicliffe (Analyst), Vera Kichanova (Researcher) Hussam Chakouf, Nastasija Hahonina and Liudmila Harisson-Jones (Administrative support)
• Local Architect: Pride TPO, Moscow (Nikolay Gordushin, Lena Myzhnokova)
• Landscape Consultant: Arteza, Moscow (Irina Chebanenko)
• Urban Planning Consultant: Prof. Lawrence Barth – Architectural Association School of Architecture, London
• Creative Programming Consultant: Another Architect, Berlin (Daniel Dendra)
• Environmental Design Consultant: Buro Happold, London
• Financial Modelling Consultant: Price Waterhouse Cooper, Moscow (Anton Panarin)
• Cost Management and quantity surveying: Rider Levett Bucknall

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