Urban Resort San Petersburgo / WMA

Architects: Willy Müller Architects (in collaboration with: BPG Arquitectes and THB Consulting)
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Principal in Charge: Willy Müller
Associate Architect: Frédéric Guillaud
Project Team: Mario Perez Botero, Sabine Bruinink, Bruno Louzada, Christian Kreifelts, Fransisco Villeda, Augusto Alvarenga, Samuel Martin Guerra, Sergio Pruccoli
Collaborators: Elke Gall, Sergio Ramos, Gijs Verhoofstad
Structure Consultant: BOMA
Installation Consultant: Grupo JG
Competition year: 2007
Project Phase: 2008/2009
Constructed Area: 135,000 sqm
Model: Fabian Asuncion



The complex contains 300 hotel rooms a convention center with the capability for 500 people and 23 rooms for reunions. Beyond that the complex contains an enormous sports center, an office building, a parking zone and a landing zone for helicopters.
The “Resort” of Saint Petersburg is a perfect example to incorporate the structure of a building with its surrounding environment.

structure model

The building creates a recognizable  silhouette in the boundary of the city.
The shape of the construction equals an artificial landscape. With its different undulations the membrane equals mountains that accrete and accumulate the snow, which is omnipresent in the city.
The white roof cover of the building shows a contrast to the colours and materials of whole complex.