Viewing Platform in Divnogorsk, Siberia Building, Russian Architectural Design
Viewing Platform in Divnogorsk, Siberia
Yenisei Riverfront Architecture Development, Krasnoyarsk, Russia – design by OOO ?ADM? Architects
28 Jun 2018
Divnogorsk Viewing Platform, Siberia
Design: OOO ?ADM?, Architects
Location: Divnogorsk, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russian Federation
Viewing platform with canopy and amphitheater in Divnogorsk, Siberia
VIEWING PLATFORM WITH CANOPY AND AMPHITHEATER
Renewal of the Yenisei riverfront in Divnogorsk

The name of the Siberian town Divnogorsk located 35 km from Krasnoyarsk appeared from a word combination ?divnye gory? meaning ?amazing mountains?. And indeed the panoramic view from the riverfront captures the imagination! The opposite bank of the Yenisei River appears in front of the audience as a high wall of the spurs of the West Sayan Mountains with expressive rock formations and pine forests.
Divnogorsk grew out of a small settlement at the time when the Krasnoyarsk Dam had been constructed here from 1956 to 1972. The town has a terraced structure descending from ski resort in the mountains to the river, and its lower level is a massive concrete embankment built in the 1970s.

Spatial and architectural design of the embankment expresses the ideology of art and architecture of the time – pathos and heroic spirit of the idea of the conquest of nature, of the Yenisei River. The riverfront structure is divided into several long concrete levels co...