Conceptual Scenarios of Architectural Adaptation of Novosibirsk Power Plant

Abstract

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the First Large Power Plant in Novosibirsk, a significant industrial building. Today, Novosibirsk is facing the problem of losing its integral cultural and historical environment due to the large number of unused dilapidated historical and architectural monuments. In order to prevent this trend and save the architectural heritage, it is necessary to develop modern strategies for reuse of these buildings.In this study, conceptual scenarios of architectural adaptation of M. I. Kalinin power plant, the object of cultural heritage of regional significance, are put forward through the methods of contextual, retrospective, ideographic analysis. These design solutions are classified by the original image of the building, focused on the transformation of the former industrial building in order to reveal the socio-historical side of the power plant as a symbol of the dynamic rise of the economy and energy industry in Novosibirsk.As a result, among the scenarios developed for the main building of the city's first major power plant, the most appropriate one is chosen in the context of the historical development of Novosibirsk.The conceptual principle of Nuanced combination with the historical context is the most effective among the described scenarios, assuming preservation of the general architectural image of the historical monument with reversible changes in the architectural solutions of the building.