Water tower

The history of centralized water supply in the city of St. Petersburg began with a water tower built in the first half of the last century by famous architects I.A. Mertz and E.G. Shubersky. However, for its intended purpose, it was used for a short time - technical progress in the early twentieth century made its functionality unclaimed. In 2001-2002, St. Petersburg Vodokanal restored this grandiose structure with the use of modern technologies, which breathed new life into the ancient tower. The works were carried out by the St. Petersburg architectural bureau Intercolumnium.

Architects Evgeny Zakhoroshko, Evgeny Podgornov and Tatiana Shustova decided to preserve the historical interiors of the building, and make the second elevator and fire staircase the main focus of reconstruction and put in a separate annex. The design project of this historical exposition was carried out by the creative team “Interstyle”, headed by the famous architect M.V. Dynai. The interior of the museum reflects the main idea of its creators - to preserve the water tower as an architectural monument, making it as dynamic and modern as possible.