CITY II Towers

Lead Designers Natalya Koptseva / Vasily Tarasenko

Entry Description

The City II Towers are pioneers in the development of the new district and have taken on the responsibility and the right to shape its character, both day and night, within the existing urban planning concept of the City. These new towers form a multifunctional complex featuring apartments and a public stylobate. The project is positioned as ultra-modern and technologically advanced.

We believe that the inspiration for the lighting concept and luminous composition of a building in the bio-tech style should be drawn from living nature. The illusion of living, moving light will accentuate the structure's unusual form. The luminous elements resemble a neural network—an intricate web of delicate threads interacting in space. Each flash is a thought, an instantaneous reaction, a memory brought to life in the mind's depths. The light network is an image of a living, breathing intellect, where every impulse is a spark of consciousness.

In this sense, the conceptual emphasis on a bionic lighting style—combined with eco-friendliness and generative content management—will ensure the towers' relevance throughout the entire lifespan of the City II district and beyond. This approach will establish the towers as dominant landmarks not merely by virtue of being first, but through a status earned by the consistent and responsible implementation of their core vision.

Sustainability Approach

The high-rise cluster of the City currently has a fragmented lighting environment,marked by visible competition for visual dominance in the nighttime cityscape. Our objective is to establish lighting harmony for the entire new City complex, aligning with its long-term development strategy. The new City aims to be more vibrant, human-centric, and focused on comfort.

Lighting should accentuate organic lines, technological innovation, and sustainable nature. By focusing on the architecture and the surrounding space, the lighting integrates the project into its context. Light becomes an innate component of the form. Our driving motivation was to create a unique lighting code. This approach to light embodies a philosophical concept: to create a new living habitat for humans—as creations of nature—by uniting the principles of biology, engineering, and architecture.