Guryevsk Light Park shines as a unique recreational destination
Guryevsk Light Park in Kaliningrad blends immersive light displays, picturesque landscapes, and many attractions to create a spectacular experience for visitors.
An unusual public area has emerged in the Kaliningrad region, becoming a popular recreation spot for locals as well as a tourist attraction in Guryevsk. The Guryevsk Light Park project was developed by teams from the multidisciplinary architectural company dot.bureau and the consulting firm Sheredega Consulting.
The park’s entrance zone greets visitors with large-scale, bright lightworks that echo the bustling urban atmosphere. Thus, the area presents itself as a destination where visitors may anticipate new interactive wonders and spectacular photo opportunities at every turn.
Visitors can take a direct route through the park to another region, going through a beautifully preserved natural landscape. Alternatively, they can meander along a network of quiet paths, where an emerging architectural spectacle of great diversity and design awaits at every turn.
Light is important to the park’s spatial organisation. Colourful lit tiles are inlaid in the cemented roads, seemingly guiding the way. Above guests’ heads, white rings illuminate the darkness, simulating futuristic clouds. To reach the Guryevka River embankment, travel under light arches that appear to “shoot through” the trees in sequence. This amusement area has wooden loungers, an amphitheatre, and a field with glowing reeds.’ As you travel through, you experience a Hanseatic fairy tale, eventually arriving at the space’s architectural focal point—a ‘lighthouse’ that emits beautiful moonlight. In the park’s western section, there is a tiny pond encircled by a wooden walkway for solitary walks and compact waterside entertainment spots.
The playground encourages children to immerse themselves in a world of extraordinary creatures, such as spacecraft or aliens that landed in the park but chose not to fly back. Half-timbered park structures and animalistic themes in art artefacts demonstrate historical continuity. They are reminiscent of the 19th-century zoo that once existed in these portions of the city, known as Neuhausen. The area, which is defined by volumetric and light displays, is designed to avoid crowds even with a large number of people. Flows are uniformly dispersed around the region, and everyone can find a spot in the Light Park to enjoy both physical recreation and environmental contemplation.
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