Cable car over the Oka River in Nizhny Novgorod | The MOUNTAIN Architectural Bureau

The three stations of the cable car are conceived as a single mechanism, separated in space, but united by the continuous movement of cabins, people, and energy. Each of the stations houses a part of the common cultural and exhibition space dedicated to local engineers and architects. By purchasing a single ticket, the visitor consistently enters three "exhibition halls", moving between them in cabins above the river with panoramic views, which become an alternative to traditional museum corridors.

 The main idea of the architectural image is the openness of mechanisms and engineering systems that are usually hidden. We were inspired by the engineering searches of Nizhny Novgorod resident Ivan Kulibin, a self—taught engineer who was the first in Russia to invent a passenger elevator. Cable car cabins, like horizontal elevator cabins, are pulled using screw mechanisms.

 The architecture of the stations is based on the contrast of a dynamic dense volume and a transparent glass shell. The protruding functional block, which includes public and office spaces, forms a dynamic, "pulsating" composition both outside and inside. The interior space emphasizes the idea of openness: "honest" polished concrete, open utilities and electrics, visually pronounced stairs and elevators are used.