The master plan for Sochi's central embankment is based on the principles of forward-thinking design and the aspiration to create a world-class waterfront capable of ensuring a sustainable future in harmony with the coastal environment.

The master plan divides the territory into three belts that transition into one another without sharp boundaries: a cultural and park zone at the western end, a ring-shaped lagoon in the center, and a residential and business belt that continues the urban fabric to the east.

Creative workshops, co-working spaces, and three pavilions for EXPO events around a pine urban park — adjacent to the city forest and an educational ecological pavilion that combines a mini-museum and a laboratory of the Engineering and Environmental Faculty of SSU.

The existing breakwaters, inspired by the history of the four Sochi forts of 1838, have been transformed into a chain of sheltered islands — thus the Great Sochi Circle was born, a ring-shaped lagoon and a new symbol of the waterfront. Inside the circle lies calm water and a sandy beach, while the islands bear the brunt of storms on the outside.