Softline has equipped the new building of the Okhta children's (youth) technical creativity center in St. Petersburg

2025: Equipping the audiences of the TsDUTT building

Softline Group of Companies (PJSC Softline) has completed a large-scale project to equip the building of the State Budgetary Institution DO TsDUTT of the Krasnogvardeisky District of St. Petersburg "Okhta." Specialists of Softline Group of Companies have supplied equipment, including specialized equipment, for classrooms in which training in new areas is already being carried out. With the help of this equipment, an educational process is organized for students from 6 to 18 years old in clusters: science and technology, media education, social activity, art design, visual and plastic art, sports. Softline announced this on March 6, 2025.

The modern four-story building of the Okhta Center for Children's (Youth) Technical Creativity with an area of ​ ​ almost 5.5 thousand square meters. m. Designed for teaching more than 2000 children in 60 educational programs. This is the first building in the post-Soviet period in St. Petersburg, which was built from scratch to establish additional education. To equip the case, the center needed to find a competent IT partner. The group of companies has many years of experience in implementing projects to supply educational institutions with modern equipment that meets the latest requirements of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Within the framework of the project, Softline Group of Companies specialists supplied equipment (training kits and machine tools) for robotics rooms, virtual reality laboratories, a fashion laboratory, an auto modeling training laboratory, a carpentry workshop, a digital production laboratory, a UAV office, a hall and an assembly hall. In the hall of the institution there is an interactive schedule adapted for the tasks of the institution. In addition, shooting ranges are fully equipped - pneumatic and interactive, which now hold classes and competitions in rifle shooting. Among the equipment supplied are both presentation and specialized devices and machines. In addition to the delivery, where required, the Softline team carried out commissioning, as well as training for personnel on working with new devices.

We are glad to take part in the creation of a modern educational space for the Okhta Center for Children's Technical Creativity. We selected the equipment and equipped them with laboratories and classrooms of the new building, which allowed the center to integrate creative areas into the digital environment, including applied ones. In an innovative space, teachers and students are already mastering new generation programs, engaged in project activities, developing creative and logical thinking, as well as team skills. And our team, as an IT partner, provides the customer with comprehensive support throughout the warranty period and provides full support, including field visits, consultations and training, "said Vladimir Voznesensky, head of business development in the field of education at Softline Group of companies.

Our center is a multifunctional institution of additional education, and it was important for us to create an advanced training environment for the implementation of additional general development programs in various areas. With the help of the Softline team, we managed to implement everything we conceived. In September 2024, the building was opened, and as of March 2025, 2,000 students are studying in it. In our center, we pay special attention to technical creativity. Equipping classrooms and offices with the latest technology allows us to effectively and enthusiastically educate children in areas such as robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles, programming, virtual reality, engineering modeling, etc. All this will contribute to early career guidance in the specialties of the demanded engineering and technical profile, - said Natalya Leonidovna Ivanova, director of the center for children's (youth) technical creativity "Okhta."