Exhibition of student works opened at SPbGASU

As we approach the 190th anniversary of Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, an exhibition organized by the Department of History and Theory of Architecture and the Department of Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Graphics opened in the exposition hall of the Faculty of Architecture on 22 November. The exhibition features photographs of designs created by students in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as well as some student works of recent years.

The event was opened by Ekaterina Voznyak, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture. 'We, architects, attended classes at these departments. It’s where our university studies began. And each of us has our own memories. I remember the great lecturers and how we listened to them with bated breath. I remember how much effort we put into our work in descriptive geometry," she said.

Marina Malyutina, Head of the Division for Studies Administration, spoke of the intergenerational continuity in our university: "The architectural school of SPbGASU is one of the best, and our task is to maintain its traditions. I wish our current students and teachers to be worthy of their forebears, the founders of the departments, and wish you to be inspired by your teachers and to create the works that would be just as good!”

Tatyana Zhukova, acting Head of the Department of History and Theory of Architecture, talked about the specifics of educating young architects: "We take yesterday's schoolchildren and help them to make the first steps on their professional path. We have a unique block of lecture materials. What they hear from us cannot be heard anywhere else, cannot be learned from books. Our teachers gather all their professional experience and talent to pass on the knowledge to students."

The Department’s associate professor Valery Mostovich shared his opinion about the exhibition: "History is a glance into the past, without which you cannot look into the future. Our past is presented here. We can only admire the talent and diligence of these people.”

Among the visitors who offered their good wishes to students were Olga Melnikova, senior lecturer at the Department of Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Graphics, Fedor Perov, Head of the Department of Architectural Design, associate professor Leonid Krupnik and senior lecturer Nikita Igolkin from the Department of History and Theory of Architecture.

Text: Tatyana Petrova

Photos: Sergey Klishis

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