SPbGASU at the XXXI International Competition-Exposition of MOOSAO

The XXXI International Competition-Exposition of Graduate Qualification Works in Architecture, Design and Art (for 2022) has ended. It was held at the Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering.

This is the most prestigious competition among architectural and design universities in Russia and the CIS countries. It is organized by the Interregional Public Organization for the Promotion of Architectural Education (MOOSAO) with the participation of the Federal Educational and Methodological Association in the higher education system in the enlarged group of specialties and areas of training in Architecture and with the support of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (RAACS).

Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering was represented by all graduating departments of the faculty of architecture. 

The department of architectural design submitted 23 theses of graduates 2022: 10 master's and 13 bachelor's works. Two master's theses received diplomas of the MOOSAO of the second degree, the rest were awarded diplomas of the first degree. Six works received special awards.

Thus, the graduation project of a multifunctional complex in the structure of a quarter on the south bank of the Karpovka River in St Petersburg, by bachelor of architecture Alena Belyakina (supervisors: professor at the department of architectural design Oleg Romanov, deputy dean for academic affairs, associate professor at the department of architectural design Elena Voytsekhovskaya and assistant at the department of architectural design Vyacheslav Tonkikh) was awarded a diploma from MARKHI, and the projects by masters Anastasia Pustotina "Medical Research Center" (supervisor: Oleg Romanov) and Elizaveta Dolgikh "Rehabilitation Cancer Center" (supervisor: associate professor at the department of architectural design Vladimir Linov) received the Lazar Khidekel Prize and a diploma from the Union of Architects of the Republic of Tatarstan.

“All housing theses received additional awards, which says for certain leading position of our university, the creative talents of our graduates, the quality of work and the acquired competencies,” believes Oleg Fedorov, associate professor at the department of architectural design, deputy dean of the faculty of architecture for career guidance counceling.

The department of urban planning submitted four bachelor's and four master's works. All of them received diplomas of the first degree, and two theses were awarded special diplomas.

The work by the master's degree graduate, currently a postgraduate student Boris Provkin "Urban Planning Organization of Healthcare Facilities in St Petersburg" (supervisor: associate professor at the department of urban planning Mikhail Vilensky) was awarded a diploma from the Union of Moscow Architects.

The work "Integrated development of the territory of the peripheral region of the St Petersburg agglomeration on the example of the village of Novosaratovka", the author of which is a bachelor's degree graduate, first-year master's student Andrey Zima (supervisors: assistant at the department of urban planning Viktoria Makarova and senior lecturer at the department of urban planning Anastasia Galaktionova) was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the Union of Architects of the Republic of Tatarstan.

On the first, most large-scale part of his graduation project, Andrey Zima worked together with his groupmates Maria Kolobova, Arina Shilo and Nionella Urvan. It touches upon the complex and urgent issue of the development of settlements on the periphery of the Northern capital. Using the example of the village of Novosaratovka, the authors proposed a strategy and concept for the development of a comfortable urban environment for a new mini-polis, a new pearl on the right bank of the Neva. As part of the overall concept, the students were divided into four design areas. Andrey chose a site adjacent to the Oktyabrskaya Embankment and the industrial park Utkina Zavod.

The district development program is based on the disclosure of such an important component of a favorable urban environment as the public one. It is planned to create a multifunctional city center of the new "town" Novosaratovka with a system of clusters.

“I am very pleased that the work was noted at the competition. I want to express my deep gratitude to my supervisors – Anastasia Alekseevna Galaktionova, Viktoria Sergeevna Makarova, as well as associate professor Mikhail Yuryevich Vilensky. The problems raised in the FQW became the basis for me to determine the topic of my master's thesis,” Andrey said.

The department of architectural environment design submitted nine FQWs at the competition. All of them were awarded diplomas of the first degree.

A star and a diploma from the Union of Architects of Russia was awarded to the work by Tatiana Okuneva, a master's degree graduate (supervisor: associate professor at the department of architectural environment design Denis Romanov) "Development of tourist infrastructure sites of rural settlements of the Republic of Dagestan (on the example of the village of Kubachi)".

The work by Anastasia Mishina (supervisor: associate professor at the department of architectural design Aleksandra Eremeeva) received a star and a diploma from the Union of Designers of Russia "Formation of the tourist environment on the territory of the Shanets and Reef forts at the the state nature reserve "Zapadny Kotlin" (Western Kotlin)".

“Among the theses of undergraduates, which I released as a supervisor in 2022, the work of Anastasia Mishina is especially dear to me. We have developed a fruitful dialogue between the student and the teacher. Not everything turned out easily and immediately, a huge creative search was performed, Anastasia grew up as a specialist before my eyes. Anastasia repeatedly visited the design site at different times of the day and year to get a feel for the place, to find the right solutions for harmony between nature and architecture, between history and modernity.

We took a certain risk by proposing to build a hotel into the fortification structure of Shanets fort, and organize light pavilions on top of Reef fort. Anastasia did this with the help of discreet design techniques, without violating the historical structure and silhouette. I am very glad that our result was highly appreciated not only within the walls of SPbGASU, but also at the MOOSAO competition, where it received a diploma from the Union of Designers of Russia,” Aleksandra Eremeeva said.

The most awards the department of architectural environment design received at the MOOSAO competition of printed publications. The first place and the diploma of the Union of Architects of Russia were awarded to Konstantin Kolodin, associate professor at the department of AED, for the art album “Graphic Dramaturgy”. The first place among the textbooks was taken by the work of associate professor at the department of AED Svetlana Danilova and associate professor at the department of AED, head of the training program 35.03.10 "Landscape architecture" Nadezhda Kerimova "Architectural and Landscape Design". In the monographs category, the first place and the Golden Diploma were awarded to the monograph by the head of the department, associate professor at the department of AED Maria Granstrem and deputy dean for research, associate professor at the department of history and theory of architecture Milena Zolotareva "Architecture of Soviet Neoclassicism".

The department of architectural and urban-planning heritage submitted  nine FQWs at the competition: four bachelor's and five master's works. One bachelor's work received a diploma of the second degree, the remaining eight – diplomas of the first degree. Four FQWs were awarded with special diplomas.

The work of bachelor Nikita Eremeev "The concept of development of the territory of A. A. Polovtsov's estate "Rapti" in the village of Dzerzhinsky, Leningrad Region" received a diploma from the International Association of Unions of Architects. The work of Vladislava Sudakova "The concept of renovation of the historical center of the village of Porechie-Rybnoye in the Yaroslavl region" was awarded a diploma from the Union of Architects of Russia.

They were performed under the supervision of associate professor Elena Baulina, senior lecturer Daria Bobrova and senior lecturer Galina Fedotova.

Yulian Davydov, a master's degree graduate, was awarded a diploma from the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences for his work "Historical Exemplary Cities of Russia", carried out under the supervision of professor Sergey Sementsov and associate professor Nadezhda Akulova.

Master's degree graduate Alena Volokhova received a diploma from the Union of Moscow Architects for her work “Artistic heritage of the Academician of Architecture Maryan Maryanovich Peretyatkovich (1872–1916)”, created under the supervision of associate professor Nina Petukhova.

Text: Tatiana Petrova

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