SPbGASU Success at the International Competition Organised by NOPRIZ

The National Association of Surveyors and Designers (NOPRIZ) has announced the results of the 2021 international professional competition for best projects. Six projects presented by students and graduates of the Faculty of Architecture of SPbGASU won first place in the category "Best Unimplemented Design Concept" (sub-category "Projects Presented by Students and Postgraduates of Specialised Universities, Young Architects")

✔ Second place went to another three projects from SPbGASU, and six projects were awarded diplomas in this category.

The competition organisers received 996 applications in 24 categories, including 574 applications from students and postgraduates of 60 Russian and 8 foreign universities, young architects. All submitted projects were reviewed by the competition committee and personally by its chairman, President of NOPRIZ Mikhail Posokhin. A total of 134 projects were awarded diplomas.

The submitted works were evaluated in the light of the construction industry innovative development, including present-day solutions for a comfortable urban environment, energy efficiency and environmental friendliness. The awards ceremony took place on 30 November at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, where an exhibition following the competition was opened at the same time.

Vasilisa Kalugina's project "Urban Transformation and Development of Shlisselburg", supervised by Professor Andrey Vaitens from SPbGASU’s Department of Urban Planning, took first place. 

"The area of this town is quite interesting: the abundance of water resources and the history of the place, expressed in objects of cultural heritage, allow it to be developed as a tourist hub. Most tourists come here to visit the Oreshek fortress. My task was to make them want to and be able to stay longer," Vasilisa said.

According to the author, not only tourism issues were addressed in her work. The project was designed with local residents’ interests in mind. The objectives included creation of new housing, parks, recreational areas for people of different ages, seasonal and everyday facilities and as well as creating new jobs.

Another winner is the project of the Innovative Scientific and Production Cluster ‘New St. Petersburg’ designed by Ekaterina Agafonova, a postgraduate student of the Department of Urban Planning (supervisor – Andrey Vaitens).

"I proposed to create a territory where a full pharmaceutical cycle would be organised: from theoretical research to pilot production and testing of finished products. Each functional area will be able to exist independently of the other elements, and each new building will serve to improve the overall system. The central building of research laboratories consists of independent blocks, filled according to current needs, and a pedestrian ring-gallery connects them to each other," informed Ekaterina.

Another first-place winner is the project "Enhancing the Tourist Potential of the Territory of the Northern Railway’s Vologda–Arkhangelsk Line". Its author is Kseniya Turovskaya (scientific supervisor – professor Yulia Yankovskaya, Head of the Department of Urban Planning).

Kseniya’s main idea is to form a unified system of tourist routes of on the territory of Vologda-Arkhangelsk line of the Northern Railway and to identify the most suitable stations to fully develop the area’s tourist potential by creating local tourist clusters.

"I was glad to learn that my work received a first-degree diploma. It helped me believe that I am moving in the right direction. I plan to continue improving my skills and applying modern urban planning concepts in practice," told Kseniya.

"Kseniya is a winner of international and all-Russian competitions. She won a research grant from Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering in her first year of Master's programme. She is a creative, goal-oriented and active person who will achieve great success in her profession," commented Yulia Yankovskaya.

The project “Public and Business Complex with the Development of Adjacent Land in Kronstadt” also won the competition. It was developed by Dmitry Zinenkov and supervised by faculty members from the Department of Architectural Design, namely Fedor Perov, Head of the Department, associate professors Olga Kokorina and Yulia Devyatova, and senior lecturer Larisa Venatovskaya.

"Dmitry proposed a concept of a full-fledged urban polycentre capable of attracting investment and giving an impetus to the town's economic growth. The project is elaborated in detail. It uses the principles of inclusion in the context of the territory, preserving the 'spirit of place'. There are references to the shipbuilding theme. The building is to be finished with wood as a reminder of the Forestry Exchange, which was located in the area. The permeability of the building provides easy access to the water line,' said Olga Kokorina.

One of the winners of the competition was also the concept for the development of A. Polovtsov's Rapti Estate. Its author is Nikita Yeremeev (supervisors – associate professor Elena Baulina and senior lecturers Darya Bobrova and Galina Fedotova from the Department of Restoration and Reconstruction of Architectural Heritage).

Another winner is "Transformation of Industrial Areas on the Vyborg side of St. Petersburg" proposal by Anastasiya Kalinkina (supervisor – associate professor of the Department of Urban Planning Maria Turpin de Crisse).

Second place was awarded to the following works:

• Andrey Polyakov's proposal on transformation of the Okhta industrial zone and adjacent territories in St. Petersburg (supervisor – Maria Turpin de Crisse);
• "Multifunctional Quarter in the Centre of Petrozavodsk" by Aleksandra Orlova (supervisors – senior lecturer Darya Repa and associate professor Svetlana Guseva from the Department of Urban Planning);
• Ulyana Tanzykova's proposal on development of Pobochen island in Barnaul (supervisors – Irina Grishechkina and Zhanna Razumova).

The diplomas were awarded to the following projects:

• village for 1,200 inhabitants designed by Darya Gerasimova (supervisors – associate professor Svetlana Guseva and lecturer Sofya Kalinina, Department of Urban Planning);
• "Apple-tree Garden in a Town Yard": the concept of comfortable environment in the town of Slantsy, Leningrad region, authors – Viktoriya Bazhenova, Maksim Stepanenko, Darya Filatkina and Grigori Chuvashov (supervisor – Svetlana Levoshko, associate professor at the Department of Urban Planning);
• “Architectural and Design Concept of the Scientific and Educational Campus on the Territory of the Former Rzhev Military Training Ground" by Roman Safiullin (supervisor – Irina Shkolnikova, associate professor at the Department of Architectural Environment and Landscape Design);
• public and business complex with the development of the adjacent territory in Kronstadt designed by Kamila Gilmutdinova (scientific supervisors – Fedor Perov and Olga Kokorina);
• “Integrated Development of the Okhta Cape in St. Petersburg” by Veronika Lupeikite (supervised by Svetlana Guseva and Darya Repa);
• 'Martynovsky Public Garden' design proposal by Ten Yustin, Rustem Shaikhlislamov and Gleb Shtobe (supervised by Maria Skopina).

Text: Tatyana Petrova
Photos provided by the competition participants

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