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Winner's awarding ceremony. Presenter (left): SPbGASU student Anna Egorova. On the presidium (from left to right): Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture of the St Petersburg Academy of Arts Maria Orlova-Sheiner; acting head of the SPbGASU Department of Architectural Design Andrey Surovenkov; Vera Burtseva; Oleg Romanov; SPbGASU student, volunteer of the “ArchConception” competition Anastasia Fedakova
On 22 December, SPbGASU honored the winners of the III All-Russian architectural open creative competition “ArchConception”. The organizers were SPbGASU, the St Petersburg Union of Architects and the Committee for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage of the Leningrad Region.
Oleg Romanov, honorary president of the St Petersburg Union of Architects, chairman of the organizing committee, congratulated those present on the successful conduct of the competition. Oleg Sergeevich compared “ArchConception” with “Golden Trezzini”, which turned into a powerful international competition. According to the speaker, the same development awaits the SPbGASU competition.
Ekaterina Vozniak, dean of the Faculty of Architecture, said that 180 competitive works were submitted. Their authors were about 500 participants from 17 cities and 22 universities. The focus of the competition was on the popular topic “Cultural Center. Vector of evolution".
From an architectural point of view, the competition works were analyzed by Daria Boytsova, senior lecturer at the Department of Architectural Design, member of the organizing committee. According to Daria Vladimirovna, the works once again confirmed how multipolar the development of culture is and, as a consequence, is the development of the architecture of cultural centers of our time.
“The following areas were most widely explored: cultural and educational centers located both in densely populated urban areas and in recreational areas; scientific and cultural centers, where creativity is presented not only from an artistic point of view, but also reflects the development of science and interdisciplinary interaction; cultural and tourist centers that reveal the identity of a place and historical continuity; cultural and business centers for holding events of a high level of service; museum facilities that include multifunctional public cultural spaces. There were also small objects that relate to residential architecture.
Separately, one should note the high-quality works on adapting historical heritage sites to the functions of cultural centers, aimed at revitalizing buildings and territories. Many works pay special attention to the importance of an environmentally friendly approach; some take into account the principles of sustainable development of architecture and construction. This is in many ways a priority vector for the evolution of cultural centers as innovative objects that not only actively respond to changes in society and modern technologies, but also set these directions for the development of society and technology,” said Daria Boytsova.
In the nomination "Architecture" among professional architects, the winner was the project of the cultural center "Canyon" (author - Andrey Nikolsky, supervisor - Konstantin Kolodin, SPbGASU).
In the nomination “Restoration and Reconstruction of Architectural Heritage” among professional architects, the project “Cultural Center. Renovation of the Sysert plant in the city of Sysert” (authors: Artemy Blaginin, Maksim Shulmeister, Ural State University of Architecture and Art named after N. S. Alferov).
In the nomination "Architecture" among students of higher educational institutions, the first was the project "Center for Immersive Art in Yekaterinburg" (author - Elena Polepishina, supervisor - Maksim Vinnitsky, Ural State University of Architecture and Art named after N. S. Alferov).
Angelina Telpis, Ekaterina Vozniak, Anastasia Yakovleva and Anastasia Urdasheva
The project "Cultural Center "STEKLO"" won in the nomination "Architectural Concept" among students of higher educational institutions. Its authors are Angelina Telpis, Anastasia Urdasheva, Anastasia Yakovleva from SPbGASU. Angelina Telpis spoke about the work: “The territory of the so-called “Glass Town” was chosen as the site for our cultural center project, which dates back to the end of the eighteenth century, with the emergence of a glass factory on this site. This is what formed the basis of our project. Based on the concept, the building's image was inspired by the process of creating glass, which is produced by cooling components melted at high temperatures. White buildings reminiscent of quartz converge in a “hot” atrium, at the main “boiling point” of art and creativity of the planned cultural center.”.
In the nomination “Architectural Environment Design” among students of higher educational institutions, the project “Courtyard of a Residential Building” won (author - Marina Sokolova, supervisors - Valeria Gabrava, Anna Nevokshenova, Voronezh State Technical University).
In the nomination “Restoration and Reconstruction of Architectural Heritage” among students of higher educational institutions, the winner was the project “Congress center located at the Bolshoi Ivanovo Manufactory” (authors - Anastasia Starikova, Aleksandra Shorosheva, supervisors - Ekaterina Tribelskaya, Daria Popova, Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V. I. Surikov).
Among students of general education organizations and secondary vocational institutions, the project “Concept of a cultural and educational center in Sortavala” (authors: Natalia Amelina, Viktoria Boytsova, Engineering and Technology School No. 777, St Petersburg) was recognized first in the “Architectural Layout” nomination.
In the nomination “Architectural Model” among students of higher educational institutions, the project “Children and Youth Center for Scientific and Technical Creativity in Armavir” won (authors - Daria Sokolova, Anna Kasyanova, Ekaterina Yamolova, Alisa Lozhkina, supervisors - Olga Belousova, Zoya Aksenova, SPbGASU) .
The audience award in the nomination "Architectural Layout" went to the project "Cultural Center "Solyar Praush"" (authors: Ustinia Petrova, Ruslana Artemyeva, SPbGASU).
The Grand Prix among students of higher educational institutions was won by the project “Revitalization and renovation of the House of Soviets in Kaliningrad”, the authors of which were students of our university Daria Manakova, Karina Iskhakova, Daria Kildibekova, Sofya Miftakhova and Alena Shamonina (supervisor - Zoya Aksenova).
“The main idea of the renovation concept of the House of Soviets is to formally rethink brutal Soviet architecture and integrate it into the modern world, replacing the function of space while preserving the image and a certain spirit of the place,” commented Zoya Aksenova.
At the end of the award ceremony, Vera Burtseva, director of the ANO “Research Institute for Sustainable Development in Construction”, head of the working group for the creation of the Russian standard of energy efficiency and environmental friendliness GREEN ZOOM, presented special prizes from the organization she heads to the competitors from SPbGASU: Elizaveta Donets, Igor Ivanov, Maria Yakunenkova - for the work “Culture Center of the Peoples of the Arctic”; Andrey Nikolsky (supervisor - Konstantin Kolodin) - for the project of the Canyon cultural center.
Contestants from other cities also arrived at the award ceremony. The organizers were especially happy to see them. Many joined the celebration via video link.
In the “Architecture” nomination, a special prize was awarded to the work of Alena Kirsanova from the Institute of Architecture and Design of the Siberian Federal University “Neighborhood Center” (supervisors: Olga Uspenskaya, Evgeny Zykov). A neighborhood center is a space where people can communicate, relax, socialize, explained the author of the project, who proposed placing the center in a green area of the city.
Oleg Romanov and Albert Dmitrenko
The III degree diploma in the nomination “Architecture” was awarded to the project “Popular Science Center with a Planetarium, Vladimir, Bykovsky Proezd.” The author is Albert Dmitrenko from Vladimir State University named after the Stoletovs (supervisor: Evgeny Mironov). The author set the task to reflect the function of the planetarium in the external appearance of the building and used non-standard forms for this.
We wish the winners and participants of the ArchConception competition further professional success!