The results of the International Competition of Final Qualifying Works (Projects) of Bachelors, Specialists, and Masters in Urban Planning, Architecture, Reconstruction and Restoration of Architectural Heritage, Design, and Decorative and Applied Arts "Archgeneration 2024" have been announced. SPbGASU graduates are among the winners.
The competition was held from 26 August to 8 September, 2024. It was organized by the Siberian Federal University, Vitebsk State University named after P. M. Masherov (Republic of Belarus), the Union of Architects of Russia, the Union of Designers of Russia, the Union of Restorers of Russia and the Service for the State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
351 diploma projects took part in the competition. SPbGASU presented 16 projects in the nominations "Urban development of territories. Bachelor's degree", "Urban development of territories. Master's degree", "Landscape organization of public spaces. Master's degree". All of them were awarded first and second degree diplomas, two received the Grand Prix.
In the nomination "Urban development of territories. Master's degree" the Grand Prix was won by Anna Baranova with the topic "Urban development organization of the system of placement of sports infrastructure in St Petersburg" (supervised by Mikhail Vilensky). In the nomination "Urban development of territories. Bachelor's degree" the Grand Prix was won by Maksim Kolosov with the work "Refunctionalization of the territory of the Kirov plant in St Petersburg" (supervised by Mikhail Vilensky, Ksenia Veretennikova, Elena Karpenko).
Project by Maksim Kolosov. Open full size image 
The graduates' supervisors and teachers of the Department of Urban Planning were also awarded laureate diplomas: Head of the Department Yulia Yankovskaya, Associate Professors Ksenia Veretennikova, Mikhail Vilensky, Oksana Peslyak, Assistant Elena Karpenko.
"It was not easy to choose a direction for the research, but I settled on the topic of sports, since it is an integral part of people's lives, regardless of whether we are talking about regular sports activities or recreational shooting range on a weekend. Today, mass sports are not only leisure, but also a way of life for many city dwellers; it has a direct impact on the general condition of a person, as well as the urban environment in which sports facilities are located. Therefore, the issue of providing the population with the necessary quantity and quality of sports infrastructure for mass sports is very relevant, and its placement and regulation in the city is a problem that requires attention," said Anna Baranova.
Project by Anna Baranova. Open full size image 
According to the author of the project, the study of the evolution in the regulation of sports facilities and the assessment of modern urban planning standards for a number of major cities showed that the shortage of sports infrastructure facilities is largely due to the loss of the binding of the regulation system to territorial planning and urban zoning documents. As a possible solution, Anna proposed a territorial model of placement and a model of regulation of sports infrastructure based on the placement and regulation of sports areas.
"Work on the study was constantly accompanied by curiosity, which was "ignited" by newly discovered facts or random observations of people playing sports in various places in St Petersburg. My curiosity in this topic has not exhausted itself, so I intend to continue the study," shared Anna Baranova.
