MARCHI: Gold Medal

2024 Author: David Durham | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-09 00:52

The competition "Gold Medal of MARCHI" has been held among the graduates of the Institute since 1997. Traditionally, the competition has a two-stage program. The first round is a competition for a short independent project. The second is the consideration of the finalists' theses.

In 2016, 34 graduate students of undergraduate, specialist and graduate programs took part in the first stage of the competition. For five days, the contestants worked on a short independent project on the theme of the modern appearance of an Orthodox church. 15 participants reached the final, from which the winner of the Gold Medal and four nominees were selected. The winners' diploma projects are presented below.

Gold Medal MARCHI 2016

Maria Finagina. Department "Architecture of residential buildings"

Diploma project "Student multifunctional residential complex in Berlin"

Moderators: D. V. Velichkin, N. N. Golovanov, A. S. Semenov

The project is based on the idea of creating a center of attraction for youth, students and tourists. The author of the work, Maria Finagina, sought to present student housing not isolated from the city, but, on the contrary, filled with social functions and harmoniously inscribed in the surrounding space.

The site chosen for the design is located on the banks of the Spree River in Berlin. Urban planning analysis showed the absence of open public spaces nearby: the existing courtyards are private, so creating an open space was another important task.

The concept of the project is based on a combination of public functions and individual housing. The project is supporting the block development and at the same time creating a large public green space in the form of a ramp. The specificity of the complex requires a semi-closed nature of the public space, therefore the green slope is “hidden” behind the student building and is open not to the street, but to the river.

*** I degree diploma

Anna Vodolazskaya. Department "Architecture of residential buildings"

Diploma project "Multifunctional residential and hotel complex in the Presnensky district at the intersection of Khodynskaya and 1905 Goda"

Leaders: V. P. Yudintsev, S. B. Glotova, E. V. Ganushkina, O. Yu. Suslova

The task of the project is to create a comfortable living environment in dense buildings. The complex combines hotel, residential, educational and community functions. For the convenience of apartment owners and hotel guests, a recreational area with shops, an entertainment area, a fitness center, a restaurant, a cinema, a children's area, a conference center, and a viewing platform are provided.

The hotel building is the largest, consists of three 24-storey towers connected by a common ground floor and a horizontal building from above. It is located near the railway tracks, protecting the residential area from noise. Another component of the complex is a 12-storey apartment building located along the highway. Finally, the multifunctional complex includes residential buildings of different heights (from 6 to 12 floors).

The advantages of the complex include green operated roofs, as well as spacious public spaces. Public functions are available to residents of the entire area, which makes it possible to successfully fit the new complex into the existing urban environment.

*** Diploma II degree

Maxim Matveev. Department "Architecture of residential buildings"

Diploma project "Multifunctional high-rise hotel complex on Leningradsky Prospekt"

Leaders: V. P. Yudintsev, S. B. Glotova, E. V. Ganushkina, O. Yu. Suslova

The hotel building is being designed at the intersection of Leningradsky Prospekt and the Third Transport Ring in Moscow. The modern scale of the city requires new memorable high-rise buildings. The lack of such structures turns the city into a homogeneous space without landmarks and dominants. Therefore, the author proposes a hotel complex consisting of a lower stylobate part and two towers 157 and 110 meters high. One of the towers has a slope of 11 °, so the design pays special attention to the structural strength. The laconic solution of the volume of the high-rise center is dictated by the proximity to historical sites.

The work also touches upon the topic of multifunctional hotel complexes. The project provides for the full range of functions of a four-star business-level hotel, suitable for holding status events: large conference rooms, meeting rooms, temporary offices for preparing documents, spacious restaurants and lounges.

The complex meets the modern requirements of sustainable architecture. Here it is planned to partially green the roof in use, arrange winter gardens next to public areas and a green ascent to the upper part of the stylobate.

*** III degree diploma

Elena Osipova. Department "Architecture of residential buildings"

Diploma project "Children's Camp on Lake Pleshcheyevo"

Moderators: O. D. Breslavtsev, V. A. Nochevkina, M. A. Rogozhnikova, L. A. Munchak

The selected area is located on the shore of Lake Pleshcheevo, a few kilometers from the town of Pereslavl-Zalessky. The camp is designed for 250 children and 50 adults. The complex consists of small module buildings on a wooden deck raised above the ground. The complex includes residential buildings, workshops, a club, a canteen, an administrative and technical building, a first-aid post, a library, boat stations and cableway stations, sports grounds, and a rope park. All communications are located on the technical floor under the flooring level. At the entrance to the territory, there is a parking lot and a turning circle for buses, as well as a waste disposal area. A cable car, designed on the site of a narrow-gauge railway, runs through the camp.

*** III degree diploma

Pavel Paramonov. Department of "Architecture of public buildings"

Diploma project "Cultural and educational linguistic center on Ilyich Square in Moscow"

Moderators: M. D. Bausheva, D. A. Karelin, I. Z. Lozinsky, L. A. Munchak

The site is located in the center of Moscow on the territory of the former Serp and Molot plant. The author proposes to create a cultural and educational town on the selected site. At the initial stage, a linguistic center will appear there, then - research institutions, an innovation center, offices and laboratories, branches of large foreign universities, as well as hotels and hostels for students.

The project is based on a proposed innovative language teaching concept. A cultural and entertainment component is being introduced into the educational program of the center, which will diversify the learning process and increase the efficiency of mastering the material. The internal space of the classrooms is formed (through the use of a modular system) depending on the form of work with students, which is provided by the teacher.

The basis of the architectural image of the complex is a tower 150 meters high - a kind of metaphor for a lighthouse that attracts visitors.