1. Measure architecture using the Quality Benchmark
Archi.ru will present at the festival a large exposition of the "Standard of Quality" project, consisting of author's installations and video interviews of architects. As conceived by the curator Elena Petukhova, she will help each visitor to formulate their own system for assessing the quality of architecture. On the opening day of the festival from 14:00 to 15:00 a round table will be held on the same issues. Among the project participants are Andrey and Nikita Asadov, Timur Bashkaev, Yuliy Borisov, Evgeny Gerasimov, Totan Kuzembaev, Vladimir Plotkin, Alexander Skokan, Sergey Skuratov, Sergey Choban, Nikita Yavein.
2. Hear what architects think about skyscrapers in Russian cities
Two curatorial projects will be dedicated to the topic of high-rise construction at once: Moscow High-rise by Ilya Zalivukhin and Skyscrapers by Yulia Shishalova and Project Russia magazine. In both cases, it is proposed to think about the prospects for the development of cities not in width, but in height. But if Ilya Zalivukhin's exposition is closed on Moscow, its past and reflections on the future, then the exhibition of Yulia Shishalova offers a cross-section of high-rise construction throughout the country. Moreover, the focus is not on the skyscrapers themselves, but on the environment and the space between them.
3. Join the revitalization of cities across the country
The project "Living Cities" curated by Alexander Starkov invites you to look at the best practices of urban development and comprehend the experience gained in cooperation between government, business and society. At Zodchestvo, visitors will receive a report on the project's practical activities over the past year and the results achieved in revitalizing Russian cities.
4. Learn about twenty programs of additional architectural education
In continuation of the educational conference "Open City", which recently completed its work at the Museum of Moscow, the "Zodchestvo" festival invites you to get acquainted with twenty programs of additional architectural education.
5. Vote for new signs of cities
Yulia Zinkevich's annual project "Signs of Cities", dedicated to the most successful Russian regional projects implemented over the past 10 years, will show all projects from the short-list of the "Signs of Cities - 2017" award. You can vote for your favorite work in each of the six nominations either at the project stand or on the award website, starting from October 5.
6. Embark on an adventure through time and space in search of architectural tools
SYNTHESIS team has prepared its own program for the Zodchestvo festival. The organizers offer to plunge into the history of the evolution of architectural and graphic tools, covering a gigantic period of time - from 5000 BC. to the present day.
7. Get to know the versions of the Ideal City
The interim results of the Ideal City research project, which is curated by Sergey Pereslegin from Kleinewelt Architekten and MARSH instructor Alexander Ostrogorsky, are worth seeing at a separate exhibition in Gostiny Dvor. The exposition will present historical, conceptual and existing plans for the development of cities, selected by curators on the basis of world rankings in terms of living standards. Presentations and photographs, which will be broadcast on the screen during all the festival days, will also help to study the structure of cities close to the "ideal".
8. Spy on the work of teams in the Renovation competition
On the morning of October 6, it is worth stopping by the Gostiny Dvor amphitheater, where the session "Competition Diary: Renovation" will take place. During the session, the participants of the competition will show and tell about their projects. Recall that the finalists of the competition were determined at the first stage. Of these, five teams were formed that worked on projects for five sites in Moscow, located in Kuzminki, Golovinsky, Tsaritsyno, Khoroshevo-Mnevniki and on Prospekt Vernadsky.
9. Come to the opening on Thursday at 10 am to see the exhibition through the eyes of the curators
The opening ceremony of the Zodchestvo 2017 festival will take place on October 5 at 10:00 am in Gostiny Dvor. Such guests are expected as Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities Mikhail Men, Deputy Mayor of Moscow Marat Khusnullin, Chief Architect of the city Sergey Kuznetsov, President of the SAR Nikolai Shumakov. And, of course, the organizers promise a fascinating tour of all expositions together with the curators.
10. Fly over Russia in Zaryadye
Anyone who is interested in the history of the project and implementation of Zaryadye Park should attend the seminar “Zaryadye Park: From Concept to Design and Implementation”. The seminar will be held on October 6 in lecture hall No. 1. Almost everyone involved in the creation of the park will take part in the discussion - Sergey Kuznetsov, Alexander Asadov, Timur Bashkaev, Vladimir Plotkin, Yuri Potapov.
