The essence of the express competition of ideas is that the registered teams on the appointed day simultaneously receive the task, and a day later they must submit the result to the jury. So, the task for the participants was the following: to choose a real-life space in their own city, define its main problem and offer a flexible solution for it. Participation in the competition was free, and the prize fund was 750 thousand rubles.
They plan to make the competition regular, since this format allows conducting a kind of opinion poll of young architects regarding current urban problems and at the same time getting a lot of fresh and extraordinary ideas for landscaping. In total, the organizers received 629 applications for participation, 126 works underwent technical expertise.
We present the works that won prizes and were awarded special mentions. Their and 24 other selected ideas are planned to be published in a special collection.
First place. AB "THING!"
Architects from Penza have proposed a solution to the problem of losing the city's identity due to the demolition of historical buildings without a conservation status. The Manor Sharing project involves the use of manor buildings belonging to this vulnerable category with their typical “courtyards-gardens” to create art spaces, lecture halls, lounge areas, cafes and sports grounds.
Second place. Nadezhda Pankova, Yulia Zarechkina, Valentin Shkuro, Andrey Balan, Anna Poyan
The Modul Park project was developed for Moscow and is aimed at eliminating wastelands. As a solution, a universal modular park was proposed, consisting of standard elements, which is easy to "deploy" on any asphalt site for the required period of time. The project can find application in other cities.
Third place. Evgeny Zaitsev and Anna Kuznetsova
Concept “Blackout. The End of the World "from a team of authors from Moscow and St. Petersburg serves as" insurance "in the event of a power failure and a possible" blackout "in megacities. The project is designed to prevent mass panic in the event of a complete power outage, therefore, it involves the launch of an alert system, the installation of stratospheric balloons to provide WiFi coverage, street lighting, etc.
First special mention. The team "B. Ya. K. A."
The Forest of Memory project is designed to solve the problems of modern cemeteries - from the lack of space to ill-considered navigation and unaesthetic appearance. The growing "stone forest" with many cells for the ashes of the dead will allow, according to the authors' calculations, to increase the capacity of Moscow cemeteries by 34 times, while reducing their area by more than half.
Second special mention. KLIN team. Abezivanov Temirbulat, Bessonov Maxim, Torgashev Fedor, Chediya Oleg
The FILTER project divides the urban space into layers and, using AR / VR technologies, allows you to get rid of the visual pollution of the city, "turning off" unnecessary things and adjusting the world around to suit your own requirements for comfort.
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Below is a video of the summing up of the results of the competition with the participation of Sergei Tchoban, Andrey Asadov, Mikhail Beilin and other members of the jury.
You can learn more about the competition on its website.
