Signs of cities: from Moscow to the most to the outskirts

What are the differences between Arkhangelsk and NizhnyNovgorod? What can regional architects demonstrate? The exhibition "Signs of the Cities" showed that Russia has a lot of interesting things The best regional practices in the field of development and renovation were presented as part of the large-scale project "Signs of the Cities" at the XXI International Exhibition of Architecture and Design "ARCH Moscow - 2016". The exhibition "Signs of the Cities" is one of the parts of this large-scale project. "On duty" from each city represented at the exhibition were invited to work on the exposition: Arkhangelsk, Vladivostok, Vologda, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Ivanovo, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, Samara, Tver, Yaroslavl. They made collages with "signs" of cities that make one city different from another. Illustrator students from Victor Melamed's course at the British Higher School of Art and Design prepared lampshades specially for the opening of the "Signs of Cities" exhibition, on which they depicted residents and characters of cities - real people and literary heroes. Bright lampshades illuminated from the inside filled the exhibition space. It became possible to implement such an unusual exhibition solution thanks to the fact that the project was supported by the "Saros" company, which specializes in lighting solutions. On May 19, as part of the regional day at ArchThe conference "Signs of Cities. Best Regional Practices in Development and Renovation" was held in Moscow. Leading urbanists, developers and architects were invited to participate, including: Evgeny Ass, who spoke about the reconstruction of the Arsenal in the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, Alexey Ginzburg, who presented the renovation project of the Kamelia Hotel in Sochi. Nikolay Lyzlov spoke about the redevelopment of the Azimut Hotel in Novosibirsk, and Alexey Rozenberg about the new resort "Konakovo River Club".Yulia Zinkevich – author of the project, curatorexhibitions "Signs of the cities", conferences and awards "Signs of the cities. The best regional solutions in the field of development and renovation". Head of the communications agency "Rules of communication"Anna Evstigneeva, project coordinator and Lyudmila Malkis, producer of the conference at the exhibition "Signs of Cities"Ivan Kozhin, GAP, Studio 44, Heart of the City project, KaliningradAlexey Kashin, Director of the Bearing Systems Group of CompaniesMark Kagansky, developer of Konakovo River ClubAnton Nadtochiy, architect, AB "Atrium"Vitaly Stadnikov, Deputy Dean, Associate Professor of the Higher School of Urbanism named after A.A. Vysokovsky. Former Chief Architect of SamaraNatalia Fishman, Assistant to the President of TatarstanYulia Bychkova, producer of the Archstoyanie festivalAlexey Rosenberg, architectAlexey Ginzburg, architect, head of the Ginzburg Architeks studioNikolay Lyzlov, architectAlisa Bagdonaite, Director of Development of the Zarya Contemporary Art Center, curatorVera Kvitkovskaya, Director of Brusnika. Management BureauEvgeny Ass, architect “Signs of the Cities” is not only an Exhibition and Conference, but also an Award, which was presented to the best regional development projects in six nominations:

Renovation and reconstruction
Public space
New residential construction
Public building
New resorts
The best idea for urban development

In each category, two winners were chosen. One was noted by the professional Expert Council, the other was determined by popular voting on the portal primetygorodov.ru.

Nomination "New residential construction":Open voting - Residential complex "Yuzhny Bereg" (Krasnoyarsk); Expert - company "Brusnika": Microdistrict "Evropeysky" (Tyumen), "Evropeysky Bereg" (Novosibirsk).
Nomination "Public Building": Open voting - Voronezh Chamber Theatre; Expert voting - Yeltsin Center (Yekaterinburg).
Nomination "Public Space": Open voting - "Shamsinur" (Almetyevsk); Expert voting - Museum of Street Art (St. Petersburg).
Nomination "Reconstruction and renovation": Open voting - the author's hotel "Bronze Boar" (Voronezh); Expert voting - restoration of the Alvaro Aalto library (Vyborg).
Nomination "New Resorts": the results of the open and expert votes coincided, the prize was awarded to the natural and creative cluster "Nikola-Lenivets" (Kaluga Region).
Nomination "Best Idea for Urban Development":Open voting - project for the development and improvement of the embankments of the Kaban Lake system (Kazan); Expert voting - project "Heart of the City" (Kaliningrad).
A special prize was awarded by the organizers to the group of companies “Load-bearing systems” from Novosibirsk.

Biotechnopark "Koltsovo", Novosibirsk. Parametric architecture SpaceStructure, "Bearing systems"Project "Heart of the City", KaliningradProject for the development and improvement of Lake Kaban, KazanNatural and creative cluster "Nikola-Lenivets", Kaluga regionAuthor's hotel "Bronze Boar", VoronezhReconstruction of the Alvaro Aalto Library, VyborgMuseum of Street Art, St. PetersburgPark “Shamsinur”, Almetyevsk, TatarstanVoronezh Chamber TheatreYeltsin Center, YekaterinburgMicrodistrict "European Coast", Novosibirsk, company "Brusnika"Microdistrict "European", Tyumen. Company "Brusnika"Residential complex "Yuzhny Bereg", Krasnoyarsk Project curator -Yulia Zinkevich, CEO of the communications agency "Rules of Communication". The conference producer is Lyudmila Malkis. The initiator and organizer of the "Signs of the Cities" project is the communications agency "Rules of Communication", co-organizer is the community of architects, designers, creative people Archipeople, the companies "Saros", Barlinek and Rockfon. Strategic partners of the project: Repa, GUD, RRG, Urban Awards, Projectnext. Technical partners are Ceoffice, Milliken.