On 6 March, the Center for Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Nizinsky Rural Settlement (Leningrad Region, Lomonosovsky District, Nizino Village, Tsentralnaya St., 1e) is hosting a conference “Andrey Stackenschneider and modern architecture of the Leningrad Region”. The organizers are the Urban Development Policy Committee of the Leningrad Region, the Nizinskoye Rural Settlement Municipal Organization and the Baltikum Publishing House. The conference partner is the Argentum company. Starts at 11:30.
The name of the architect Andrey Ivanovich Stackenschneider (1802–1865) is of particular significance for St Petersburg and the Leningrad region. The architect made a significant contribution to shaping the appearance of Peterhof and the surrounding area, resulting in a chain of picturesque park ensembles. Unfortunately, not all buildings built by Stackenschneider have reached us. Many of his works were wooden and burned down during Soviet times. However, today there is a step-by-step restoration process of the preserved and disappeared heritage.
The conference, which will take place on Andrey Stackenschneider’s birthday, will be dedicated to the memory of the architect, issues of preservation and reconstruction of the architectural heritage associated with his name, as well as problems of current design in the agglomeration. The convergence point of historical and modern architecture will be the idea of recreating a wooden rural executive house in Nizino, which was built by Stackenschneider in 1853, but is now lost. The object can become a new landmark of the village, a center of attraction for tourists and an example of the restoration of a destroyed historical landmark. The conference will focus on the functional and architectural design of the building, where the memorial museum of Andrey Stackenschneider and exhibition premises can be located to demonstrate the creativity of modern architects working in the Leningrad region.
The conference will be attended by the chief architect of the Leningrad region Sergey Lutchenko, head of the Nizinskoye Rural Settlement Nina Dergacheva, local historian Tatyana Morozova, rector of the Church of the Holy Martyr Queen Alexandra Archpriest Vitaly Grishchuk, dean of the Faculty of Architecture of the St Petersburg Academy of Arts Nikolai Smelkov, executive director of the Union of Artists Leningrad region Maria Kosheverskaya.
The conference participants and listeners will be provided with a transfer from the Avtovo metro station to the event venue. Transfer information can be obtained after registration.
Registration for the first part of the conference