Participants of the Art School of Architecture

From 6 to 12 September, the Tavrida art cluster in Crimea held a summer school dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the birth of the legendary animator Leonid Shvartsman. The event brought together architects, production designers, graphic designers and representatives of youth councils from all over the country. Students and graduates of our university took an active part in the work of the Art School of Architecture.

The teams of participants had a challenging task: not just to propose improvement options, but to conduct a deep conceptual rethinking of key territories – the art clusters “Tavrida”, “Mashuk”, “Senezh” and the village of Schastlivtsevo. The participants had to go beyond momentary solutions and develop truly bold, meaningful projects.

Participants from SPbGASU were Ekaterina Zlotnikova, Valeria Dmitrieva, Alena Donskova, Vyacheslav Sharunov, Aslan Osmanov, Ksenia Rudenko, Emilia Karaeva, Nikita Kasin and Maria Voronina.

As one of the participants, Aleksandra Polyanskaya noted, despite the initial request from the organizers for practical and targeted solutions, the creative process led to the creation of larger-scale and innovative projects.

"The initial request from the organizers was to focus on practical, targeted solutions - ones that could be implemented immediately or adapted for other regions. However, in the process of work, the ideas developed into more conceptual and futuristic formats. They went beyond the immediate implementation, but offered a truly fresh perspective," Aleksandra shared.

Following the intense work, all teams successfully presented their projects and received detailed feedback from experts. Participants agreed that the school format was more like a productive workshop, where innovative ideas for the future development of public spaces in Russia were born in an atmosphere of common creativity.