Akhsar Gagloev, a graduate of the Master's program at the Faculty of Architecture at the Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and now an architect at JSC 53 CPI, took second place in the All-Russian Open Conceptual Competition "Residential Building of the XXII Century." For his project "A basis-springboard for exploring the planets of the Solar system and preserving life on Earth," he was awarded a personalized diploma and the final prize of 200,000 rubles.
Akhsar GagloevThe competition received 119 applications, and 70 works were selected. The jury included RAACS President and Academician Dmitry Shvidkovsky and RAACS Vice Presidents for Creative Practice and Architecture, Academicians Dmitry Bush and Georgy Esaulov.
Akhsar was inspired by the words in the competition's proposal: "What will a residential building of the XXII century be like? Where and what will be its home? Is it only the Earth: above and below the ground, above and below the water, or perhaps the vast expanses of space, and the solid earth of other planets..." The essence of his project is a metropolis of the future with support bases on Earth and in space. The key elements are multifunctional residential units, personal abodes for modern humans. If a move is necessary, the owner doesn't abandon the home—the house itself does.