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Competition task

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  • The Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering", Zhengzhou University (China) and the Saint Petersburg Union of Architects are holding the 5th International Architectural Open Creative Competition "ArchConcept" for the development of a design concept on the theme "Modern City. Traditions and Innovations".

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Target audience

  • professional architects, restorers, designers and creative teams;

  • students of higher education institutions;

  • students of secondary vocational educational institutions;

  • students of educational institutions of basic general, secondary general and additional education.

        

Stages of the competition

12 December 2025 – 12 January 2026

Submission of competition entries through the registration form on the SPbGASU website

13 January – 26 January 2026

Competition jury work

05 February 2026

Opening of the exhibition of the best competition finalists works at SPbGASU

12 February 2026

Award ceremony for the competition winners at SPbGASU

Nominations

Nominations for professional architects and university students

  • 1.1 Architecture

  • 1.2 Urban planning

  • 1.3 Restoration and reconstruction of architectural heritage

  • 1.4 Architectural environment design

Categories of competition works

  • project or pre-project proposal;

  • diploma or term paper;

  • conceptual project.

Nominations for students of schools, institutions of additional and secondary vocational education

  • 2.1 Architecture

  • 2.2 Restoration and reconstruction of architectural heritage

  • 2.3 Architectural environment design

Categories of competition works

  • diploma or term paper;

  • conceptual project.

Options for performing works

  • in traditional hand-drawn graphics;

  • using computer modeling and graphics;

  • in the form of layouts and installations;

  • using artificial intelligence (AI).

Works submission procedure

Participants submit the following materials:
•    Electronic version of the competition work

Participants' competition entries are prepared in accordance with the Competition regulations and submitted in electronic form through the registration form

  • When filling out the registration form, participant must specify the participant's status (professional architect; university, college or school student).

Competition jury

The jury consists of Russian and foreign experts in the field of architecture, members of creative unions, representatives of specialized organizations and universities:

Representatives of the PRC:

Lui Hongyi

Dean of the Faculty of Architecture of Zhengzhou University, Professor

Huang Jing

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Zhengzhou University, Professor

Go Ru

Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Henan University of Urban Construction

Lee Tingting

Head of the Department of Architectural Design, Henan University of Science and Technology

Han Lingfei

Professor at the Faculty of Architecture at Beijing Railway University, Foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences

Wang Zhaodong

Chairman of the Henan Society of Civil Engineers and Architects

Li Xiaodong

Associate Professor, Director of the Henan Li Jie Architectural Research Institute

Representatives of the RF:

Linov Vladimir K.

Honored Architect of Russia, Professor of the International Academy of Architecture (IAAM), Member of the European Association for Cooperation and Research in Urban Development (AEECAU), Member of the Board of the St Petersburg Union of Architects, Member of the Urban Planning Council of St Petersburg

Panchenko Tatyana A.

Professor at the Department of Architecture of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brest State Technical University (BSTU)

Vinnitsky Maksim V.

Professor of the Ural State University of Architecture and Arts (USUAA), PhD of Architecture, Associate Professor

Potseshkovskaya Irina V.

Head of the Department of Architecture at the Saint Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II

Khasanov Azamat

Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Tashkent University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (TAQU)

Spiridonov Ilya V.

Co-founder of the architectural bureau "Khvoya", teacher at the St Petersburg Academy of Arts named after Ilya Repin (St Petersburg)

Khairullina Albina T.

Associate Professor at the Department of Reconstruction, Restoration of Architectural Heritage and the Fundamentals of Architecture of the Institute of Architecture and Design of the Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (KSUACE)

Orlova-Sheiner Maria E.

Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture at theSt Petersburg Academy of Arts named after Ilya Repin

Kiseleva Olesya V.

Associate Professor at the Department of Architectural Design at the Institute of Architecture and Design of the Siberian Federal University (SFU)

Nemchenko Nikita M.

Neural network developer (AI engineer)

Регистрация участников конкурса «АрхКонцепция» / Registration form

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Градостроительство / Urban planning / 城市建设
Архитектура / Architecture / 建筑
Реставрация и реконструкция архитектурного наследия / Restoration and reconstruction of architectural heritage / 建筑遗产的修复与重建
Дизайн архитектурной среды / Architectural environment design / 建筑环境设计
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Дипломная работа / Diploma project
Курсовая работа / Term project
Концептуальное предложение / Conceptual project
Проектное предложение / Project proposal
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С помощью средств компьютерного моделирования и графики / Using computer modeling and graphics / 使用计算机建模与图形工具创作的作品
С использованием искусственного интеллекта (нейросети) / Using artificial intelligence (AI) / 应用人工智能(AI)技术的作品
В традиционной ручной графике / Traditional hand-drawn graphics / 传统的手绘图形
В форме архитектурных макетов и инсталляций / In the form of layouts and installations / 以建筑模型和装置形式展现的作品
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Профессиональный архитектор / Professional architect
Учащийся / Pupil
Студент / Student
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Contact person

The competition curator: Daria V. Boytsova, Associate Professor at the Department of Architectural Design

Organizing committee

Romanov Oleg S.

Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Honorary President of the St Petersburg Union of Architects

Surovenkov Andrey V.

Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Acting Dean of the SPbGASU Faculty of Architecture
Head of the Department of Architectural Design

Klepak Maya S.

Secretary of the Organizing Committee
Leading specialist of the ECPBL

Boytsova Daria V.

Deputy Dean for Educational Work of the Faculty of Architecture
Associate Professor of the Department of Architectural Design

Altunin Grigory V.

Assistant at the SPbGASU Department of History and Theory of Architecture

Minniev Ivan M.

Senior Lecturer at the SPbGASU Department of History and Theory of Architecture

Primak Anna A.

Chairman of the Student Council of the SPbGASU Faculty of Architecture
 

Competition archive