40 articles in this issue
Elena Grigoryeva
The term ‘conversion’ (from Latin ‘conversio’ – change, transformation) is used in different fields: economics, industry, marketing, finance, psychology and even linguistics. If, for example, in defense industry this word is now not as topical as in the p... see more
Anna Grigorieva
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Oleg Badula
Artem Novikov
Elena Zhizhchenko
The article tells about the competition for the design for repair of the Palace of Wedding in Irkutsk and its realization. It touches upon the participation of the author and the architect in designing the repairs and the necessity of the designer's super... see more
Natalia Remizova
The article features the basic creative principles and the history of the Children’s Architecture and Design Center “Piramida”. It reviews educational techniques, events and projects of the Center. The article points out the significance of the principle ... see more
Leonid Glebko
Konstantin Lidin
The term ‘conversion’ is used in different fields of science and practice. It commonly means rethinking, renewing of the meaning of something. The emotional content is regarded as a basic meaning of architectural works. The article shows the connection be... see more
Marina Tkacheva
The discussion touches upon conversion processes in the dynamics of city life. The participants consider the problems of conversion of Irkutsk’s industrial enterprises, their random or natural character. They give reasons for their opinions on the changes... see more
Andrei Ivanov
The article tells the story of construction of the fortress and the city of Alexanropol, and of reconstruction of the Black Fort. It features the uniqueness of the conditions of existence and reconstruction with the elements of restoration of the Russian ... see more
Andrei Lyapin
The process of conversion of Chattanooga, Tennessee is viewed in the context of restructuring of economies of the developed countries. The traditional economy has caused the growth of social tension. The city management could not formulate the approaches ... see more
Leonid Salmin
The article touches upon semiological aspects of the city visual representation, its historical and current cultural and semantic determinants. Through the example of Moscow, it studies the phenomenon of reproduction of the medieval image of an invisible ... see more
How everything is changing! What once was birdNow lies a page of words;Thought was once a simple bloom; on bull’s slow feetA march did poems beat.And what was me anew, perhaps, has flourished,And leaves the plant world nourished.N. Zabolotsky, Metamorphos... see more
Svetlana Makotina
The article analyses reconstruction of industrial facilities and modernization of industrial sites. It presents the aims, goals, methods, techniques and directions of adaptation of the post-industrial territories to the present-day city. The article studi... see more
Alexander Dering, Ivan Bykov
The article presents a renovation project for the territory of the former silver smelting works (match factory) in Barnaul. The history of the works is given together with the proposed concept of the museum and exhibition complex as an integral part of th... see more
Valentina Kazakova
The article covers the history of formation of industrial areas in the urban fabric, from foundation of Irkutsk to the present time. It reviews the key factors that defined allocation of enterprises in certain areas, as well as the influence of the produc... see more
Polina Zaslavskaya
The article features the processes of renovation of the former industrial facilities on the territory of Irkutsk. It provides the examples of conversion of industrial zones in different European cities and in Moscow, as well as the examples of transformat... see more
Anna Kantakova
The theme of the session of Baikal Winter University of Town Planning Design was conversion of Zaton, a district in the center of Irkutsk, which has changed its meanings several times during its long history. Fatefully cut off from the mainland by Transsi... see more
Valeriia Nuianzina, Alexandra Kostrubova
The article features the methodology of the International Baikal Winter University of Urban Planning Design, the topics and the teams that participated in the 19th session. The article describes the site, the technical assignment and the work of the teams... see more
Barabara Engel
(Re)development of Brownfields is nowadays a challenging task for growing cities since they represent valuable resources for their future development – such as in Irkutsk. Therefore the development of peninsula Zaton is a responsible issue not only concer... see more
Lyubov Makogon, Roman Selivanov
The article presents projects worked out in different years by architectural students under the supervision of the architects Lyubov Nikolaevna Makogon and Roman Alexandrovich Selivanov, assistant professors of the Department of Architectural Design of In... see more
In the section “European-style conversion” there are two almost detective stories about transformation of prison castles into a new urban quarter (Germany) and a garden (Great Britain). The renovated German quarter was seamlessly integrated into the struc... see more
Svetlana Seredenkina
This is a story of a new urban quarter that appeared on the site of the former prison in the center of the city. The quarter is a part of the structure of the historical core of the Empire city. The new city quarter became more significant due to the educ... see more
Olga Smirnova
The article presents the history and evolution of the gardens of Sissinghurst Castle. It features the owners of the castle and the styles of some fragments of the garden.
Christian Horn
Brownfield regeneration is one of today's major challenges for city development in the developed countries. The decline of the industrial areas in Europe started after 1950 and the first organized regeneration processes from 1970 onwards. This gives us to... see more
Sergey Kiselev
The article reviews reorganization of the territory of the Silk-Weaving Factory “Red Rose” in Moscow’s Khamovnichesky district. It presents the concept for transformation of an unprofitable Soviet enterprise into a multifunctional business center. It stud... see more
Igor Schwarzman
Inna Bocharova
The materials selected for the “Conversion of the Profession” section are tinged with worry: historians and theorists of architecture speculate on the change in the sense and the content of the notion of a professional architect.Unlike theorists, Russian ... see more
Alexander Rappaport
The author questions the generally accepted definition of architecture as a profession, because the genuine subject of architecture has not been defined yet. The article underlines the systemless selection of subjects studied at architectural schools and ... see more
An architect is an anthropological issue, because we don’t know what architecture is and whether a human being is able to create it. Inferiority of existence of architecture as a profession always leads architects, on the one hand, to delusion of grandeur... see more
Petr Kapustin
In the diversity of meanings of the word ‘conversion’ one can notice new horizons of transformation of the activity, including architectural and design activity. To do this, it is necessary to clear the word of additional meanings and to comprehend its de... see more
Alexei Myakota
The article analyses the experience of creating an image of the Yenisei embankment in Divnogorsk. The article points out the necessity of a dialogue between architects and various groups of inhabitants differentiated by age, mentality and fields of activi... see more
Anastasia Repina
The article reviews public discussion of the projects for public spaces in four districts of Irkutsk. The key aspects of the project “Formation of a comfortable urban realm” are presented. The article also features the peculiarities of the public discussi... see more
Eduard Tovmasyan
The article presents the history of design institutions in the Soviet Union and Russia, their significance and areas of activity. It analyses the current condition of town planning and urban development, as well as principles of management of design insti... see more
Victor Logvinov
The article observes the principle of using natural forms and shows the history of occurrence and the modern condition of the ideas and techniques based on using regularities of building natural forms in architecture. The article analyses the basic concep... see more
Andrei Bolshakov, Ekaterina Galeeva