41 articles in this issue
Elena Grigoryeva
Are there many words combining both space and time? A quarter is one of such rare words: it means both a part of the city space and a period of the year. A regular city has parts bordered by four streets. For example, Chita is a city with an absolutely or... see more
Anna Grigoryeva
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Inessa Brazhnikova
The results of the XXIII International Festival Zodchestvo are presented. The exposition on the theme of the Festival “New industries. Positive practice of urban development” proposed solutions to such urgent problems as revitalization of Russian&nbs... see more
Anna Gor, Grigor Aikazyan
The article observes the peculiarities of the realized restoration of the Nizhegorodsky Kremlin Armory, a cultural heritage site of federal significance. The restoration concept was based on the principles of scientificity and authenticity. Its purpo... see more
Nikita Tokarev
The exhibition of the Architectural School MARCH at the Festival ‘Zodchestvo 2015’ was devoted to the role of research in architectural education. Taking as an example the MARCH Master’s programme, the article features research, criticism and discussions ... see more
Eduard Tovmasyan
The article presents results of the review competition of children’s architectural and artistic creation of the XXIII International Festival “Zodchestvo”. The competition was initiated by Inga Abaeva, the head of “Start”, one of the most advanced chi... see more
Tatyana Danilova
The article reviews the contest «Street furniture. Street design», which was held this summer by manufacturing company «PalpNord», International research laboratory of study and design of the urban environment «Urban Planning School» and the Union of Arch... see more
The article presents the results of the International Closed Competition for an educational institution in a new format – the “Smart School” Complex in Irkutsk. The winner of the competition, CEBRA Company (Denmark), proposed an architectural concept for ... see more
Darya Kulesh
The results of the first architectural plain-air Home Fest held from the 3rd to the 6th of September at the resort “The Warm Lakes on the Snezhnaya” (Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk region) are presented. The Festival was aimed at drawing attention to ... see more
Olga Zheleznyak
The article presents the results of participation of the Design Department of Irkutsk National Research Technical University in the XXIVth International Review Competition of Graduation Works on Architecture and Design 2015 and in the Inter... see more
Olga Zheleznyak, Irina Shestopalova, Mirya Korelina
Andrei Lyapin
Elena Grigoryeva, Valentina Kazakova
Marina Tkacheva
Stanislav Grigoriev is one of the actively practicing architects of the 1960sgeneration. His biography and creative career, professional principles and the mostfamous realizations are presented.
The article tells about the master of Irkutsk architecture, S. M. Grigoriev’s collaborative work with young architects in the late 1970s – early 1980s, his tutorial activity and his creative credo.
Konstantin Lidin
In everyday life quarters are often perceived as urban fragments divided according to peculiarities of the lifestyle (urbanship). Every variation of urbanship has a corresponding conception of happiness. Thus, only urbanistic decisions on a quarter scale ... see more
Alexander Rappaport
The article features the meaning of the category “happiness” applied in the architectural theory. The author suggests a connection between a new explication of “happiness” in architecture and the categories “own place”, “close human relations” and “person... see more
Marat Nevlyutov
Contemporary urban concept asserts the need to create spaces for man. However, the idea of a "man" transformed radically from the moment of its appearance. The book by the famous Danish architect and consultant in urban design Jan Gehl, "Cities for people... see more
Elena Bagina
Social ideas of the 20th century, that had an impact on town-planning concepts, have lost their relevance. We have inherited huge urban territories built up in the form of microdistricts, which do not currently correspond to the idea of safe and decent li... see more
Alexei Kozmin
The project director Alexei Kozmin speaks about the key principals that were used in the project for the territory in the historical center of Irkutsk: multifunctionality, harmony with man, permeability, careful attitude to history, etc.
Sergey Mayarenkov
Interview with a member of the Expert Council of the Siberian Laboratory of Urbanistics: Sergei Martynov
The article reveals a linear concentration of the trading function in the historical center of Irkutsk. It features historical prerequisites and continuation of the tradition in the post-Soviet period, given the conversion of plants and factories. The art... see more
The article presents the key issues of the Concept of reconstruction of the 11 Irkutsk’s quarters adjacent to the Trading Axis. While remaining basic, the trading function should reduce its overwhelming domination to be in harmony with other functions of ... see more
Mikhail Rozhansky
The article reviews and analyses the concepts of toponymy, basing on the exchange of ideas between the members of the Toponymy Council and the Editorial Board of the journal. The names of the new urban entities of Irkutsk are proposed.
The author thinks that any discussion on the historical restoration of toponyms in Irkutsk is unpromising and offers to treat toponyms as a resource for vitalizing the city space. This could be a priority approach to the problems of city toponymy.
Alexander Snarsky
The article analyzes the discussion on restoration of historical names of public spaces in Irkutsk. It also reviews different approaches to the problem that appeared in the historical science and publicism. The author says about the necessity of a strictl... see more
Alexei Chertilov
The article tells about the poor condition of valuable old wooden housing in the central part of the historical settlement, the city of Irkutsk. The major part of this historical and cultural genetic pool has been ruthlessly demolished for reasons of pred... see more
The author of the article makes the case for establishing a museum of wooden architecture on the basis of one or several historical quarters in Irkutsk.
Kozma Kvartalov
Several years ago a promenade appeared on the map of Irkutsk (or, rather, the 130 Quarter turned into a promenade). An atmosphere of friendly interest was created in the quarter. It started to attract myths and legends typical of the old Irkutsk. The mode... see more
The existence of the 130 Quarter is viewed in the light of the tendencies and processes of the city life. The multifunctionality and architectural image of the territory serve as the basis for its attractiveness. These features are opposed to possible qua... see more
Maria Khaustova
The article analyzes the content and the results of the City Community Forum in Irkutsk. It describes the theoretical approaches to the activity of city communities, their principles, success factors and quality characteristics of the basic measures for p... see more
Arina Sharavina
The article describes the first plans of Chita, which served as the basis for the city development. It presents contribution to the city history made by the Decembrist Dmiry Zavalishin’s, who was the first author of the city development plan. Peculiaritie... see more
Ilya Lezhava
Taking as an example several works by Le Corbusier, the article reveals and analyses the principles of the spatial combinatorial theory used by the French master of modern architecture when creating an architectural form to evoke a strong emotional experi... see more
Barbara Engel, Christian Horn, Arina Sender, Volker Ziegler, Nikolas Rogge
Together with ITMO University of St. Petersburg, the National Superior School of Architecture of Strasbourg (ENSAS) and the Faculty of Architecture of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) set up a Collaborative Urban Design Studio on the transforma... see more
Victor Kuzevanov, Hajime Matsushima, Takuhiro Yamada, Svetlana Sizykh, Alexey Ponomarev
This article, through words and pictures, tells the story of how and why a small piece of Japanese cultural heritage – a genuine Japanese garden – was established in the heart of Asia in Irkutsk through a partnership between two sister-universities and a ... see more
Glass highrises have blown up the inner structure of historical centers in big cities and begin to radically influence on the existing urban structure. Today cities experience a new construction boom, which can be called a ‘glass revolution’. Here differe... see more
Olga Uspenskaya
The article is about a bright representative of the Siberian Modern, Leonid Alexandrovich Chernyshev, who made a great contribution to the development of Krasnoyarsk city architecture. On the initiative of the Board of the Krasnoyarsk regional organizatio... see more
The article is devoted to the Temple of Dormition of the Mother of God in Kalinino village (Nerchinsky District, Zabaikalsky Krai), the oldest stone building from Lake Baikal to the Pacific Ocean. The author questions the decision relating to conservation... see more