International workshop ‘Moscow 2050’ started in Shukhov Lab

On October 21, the chief architect of Moscow Sergey Kuznetsov and the head of Shukhov Lab Vicente Guallart, delivered the introductory lecture of the ‘Moscow 2050’ workshop in the laboratory. Within two weeks the selected participants of the workshop together with students of the Master's programme ‘Prototyping future cities’, will develop a vision of Moscow 2050 for the pavilion at the Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2019 in Shenzhen.

Participants, together with students, were divided into into research blocks: re-naturalisation and biodiversity, local food, energy & water self-sufficiency, green materials, smart transport, urban big data, cultural inclusion, social inclusion: kids and eldery. Within each topic they will develop concepts, animation and 3D modeling, diagrams and maps, collages, photos and videos. During the study, students will answer a number of questions: what determines Moscow today and how to transform it in the future? What are the main challenges and opportunities Moscow will face by 2050? What strategies and tools can be used to transform the city?

Team

17 participants were selected out of 60 applications by experted jury.

Name	Education
Elizaveta Abdullaeva	Architecture of residential and public buildings, MARCHI
Abhishek Basawarai Patil	Population and Development, HSE
Maria Antonova	Architecture, MARCHI
Danila Garkin	Architecture, MARCHI
Natalia Gushchina	Architecture, MARCHI
Artyom Dedkov	Architecture, MARCHI
Andrey Zhileikin	Public administration, MGIMO
Evgeny Zaitsev	Architecture, MARCHI
Natalia Kalinina	Architecture, MARCHI
Sergey Konchekov	Urban Planning, MARCHI
Daria Novikova	Architecture, MARCHI
Gayane Patvakanyan	Architecture, MARCHI
Sergey Pchelkin	Urban Planning, MARCHI
Eleanor Sorokina	Architecture, Voronezh State Technical University
Ekaterina Filippova	Urban Planning, MARCHI
Daria Fontana	Sociology, HSE
Anastasia Shkarupa	Urban Planning, MARCHI

Organizers

The workshop is launched by the international laboratory for experimental urban design Shukhov Lab of the HSE University together with the Moscow City Architecture and Urban Planning Committee. The Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2019 in Shenzhen is the largest exhibition in Asia dedicated to the urban challenges of our time. In 2019, the event is dedicated to the theme ‘Urban space + technological innovation’.

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