To master the profession of dreams: students of St. Petersburg universities design a hotel in Kaliningrad

St. Petersburg students — architects, designers and engineers — create a hotel project in Kaliningrad during the competition The Special League "Architecture, Design and Construction" under the auspices of The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", incoming in the Russia – the Land of Opportunities platform. Future specialists of the architectural and construction industry from Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow are also participating in the competition.

Partner of the Special League "Architecture, Design and Construction" The company is performing "Metropolis" — the leader of architectural and construction design in Of Russia.

"We strive to ensure that our important and interesting work attracts more talented people, and they are proud of their profession., — explains the CEO of the Metropolis company Alexander Vorozhbitov, — A special league will help students to put their professional and personal skills into practice, create a strong project and present it to the company's experts. For us, this is an opportunity to strengthen the team with young professionals with a fresh mind, offering innovative solutions and ready to implement them."

Based on the technical specifications, the participants of the competition are designing a four-star hotel in Kaliningrad with a room stock of at least 200 units and a total area of no more than 12,000 square meters. m.

"The Russian tourism industry is now in critical need of building hotels in the middle price segment, so our case is meets real market demands- says the chief project engineer of the Metropolis company Shahban Kurbanov, — We formulated the assignment in such a way that it would be useful and interesting for students to work: it would be a feasible task in the allotted time, but at the same time it would allow them to learn new things. The contestants will need to develop architectural and design solutions for the facility and the composition of engineering systems."

In accordance with the assignment, the students formed real project teams: 6-8 people joined together, selected the chief engineer of the project (GIP) and assigned the roles of architect, designer, engineering specialists and BIM coordinator. Thus, the working conditions are as close as possible to the real ones, and each team develops solutions for different sections of the design. Mentors, experts from the Metropolis company and university professors help the teams to cope with the task.

The competitions are held among students of key fields for the industry who study at universities in Kazan, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg. In St. Petersburg, the core of the participants are students of St. Petersburg University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, joined by teams from St. Petersburg Mining University and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

Ksenia Klepova, a graduate of St. Petersburg State University of Economics and a design engineer for water supply, sewerage and fire extinguishing systems, who works at the Metropolis office in St. Petersburg, shares her inspiration and professional recommendations with the participants of the Special League.

"The skills acquired during university studies are the most important for the workflow — the ability to communicate with different people, the ability to search and find what you need in a large amount of information, — says Ksenia, — And in my opinion, the most interesting and important thing about the work is an unconventional solution to issues that arise when working on complex tasks and a new look at the work process to improve results."

In St. Petersburg, the special league "Architecture, Design and Construction" brought together 22 teams from 3 universities.

SPbGASU is the leader among universities: 12 youth teams are working on the Kaliningrad hotel project.

Maria Sobko The captain of the SPbGASU "Case2case" team says that she wanted to try herself as the chief project engineer (GIP) of her team and learn how to plan the work of engineers most efficiently and build project development processes.

"When solving the case, we tried to make our building comfortable for everyone.: for hotel visitors, including those with disabilities, for residents of Kaliningrad, as well as for the environment. Our project involves a large amount of natural lighting, whitewashing of facades and roofs", — explains the future architect.

Captain of the SPbGASU "Digital Builder" team Fyodor Shohirev I would like to contribute to the creation of facilities that meet modern trends and provide comfort and convenience for residents of St. Petersburg.

"Many of the existing buildings in St. Petersburg are in need of renovation, and there is also a need to create new facilities that meet modern standards of comfort and convenience. These can be, for example, smart homes equipped with innovative technologies, buildings with unique architectural solutions, as well as facilities that combine functionality and environmental orientation., — says Fyodor, — In addition, I would like to create facilities that would become new sights and symbols of the city, attracting the attention of tourists and contributing to its development and promotion."

Saint Petersburg Mining University sent 9 teams to the competition, among them the Creative Association team. Team Captain Alina Okuneva He believes that a modern specialist working in the architectural and construction design industry should be responsible, creative, attentive, persistent, mentally strong and stress-resistant. 

"I would like to design the temple architecture and cultural objects in St. Petersburg and reflect the present in the architecture, while preserving the historical part of the city", — Alina comments.

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University is represented by the BROIZ team, experienced participants in other areas of the CASE—IN championship.

"The case is as close as possible to the real conditions and creates the feeling of working on a specific object. We are attracted by the opportunity to work with a reputable company, get advice from practitioners and create a really cool project., — the captain comments Ekaterina Zorina, — most of the team is studying in the field of "Construction of unique buildings and structures," so in the future we will surprise residents of different cities with high-rise buildings with fascinating architecture and equally fascinating designs."

Future specialists will have 2 qualifying stages: at the first stage they defend the conceptual solutions of their projects, at the second stage they present the results of the design of the facility. The teams ranked in the top ten will present their finalized projects in the finals.

The final of the Special League "Architecture, Design and Construction" It will be held on June 1, 2023 in Moscow at the site of the XI International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN".

The winning and prize—winning teams of the Special League will receive cash prizes from 100,000 to 300,000 rubles. The main award will be an invitation to complete an internship at Metropolis immediately after the finals, followed by a job opportunity.

The organizers of the Special League are confident that the competitions will help strengthen the architectural and construction design industry of the participating regions and the whole country.

"We are glad to join the community "CASE-IN" future architects, designers, and design engineers have joined- the founder and co—chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN championship comments Artem Korolev, — oveI am confident that the authors of the best projects of the Special League will soon join the ranks of industry professionals."

The organizers of the Special League "Architecture, Design and Construction" The Reliable Change Foundation and the organizing committee of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship are speaking.