"Architecture, design, construction and housing and communal services": winners of three qualifying stages have been determined

The initiator and strategic partner of the direction of the Student League "Architecture, design, construction and Housing and Communal Services" of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" is the company "Metropolis".

The championship is traditionally held with the support of the presidential platform "Russia is a land of opportunity". During this month, the company's experts have already evaluated the cases of participants from Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, South Ural State University and St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II.

On March 6, the first qualifying stage was held at the base Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, where the BIM-Spirit team became the winner and the first finalist. There was a tense struggle between the teams: the gap between first and second place was only 0.04 points.

On March 19 in Chelyabinsk at the base South Ural State University the remote qualifying stage has passed. For the first time, the university became a participant in the field of Architecture, Design, Construction and Housing and Communal Services, despite this, the teams presented decent solutions. The winner was the Ural Architectural Bureau team.

On March 20, he took over the baton of the qualifying stages. Mining University in St. Petersburg. The competitions were held in a face-to-face format, thanks to which the Metropolis experts had the opportunity to discuss the presented solutions of the participants after the defenses in a more informal setting.

"It was nice to see smart, enthusiastic, ambitious guys who were able to prepare worthy projects in a short time. It was also interesting to chat with the participants after the performances: express your thoughts about the work done, share your experience and find out their impressions of the championship. CASE IN is a great opportunity for talented students to apply their knowledge in teamwork and expand their boundaries in the field of design.", " She told me Alina Sitova, the chief specialist of the Kyrgyz Republic of the Metropolis company.

Ekaterina Velichko, chief architect of the Metropolis project, noted that the Championship provides an opportunity to establish communication with the teaching staff of educational institutions.: "It was a pleasure to talk with initiative, ambitious and interested students who spared no time and presented their thoughtful projects in such a short time. I was also curious to talk to their teachers and find out how they see the further development of the Architectural Faculty's educational programs."

In turn, Kirill Pivovarov, the head of the OViCV group of the Metropolis company, drew attention to the quality of project development within the allotted time: "I was most impressed by the time it took the students to prepare (only 2 weeks!) against this background, the project of the Ampersand team (winners of the qualifying stage in Gorny – editor's note) was especially bright considering their debut in the CASE-IN."

It should be recalled that the participants are invited to develop a project for a typical universal multifunctional complex that can be built in any locality in Russia with minimal changes. The complex with an area of no more than 10,000 sq. m. in 3 floors (including one underground floor with parking) should provide various facilities, for example, office spaces, a food court, a cafe, a fitness center, a SPA, a children's club, a bank, etc.

The next qualifying stage will be held April 3 on the base Sevastopol State University where the jury members will evaluate the work of seven teams.

Ten universities will participate in the open qualifying stage on April 12.:

1. Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "NRU "MEI" in Smolensk
2. Samara State Technical University
3. Astrakhan State Technical University
4. National Research Technological University MISIS
5. Astrakhan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
6. Saratov State Technical University named after Yuri Gagarin
7. National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering
8. Penza State University of Architecture and Construction
9. Pacific State University
10. Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering.

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