Metropolis: the selection stages among future architects, designers and builders have been completed

Metropolis held the final qualifying stage on the basis of the Belarusian-Russian University in an online format and thus completed the qualifying competitions within the framework of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. Now May 29th The final is waiting for the participants in Moscow. In the meantime, we are sharing the interim results of the current season and telling you how the cooperation between Metropolis and CASE-IN developed.

Metropolis is a strategic partner of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship, which is supported by the Presidential Platform. "Russia is a land of opportunity". On the initiative of Metropolis, a competition of future architects, designers, designers and engineers is being held for the second year in a row. Students of specialized universities from different regions of the country have the opportunity to demonstrate their professionalism and start a career in the company. Metropolis, in turn, evaluates the decisions of talented guys, and includes the most promising of them in the personnel reserve or invites them to the team.

In 2023, on the initiative of Metropolis, a Special league "Architecture, Design and Construction" was organized for the first time, and this season the competition expanded its boundaries: in 2024, the direction "Architecture, Design, Construction and Housing and Communal Services" was launched as part of the Student League of the championship and was supported by the Ministry of Construction of Russia.

The first participants of the Metropolis competition in 2023 were 412 students from 7 universities Who had to develop comprehensive concepts for a four-star hotel in Kaliningrad with at least 200 rooms and a total area of no more than 12,000 square meters. m. As part of the overall final of the XI season of the CASE-IN championship in Moscow 10 student teams The experts from St. Petersburg, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod presented their final solutions to the expert community.

This season, the participants were asked 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 (taking into account one underground floor with parking) should provide various premises, for example, office spaces, a food court, a cafe, a fitness center, a SPA, a children's club, a bank, etc. Student teams needed to take into account the principles of lean manufacturing and the modern level of architectural technologies when designing- construction design.

During the qualifying stages, more than 360 students, united in 85 teams from 25 universities Russia and Belarus were solving a case on the main theme of the XII season of the CASE-IN championship "Lean Manufacturing". In 2024, the geography of the destination expanded to 2 countries and 19 cities at the start of the project in 2023, the direction covered 4 cities of Russia.

Following the results of the qualifying stages, the finals were 12 student teams from 9 universities. The first place, according to the point rating, is occupied by the Ampersand team (St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II). This team from the northern capital is participating in the "CASE-IN" for the first time, so the guys didn't even think about reaching the finals.

"Our main goal is to give our best and gain as much practical knowledge as possible. In the final, we want to gain valuable experience and gain the skills that will allow us to build a successful career."- her captain told about the team 's plans Andrey Shtykhin.

Another St. Petersburg finalists, but this time from the St. Petersburg University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, explain their success not only by a well-executed technical task, but also by the idea itself.

"According to the terms of reference, it was necessary to develop a universal multifunctional complex for different regions of Russia. Accordingly, we needed to discover a factor that unites our large country. In the course of the study, we found out that such a factor is a rather cold climate. In addition, almost the entire territory is rich in greenery. This is how the idea arose to create an oasis among the urban environment – a winter garden as a powerful point of attraction with recreation areas and developing playgrounds. We share the victory with our mentor-practitioner, we will definitely take into account the recommendations of experts and improve our project for the next stage of the championship.", – shared Anastasia Dyadyurina, captain and architect of the team "Dyadyurina and Partners", graduate student of the Faculty of Architecture.

Another CASE-IN debutants is the Ural Architectural Bureau team from South Ural State University. The students said that they faced a difficult task that needed to be solved in a fairly limited amount of time.:

"Our intermediate success was helped by the knowledge and accumulated experience of real work in the field of construction and BIM, as well as the coordinated actions of team members and effective interaction. At the finals, we want to learn even more about the construction business and gain important practical knowledge.", – said the captain of the team Nikita Nikitin.

The finalists from Sevastopol State University, united in the Morearchi team, were able to improve their cross-functional interaction skills and adopt each other's best qualities at the championship, and learned how to work with neural networks and various programs.

"When developing our project, we adhered to the "Bionics" style, since the bionic component is in short supply in the architecture market, the unusual form of the solution creates a sense of novelty, and the multifunctionality of the complex creates development plots. We believe that the jury members noted our decision, because it was unique, and we ourselves showed confidence in defending it."- shared the captain of the team Anastasia Bemm.

In order to succeed in the future, the guys believe, it is necessary to progressively develop and not be afraid to leave the comfort zone, as well as comprehensively master the profession of an engineer. Perhaps that's what led to it. 12 teams from 9 universities to the final "CASE-IN":

1. St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II
2. St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
3. Astrakhan State Technical University
4. Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
5. NRU South Ural State University
6. Saratov State Technical University named after Yuri Gagarin
7. Sevastopol State University
8. Kaliningrad State Technical University
9. Belarusian-Russian University.

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