Future architects, designers and builders will present their projects to the experts of Metropolis in Nizhny Novgorod.

On March 6, Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering will host the first qualifying stage of the Student League The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship In the field of Architecture, Design, construction and Housing and communal services, 11 teams will present projects of a hotel and tourist complex developed on behalf of Metropolis, the initiator of the direction and a strategic partner of the championship.

A series of qualifying competitions in the field of Architecture, design, construction and housing and communal services will be held based on 17 universities and it will end with an open qualifying stage, which will be organized remotely.

The Metropolis company has set a serious task for future specialists: to develop a project for a hotel and tourist complex with an area of 13.59 hectares, located in the coastal zone of the river in a temperate climate. The decisions of the contestants should include a comprehensive concept for the construction of a new main building of a 4* hotel with 80 rooms and the development of an album of design solutions.

NNGASU occupies the third place in the ranking of universities participating in the architectural and construction field. Competitions for future architects, builders and designers have been held here since 2023, when Metropolis became the initiator of the CASE-IN direction and partner.

In the new season, 11 student teams will present projects at NGASU, and Metropolis experts and university teachers will evaluate the solutions. The strongest team will receive a ticket to the finals, where they will meet with participants from other universities and try to repeat or even surpass the success of their fellow countrymen. - bronze medalists of the XII season of the championship of the NNGASU BIM-Spirit team.

The champions and prize-winners of the Architecture, Design, Construction and Housing and Communal Services direction will receive benefits upon admission to the master's and postgraduate programs of CASE-IN partner universities, an invitation to an internship at Metropolis, during which the trainees who proved themselves will be able to be part of the Metropolis team, a leading company in the field of architectural and construction design in Russia..

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are Reliable Change Foundation, Non-profit partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders", LLC "AstraLogica" and The presidential platform "Russia — the land of opportunities". The championship is included in the "Science to Win" initiative of the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia.