The winners of the qualifying stage from SevSU are preparing for the finals of the CASE-IN championship

Sevastopol State University has determined the winners of the qualifying stage of the Student League of the XIII International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. Six teams of students from the Institute of Urban Development presented solutions for the design of a hotel complex, competing for the right to enter the finals of a prestigious engineering competition.

30 students of the Institute of Urban Development, united in six teams, took part in the university stage of the championship. They faced an ambitious task: to develop detailed spatial planning solutions for a modern hotel complex, which was to be located in the coastal zone of the river in a temperate climate. The participants presented comprehensive projects, demonstrating not only engineering calculations, but also a creative approach to creating a comfortable and functional environment.

The event was supported by the general partner of the championship, Metropolis Group, one of the leaders in the field of civil engineering design. The works of the students were evaluated and the best were determined by reputable experts – representatives of the Sevastopol branch of the company: Olga Tome, head, Artur Shimansky, lead architect, Dmitry Ivanov, lead engineer, and Alexander Kanatov, head of the OViKV group.

According to Victoria Lipka, Associate Professor of the Department of Construction and Land Management at the SevSU Institute of Urban Development, who also mentored one of the teams, the level of competition is growing every year.

"It was the hardest teamwork on the case project provided by the organizers. All participants of last year's CASE-IN noted that the complexity of the task has increased significantly this year, and the jury evaluated it according to more detailed and specific criteria.", – said Victoria Lipka.

Following the results of the project defense and according to the organizers' protocol, the first place was awarded by the jury to the SConstruction team under the guidance of mentor Victoria Lipka. The University will be represented in the finals by students Miroslava Balayeva, Anastasia Sidor, Alexandra Petranovskaya, Daria Korsak and team captain Daria Klyueva.

The captain of the winning team, Daria Klyueva, a student at the Institute of Urban Development, shared the key ideas of their project.: "When designing and zoning the site, we relied on the layouts of existing parks in Crimea and Russia and our experience. The concept of the recreation center being developed is “closer to nature”, so each building is made of brown, beige and white brick masonry, which goes well with the forest landscape. Also, the rounded shapes of buildings with glazing create a reflection of the surrounding nature, and in the interior they serve as a "panorama of nature."

The second place in the hard-fought competition was taken by the Rostwerk team, mentored by Ekaterina Preobrazhenskaya. The third place went to the team "Indestructible railway" under the leadership of Associate Professor Dmitry Revenko.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is a large–scale team competition for engineering students from universities in Russia and the CIS countries. Its main goal is to identify and support promising young people, assist in acquiring practical knowledge and new competencies, as well as build a talent pool for key sectors of the economy.

The theme of the current season of the championship is "Technological innovations". It directly reflects the objectives of the Strategy of Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The strategy provides for the rapid development of fundamentally new scientific and technological solutions that play a key role in ensuring the competitiveness and development of the Russian economy.  

The winners of the qualifying stage, the SConstruction team, will now prepare for the finals of the Student League of the CASE–IN Championship, which will be held in Moscow.

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