14 teams of future architects, designers and engineers apply to participate in the final of the CASE-IN championship

14 student design teams became the winners of the qualifying stages of the Architecture, Design, Construction and Housing and Communal Services program of the XIII season of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, one of the organizers of which is the presidential platform "Russia - the land of Opportunities".

The initiator of the creation of the direction in 2023 was the Metropolis company, one of the leaders in architectural and construction design in Russia. At the competition, students learn how to solve real production problems and interact in cross-functional teams, as well as acquire the professional skills necessary to work in the construction industry, architecture and design.

The CASE-IN Championship in 2025 is dedicated to the theme "Technological Innovation". The company's experts suggested that students of 18 universities participating in the qualifying stage develop general spatial planning solutions for a hotel and tourist complex in the coastal zone of a temperate river climate zone with an area of 13.59 hectares. In a couple of weeks, the contestants had to come up with a comprehensive concept for the construction of a new 4-star hotel main building with 80 rooms and develop an album of design solutions.

The company's experts advised the project teams on the progress of the assignment, and then evaluated their final decisions on defense.

14 student teams were recognized as the winners of the qualifying stages at the universities.:

• archi.prospect team, Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering;
• C-Key team, St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering;
• zames de betono team, St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II;
• The Five Faces Team, Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Sibstrin);
• Polaris team, Samara State Technical University;
• LINE team, Saratov State Technical University named after Yuri Gagarin.;
• SConstruction Team, Sevastopol State University;
• Vector Team, Don State Technical University;
• 3+1 team Kaliningrad State Technical University;
• The team "Under construction", Penza State University of Architecture and Construction;
• Synergy of Innovations Team, National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering;
• Overlap vision team, Perm National Research Polytechnic University;
• Monolith team, Moscow Polytechnic University;
• The Concept team, Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering.

Now it's up to the general expert commission, consisting of representatives of Metropolis, which will determine the passing score for participation in the finals. The teams corresponding to him will travel to Moscow at the end of May 2025 for the decisive competition of the season.

In the final, students will talk about their developments to the industry community, exchange ideas with the best participants of the CASE-IN championship, and will also be able to establish professional contacts and establish themselves as one of the largest architectural and construction design companies.

The award for the champions and prize-winners of the Architecture, Design, Construction and Housing and Communal Services direction will be invitations to paid internships at the Metropolis company with the possibility of further employment.

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