Published on: 2026-10-20
Source: Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering –
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The XXXV International Review-Competition of the Best Graduation Qualification Works in Architecture, Design and Art has concluded in Kazan. It was held at the Institute of Design and Spatial Arts of Kazan Federal University.
The competition received submissions from young professionals from 47 Russian specialized universities, as well as from abroad (Armenia, Brazil, China, Malaysia, and Uzbekistan). In total, the expert committee evaluated over 600 thesis works at the levels of “bachelor’s degree,” “specialist degree,” and “master’s degree.”
The Department of Architectural Environment Design (DAS) of the Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering participated in the categories “Urban Environment Design” (bachelor’s and master’s programs) and “Landscape Architecture.”
All diploma theses presented by the students of the department were awarded the highest honors – first-degree diplomas. In addition, our students received a number of additional awards.
The topics of bachelor’s theses are diverse. Some of them were proposed by the administrations of St. Petersburg and other regions. They are united by one thing – the author’s vision, the uniqueness of project proposals, and a high level of graphic execution in the traditions of the SPbGASU school. The works of the DAS department are distinguished by the substantive project part, based on in-depth pre-project research.
Thesis Adelya Akhmetzyanova “Renovation of the barracks of the Novocherkassk regiment and adjacent territories” (leaders – senior lecturer Maria Panteleeva and associate professor Denis Romanov) is dedicated to the development of an architectural concept for adapting the barracks complex of the Novocherkassk regiment in St. Petersburg into a multifunctional public center with a recreational area along the Okhta River. The key architectural solution of the project is a metastructure – a new volume in the inner courtyard between the four historic buildings. The work has been awarded additional honors: a diploma from the Interregional Public Organization ‘National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites,’ a diploma from the Sverdlovsk regional branch of the Union of Designers of Russia, and a certificate from the National Association of Surveyors and Designers (NOPRIZ).
In the thesis Darya Pakhomova “The theatrical cluster on Grebnevskie Peski Island in Nizhny Novgorod” (heads – associate professor Konstantin Kolodin and senior lecturer Anna Vasilieva) the island’s territory is considered a stage without walls and curtains, with the entire island serving as the scene, its landscape as the decor, and the main actor being the person. The work became an ornament of the exhibition and received a large number of additional awards: a diploma from the International Association of the Union of Designers, a diploma from the Tambov regional organization of the Union of Architects of Russia, the Lazar Khidekel Prize, and a diploma from the Yakov Chernikhov International Foundation.
Thesis Vera Vykhodets “The concept of revitalizing Buffer Park in the city of Pushkin” (leaders – senior lecturer Vasily Gomozo and senior lecturer Elena Zavyalova) on the topic proposed by the Government of Saint Petersburg, dedicated to the landscape theme of organizing park space. The main idea of the project is the creation of a field-park.
Master’s theses of the DAS department address topics of coastal area rehabilitation, the development of small towns and settlements, and the revitalization of industrial heritage. Competition experts noted the relevance of the proposed works, the high level of scientific novelty, and the structured presentation.
In progress Inessa Bagmet “Comprehensive Transformation of the Urban Environment for the Sustainable Development of Gatchina” (leader – Candidate of Architecture, Associate Professor Pavel Loshakov) a strategy is being developed for the creation of functional public spaces in Gatchina, which will become a driver for further urban development.
Thesis Ekaterina Shumanskaya “Features of the transformation of sanatorium-resort facilities in the Leningrad Region into centers for medical and psychological rehabilitation” (leader – associate professor Denis Romanov) is dedicated to identifying features and creating a project model of medical-psychological rehabilitation centers at the Zhivoy Ruchey holiday base in the Luzhsky district of the Leningrad region.
Anastasia Glushkova dedicated her diploma “Features of the Revitalization of Flour Mills on the Example of the ‘Nevskaya Mill’ in St. Petersburg” to the development of a structural-semantic model “Grain-Personality” (supervisor – Candidate of Architecture, Associate Professor Milena Zolotaryova), interpreting the technological cycle of grain processing into a functional zoning of the complex and a scenario of the visitor’s personal transformation.
The most notable was the master’s thesis Anastasia Kiryanova “Methods of forming river infrastructure on the example of the Upper Volga” (supervisor – associate professor Svetlana Bochkaryova), awarded a diploma by Don State University and dedicated to the creation of a unified design code for berthing facilities and coastal areas of the Upper Volga cities; graduation project Valeria Shumailova “Principles of revitalizing former industrial areas using the example of the Alekseevsky sugar factory in the city of Shebekino” (supervisor – associate professor Jan Korzempo), awarded a diploma from the Saratov regional branch of the Union of Designers of Russia and a diploma from the Interregional Public Organization ‘National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites.’
Master’s thesis Ivan Petrov “Principles of forming recreational areas in the regions of the Far North using the example of Nizhnevartovsk” (supervisor – Candidate of Architecture, Associate Professor Maria Granstrem), where the project proposal is based on a system of four interconnected macroprinciples: climate adaptation and year-round usability, ecological and technological sustainability, emotional acceptance of the North, socio-cultural rootedness and identity, as well as the cultural concept of “Snowiness” derived from the macroprinciples, received diplomas from the National Academy of Design and a diploma from the Guild of Architects and Engineers.
In the literature contest, the group of authors consists of the head, acting head of the DAS department Sergey Lutchenko, professors Margarita Perkova and associate professor Dmitry Boytsov For the monograph “Leningrad Region – a Territory of Prospective Development,” they received a separate award – a diploma from the Union of Moscow Architects.
Congratulations to the students, their supervisors, and the faculty of the DAS department on well-deserved results and the confirmation of the high level of graduation qualification works at SPbSASU!
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