Published on: 2026-04-29
Source: Saint Petersburg State Architectural and Civil Engineering University –
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Among the laureates of the competition of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (RAASN) for the 2025 medal and diploma are teachers and graduates of the architecture faculty of SPBGASU.
Award for architectural project
The main award in the field of architecture – the Golden RAASN Medal for the best implemented architectural project – was awarded to the authors’ team of the Romanov Architectural Workshop (LLC “AMR”) for the project of the Museum of the World Ocean “Planet Ocean” in Kaliningrad. The team includes a professor of the Department of Architectural Design of SPBGASU.Oleg Romanov(head), associate professor of the Department of Architectural Design at SPbGASUOleg Fyodorov, Dmitry PotaralovиZoya Frolova.
Museum of the World Ocean in Kaliningrad
The key idea of the project was the image of an ocean wave and the appearance of our planet, since water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface. The building represents a glass sphere 42 meters tall, becoming the architectural dominant of the city, with a complex glass-metal structure hanging over the embankment, symbolizing a wave.
Museum aquarium
Inside the building is a large block of aquariums, and the total area of the premises reaches 10 thousand square meters. The main hall is conceived as a multicolored space, where large-scale exhibits are placed. The museum features aquariums with a volume of more than 1100 cubic meters, including a tunnel with sharks. A system of projectors provides a mysterious blue-cyan glow of the building at night.
Award for the best publication
The RAASN diploma in the category “For the best educational publication” was awarded to the team of authors of SPBGASU for the educational and methodological manual “Architectural School of SPBGASU: Architectural Design.”
Educational and methodological manual “Architectural School SPbGASU: Architectural Design”
The team of authors includes teachers of the Department of Architectural DesignFyodor Perov, Alexandra Yeremeyeva, Alexandra Yugay, Olga KokorinaиValery Mostovich.
The publication has been recognized as the best textbook in the field of architecture and urban planning.
The educational and methodological manual reveals the principles and traditions of training architects at the unique architectural and construction school of Saint Petersburg, which has been operating since 1832 from the School of Civil Engineers (UGI) to the modern SPbGASU.
The main publication consists of previously unpublished archival materials: curricula, methodological guidelines, documents, and alumni recollections. The publication contributes to the development of architectural pedagogy, aimed at improving the modern educational process by offering a scientific and methodological foundation for the formation of future architectural curricula.
Award to graduates
For winning the 2025 graduate qualification work competition, the Medal of I.G. Lezhava was awarded to a graduate of the Department of Urban PlanningDarya Chernyshevafor the work “Ecoparks as elements of the urban-ecological framework of the Volga River delta” (supervisor – associate professor of the urban planning departmentMarina Monastyrskaya).
Medal of O. S. Podyapolsky awarded to a graduate of the Department of Architectural and Urban HeritageKsenia Gnevashevafor the work “Restoration and adaptation of the estate development in the Vyborgsky district of the Leningrad region” (supervisor – associate professor of the department of architectural and urban heritageLyudmila Kaloshina).
Awards emphasize the high professionalism of the employees of our university, as well as their contribution as leading specialists in the architectural and urban planning sector to project and educational activities in Russia, to the development of architectural science and practice.
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