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The results of the X International Festival of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Design Schools of Eurasia have been declared

There were 69 participating universities from 16 countries, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and others; 2300 participants in workshops, more than 1,500 spectators at the official opening ceremony and more than 1,000 at the closing ceremony. These are the statistics of the X-International Festival of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Design Schools of Eurasia, which took place on April 15-16, 2021 at the sites of the Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Novosibirsk, Russia) and the International Educational Corporation / Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

For the first time in its 10-year history, the Festival was held online, which made it accessible to a wide range of students and teachers. Two eventful days comprised 12 workshops in the fields of architecture, construction, geodesy and design, and the International Review Contest for the best graduation projects. The anniversary Festival, which this year was hosted by NSUACE (Sibstrin), has become a truly active educational space that united creative people of all ages.

“I am very glad that this year the 10th International Festival of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Design Schools of Eurasia was held on the site of the Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Sibstrin), and I am grateful to the organizers for this opportunity and trust. Despite the online format, we managed to preserve the atmosphere that always reigns at this Festival – the atmosphere of friendship, creativity, and professionalism. I am sure that the Festival has enriched its young participants with knowledge, aspirations, and desire to develop in their professions – architects, engineers, urban planners, designers. I am convinced that our cooperation with the International Educational Corporation / Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering will only strengthen both within the framework of this event and in other projects'' said, summing up the results, the rector of NSUACE (Sibstrin), corresponding member of RAASN, Professor Yuri Leonidovich Skolubovich.

The Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Sibstrin) presented 23 graduate works to the International Review Contest of the X International Festival of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Design Schools of Eurasia, 13 of which were awarded with diplomas of I, II, III degrees. It’s worth noting that a total of 479 diploma projects from 69 universities in Europe and Asia were submitted to the contest.

The I-degree diplomas were awarded to Veronika Makarova (Construction major, supervisor: I.I. Petrov), Christina Tabolina (Construction major, supervisor: T.V. Bogatyreva), Leonid Baryshok (Production of building materials, products and constructions major, supervisor: L. V. Ilyina), E. Kimel (Architecture major, supervisor: A. Mordvov).

The II-degree diplomas were awarded to Maria Kharlamova (Construction major, supervisor: K.A. Shafrai), Alexander Lazarev (Construction major, supervisor: V.V. Molodin), Vera Pshennikova (Production of building materials, products and constructions major, supervisor: T.E. Shoeva).

The III-degree diplomas were awarded to V. Shmeleva (Architecture major, supervisor: E.V. Ketova), A. Antonov (Architecture major, supervisor: I.V. Popovsky), Daria Tikhonova (Construction major, supervisor: G. T. Ambrosova), Tatiana Kostyuk (Construction major, supervisor: A.O. Kolesnikov), Ulyana Karkavina (Production of building materials, products and structures major, supervisor: T. E. Shoeva), Anton Pirogov (Production of building materials, products and structures major, supervisor: OE Smirnova).

Congratulations to our winners and awardees!

“We have implemented the task to organize an international educational platform at a decent level, within which we saw the professional competencies of our graduates, gave new knowledge in their professional fields to students who are now studying, shared experience with our foreign and Russian colleagues,” commented the director of the Institute of International Affairs NSUACE (Sibstrin), Natalya Valerievna Sineeva.

The festival also allowed participating universities to expand international relations. During the event, NSUACE (Sibstrin) signed a cooperation agreement with the Kyrgyz State University of Construction and Architecture (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan). Two more European universities – the Budapest University of Technical and Economic Sciences (Budapest, Hungary) and the University of Architecture, Construction and Geodesy (Sofia, Bulgaria) – have expressed a desire to sign cooperation agreements with Sibstrin.

NSUACE (Sibstrin) expresses gratitude to the main organizer – the International Educational Corporation / Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering and personally to the rector M.B. Imandosova, Vice-Rector for External Relations and Student Affairs, Project Manager Zh.S. Takenova and the inspirer of the festival, A.A. Kusainov, as well as all partners of the Festival and the hosts of workshops!

The high level of organization of the event is well worth noting. It was achieved thanks to the teamwork of the subdivisions of the NSUACE (Sibstrin) with the support of the university administration. We would like to express our deep gratitude to the staff of the Institute for International Affairs headed by N.V. Sineeva, and the Department of Informatization headed by A.S. Sukhanov, as well as the translators of the linguistic department of the Institute of International Affairs N.M. Morozova and N.V. Merkulova, editor-in-chief of the official website of NSUACE (Sibstrin) D.G. Vorotnikov, student television "Sibstrin TV" supervised by D.O. Toropkin, senior lecturer of the Department of Architectural Design of Buildings and Structures, V.V. Geronimus, and students Diana Prigodina (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology), Ekaterina Molodetskaya (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology), Kristina Ryabonenko (Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning), Elizaveta Nikishina (institute of construction), host of the opening and closing ceremonies on the part of NSUACE (Sibstrin), Alisher Ashirbekov (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology), master-classes from NSUACE (Sibstrin): Professor, Head of the Technology and Organization of Construction Department, V.V. Molodin, professor of the department Building materials, certification and standardization Department, G.I. Storozhenko, as well as the director of the Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning, A.A. Gudkov for his assistance in organizing workshops, Professor of the Delft Technical University (Netherlands),, I.V. Nevzgodin, and a member of the Union of Designers of Russia, associate professor of the Russian State University, L.K. Kozareva, directorates of institutes and dean's offices of faculties and personally V.A. Gvozdev, L.V. Ilyina, I.A. Kosolapova for organizing an expert assessment of competitive works and attracting students and teachers to the Festival events.

We thank all the participants and guests of the X International Festival of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Design Schools of Eurasia and wish you many more creative victories!