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15 th session January 30 - February 24, 2014 Development and transformation of urban space Presentation material / Search of participants

Winter University 15th session, Irkutsk, 2014 Winter University was founded in als with different training from different by more than 1,000 young spetsialists, 1999 by the administration of Irkutsk, with countries. assistants, experts, members of the ISTU, and with the participation of insti- This program is an original model of International Jury, representatives of 44 tutes and public organizations. Principle training young professionals of various universities, young professionals and WU sessions based on the experience of specialties related to urban planning, from 25 countries: the European University Summer Work- and allows them to develop a higher Germany, UK, Spain, Italy, France, shops Urbanism (city of Cergy-Pontoise, level of conceptual thinking, communi- Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Ukraine, France), which was created own original cation, mastery of analytical and design China, Korea, Japan, Lebanon, India, approach and strategy of the summer approaches in an international multi- Mexico, Brazil, Mongolia, Russia, Swit- sessions, proven over 30 years in vari- disciplinary partnership working with zerland, Turkey, the U.S. and Georgia ous countries around the world, which dynamically developing town planning and a number of Russian cities: Moscow, is to create a competitive programs and system of the city of Siberia. Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg, implementing them in the work of project For thirteen years in the design of in- Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Vladivostok, team comprising of young profession- novative educational programs attended Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk.

• urban sociology. • undergraduates / graduates / • ecology; • transport engineering; • urban economics; • urban planning design; young specialists/ professionals in Winter University Goals and objectives Auditory Winter University was founded in1999 - is to create competitive programs on the initiativeof Irkutsk administra- and implement them in the work of design tion, jointly with Irkutsk State Technical groups, comprising young specialists with following fields of activity: University and with the assistance of different vocational training, representa- planning institutes and public organization tives of different countries and cultures .The principle of carrying out creative that come to see each other for the first workshops of the WU of Urban Planning time; is based on the experience of - exchanging of vast experience in Summer Workshops of the Euro- mastering analytic and designed ap- pean University of the Urban Planning proaches in the framework of international (Cergy-Pontoise,France), where the interdisciplinary partnership, in the work original procedure and strategy of holding with dynamically developing urban plan- summer workshops was created. These ning systems of Siberian cities; workshops have been holding all over - to reach a new higher level of the world formore than 3 years. Having conceptual thinking in the qualitative not analogues in Russia, this program sense,exceeding the bounds of traditional is an original model of training of young education; specialists of different professions related - to preserve and to hand down the to the city and its districts development rich traditions of russian nation.

Relevance of the topic Opening remarks from the pilots of 15 th session Ivan Khomutinnikov Pilot of 15 th session Deputy general director PLC FCC “Noviy gorod” The stimulation of residential hous- in Oktyabrsky and Sverdlovsky districts On the yard areas they plan to build ing development and the destruction of (Irkutsk authorities determined 43 built-up underground parking lots with children ramshackle buildings and houses under areas for development overall). playgrounds above, a boulevard is the threat of collapse by 2017 is one of According this program the realization planned to be constructed along Depu- the main social economic problems for of developing the first out of 43 built- tatskaya street. the government, which was discussed by up areas surrounded by the streets of Planned periods of construction Putin at the meeting on civic resettlement Krasnokazachya, Zvereva, Deputatskaya, 2013-2016: questions in Elista, Kalmykiya in April and Lytkina has started on the area of - approved on February, 6 2013 by 2012. The same problem was established 68 151 m2. The total area of houses for the solution of Duma of Irkutsk, the rules by Irkutsk region authorities for the resettlement is 15,600 m2, there are 34 1 of land use and land building-up with municipality of the city of Irkutsk, that is residental and 1 non-residental premises declared indicators of building; guaranteed putting into operation of no in those buildings, including the adminis- - approved on February, 7 2013 by the less than 560,000 m2 of accommodation tration building. solution of administration of Irkutsk, the in 2013. In the accordance of the agreement project of planning and the project of land Namely, new residential housing al- of built-up areas development made surveying, including 40 architectural plans lows to solve the problems of destruction between the administration of Irkuts and of land areas; of ramshackle buildings and houses un- “AZGI” has to resettle all the residents dur- - totally resettled, 8 of 39 blocks of der the threat of collapse intensively in the ing the period of 18 months since the date flats and the start of resettling 2 more; area of Irkutsk and provide employees of a of the agreement conclusion and finish - accomplished, project works and budget field with owned accommodation. new constructions up until 3 1.12.2020. the start of construction on the 1 th and 2 th It seems to be even more prospective in “AZGI” closed corporation plans to carry priorities of building. terms of lack of areas intended for mas- out the construction of multistory build- Given the total volume of planned sive housing construction in Irkutsk. ings, having an area of 161,875 m2, in- investments for resettling blocks of flats is Irkutsk builders have initiated the reali- cluding residential premises–125,259 m 2 ; worth one billion roubles, actual amounts zation of “pilot” projects for Irkutsk and the non-residential premises – 15,502 m 2 . the investor has spent have exceeded Irkutsk region: built-up areas development 200 million roubles.

Ruslan Khotulev Co-pilot of 5th session Head of the Department of Urban Planning design «Irkutskgiprodornii» Although, the considerable part of Russian architectural legislation gives complete city areas of high density living residential construction in Irkutsk is two- an oppor tunit y to per form area recon- complexes. story, mainly made of wood, houses with structions, occupied with ramshackle Increasing the density of construction many flats, being built in the middle of the residential buildings in a specific order as a result of reconstructing few-story 20 th century. Comfortable, surrounded by of concluding investment agreements houses inevitably will lead to excessive green, few-story residential areas advan- of buit-up areas development with local pressure on social and transport infra- tageously differ from multistory districts of authorities, that would determine condi- structure of neighbouring areas, and the industrial construction period with its tions and the volume of participating in as a consequence, to degrading of city symbolic standards. such a development both investors and environment. How do we avoid possible However, a large number of those municipalities. Apparently, the decision negative consequences of reconstruction houses is reaching excessive levels of about participating in the auction for the of built-up areas? damage in a few next years, some of them right to make an agreement with local Perhaps, the answer is in non-stanard have already turned ramshackle. authorities can be accepted in order to typology of high density residential prem- Ill-matched, of a different degree of make profit out of buiding, thus there’s ises, in alternative ways of developing wealth, owners of flats can neither organ- more profit for investors. Given that all social, engineer and transport infrastruc- ize nor support financially the process charges for resettlement from ramshackle ture, new schemes of interaction between that would prevent damage to buildings, houses and construction process of nec- local authorities and investors. requiring total fixation. The way out of this essary infrastructure objects for develop- seems to be a complete reconstruction of ment as a rule belong to investors, such districts. a reconstruction winds up to appear on