At the 100+ Forum Russia, architects will show how to turn a constructivist-style building into an investment project

Urbanist Nikita Suchkov, a master's student at the Higher School of Urban Studies named after A.A. Vysokovsky at the National Research University of Higher School of Economics, will hold a thematic session where experts will tell how to preserve cultural heritage and implement a landmark project.

Renowned architect and historian Jean-Louis Cohen, professor of Fine Arts at New York University, will speak at the meeting. Architect Alexey Ginzburg, author of restoration projects for the Narkomfin House and the Izvestia newspaper building in Moscow, and Nikolai Pereslegin, architect and partner of Kleinewelt Architecten, confirmed their participation in the session. Alexandra Selivanova, a senior researcher at the Museum of Moscow and curator of the Avant-Garde Center on Shabolovka, Nadezhda Hort, an expert on heritage economics at the A.A. Vysokovsky Higher School of Economics, and Elena Melville, director of the ZIL Cultural Center, will also attend.

The experts plan to discuss the global experience of working with cultural heritage and formulate models for the redevelopment of objects. We will talk about restoration and the creation of cultural industries. Using practical examples, experts will consider the economic and legal aspects of such projects.

Everyone can attend the thematic session. Participation in the forum is free of charge. Registration is required.

Nikita Suchkov is the curator of the annual exhibition and educational project "Days of Constructivism in the Urals" and the museum and educational center "Cell F".

Type F cells are a type of apartment designed by architects in the 20s of the last century. In Yekaterinburg, such housing was designed by the constructivist architect Moses Ginzburg. The main idea of the project is to reduce the area and quantity of building materials as much as possible. In Yekaterinburg, in the house of the Ural City Council at Malysheva 21/1, one of these cells is equipped with a museum exhibition dedicated to the legacy of Ginzburg. For more information, see the page of the Museum and Educational Center "Cell F".

During the days of 100+ Forumrussia from October 4 to October 6, 2017, forum participants can visit the Cell F museum for free.