Priorities for the development of comfortable cities will be discussed at the 100+ Forum Russia

The forum will become a platform for dialogue between designers, builders, government officials and urban activists on the formation of a comfortable urban environment.

Expert cases include the development of master plans for Cairo, Istanbul, Mexico City Airport (Federico Parolotto), post—Olympic Sochi, individual districts and territories of Moscow and Kiev, Skolkovo Park (Hiroki Matsura), Zaryadye Park, individual residential areas and territories of Moscow (Peter Kudryavtsev).

Tsuyoshi Setoguchi (Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Hokkaido University, Japan), Stefan Jentsch (Director of the architectural bureau Obermeyer Planen + Beraten GmbH, Austria), Ruben Arakelyan (CEO of the architectural bureau Wall), Nikolaus Theodosiou (Director of the Laboratory of Engineering and Water Resources Management, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki) are also invited to the forum.) and others.

"The city of the future is a comfortable city in which cooperation between business representatives, citizens and the authorities has become effective. Only working together will make it possible to create harmonious spaces that people need. In this case, we will be able not only to preserve for a long time what the architects create, but also to provide the prerequisites for further development. This is the way to improve the quality of life," said Vera Belous, head of the working group of the Organizing Committee of the 100+ Forum Russia.

The first discussion about comfortable cities in preparation for the VI The International Forum and exhibition of high-rise and unique construction 100+ Forum Russia was held in Yekaterinburg as part of the international industrial exhibition Innoprom.

The discussion was attended by city activists, students, representatives of business and the authorities of Yekaterinburg. The participants in the discussion were concerned about urban greening, the use of modern technologies in the creation of parks and squares, and the planning of urban areas as centers of attraction for urban communities.

Oleg Zorya, head of the All-Russian Urban Renovation project, noted that an objective system for assessing the comfort of cities will be created in the near future, and it will be directly related to the social potential of the territories: "The outflow of young people from the regions and even from the country is not due to wages — they go for parks, entertainment, and comfort! And now it is important to ensure the involvement of young people and the population in our dialogue." The discussion was also attended by Andrey Molokov, Chief Architect of Yekaterinburg, Ayshe Aghekyan, Manager of the MEGA-Yekaterinburg Shopping Center, partner of the S&P Architectural Bureau, lecturer at the Department of Urban Construction and Management at the URFU Institute of Civil Engineering and Artyom Piskunov, architect and editor-in-chief of TATLIN publishing house Eduard Kubensky.

All participants in the discussion were asked to answer the question: "What is a comfortable city for you?". And if you put the answers together, it turns out that "a comfortable city is a friendly environment that encourages people to communicate and forms a love for the city."