Renovation of industrial zones will be discussed at 100+ TechnoBuild

Renovation will traditionally be one of the topics of the business program of the International Forum 100+ TechnoBuild. Many cities are evaluating the possibility of turning huge industrial sites, deserted and irrelevant in the current economic conditions, into modern areas, but they face the difficulty of economic justification and finding investors willing to make long—term investments.

In the business program of the forum, experts will discuss both Russian projects and successful foreign cases on the return of industrial zones to the urban environment, as well as topics related to modern industrial buildings, both prefabricated and capital.

In Yekaterinburg, the issue of redevelopment is very acute: the layout of the city, "cut up" by the Trans-Siberian Railway, preserves the huge industrial sites of former factories, and they are not always used effectively. A session dedicated to redevelopment issues in Russia and abroad will be held at 100+ TechnoBuild on October 2.:

Alexey Strekalov, chief architect, director of the Moscow office of MLA+, will share his experience in redevelopment of industrial zones and tools that help adapt the project to the environment.;
Anton Ladygin, founder of the architectural bureau "People's Architect" will analyze the real cases of the bureau for work with windows;
Maxim Veremeyuk, a member of the Belarusian Union of Architects, will tell you what limitations the designers faced during the redevelopment of the Brest Carpet Factory building.;
Evelina Ishmetova, a member of the Expert Council on Industrial Heritage at AUiPIK, will share her experience of transforming a historical heritage site — the Prodvagon plant workshop in St. Petersburg.;
One of the most interesting presentations promises to be the presentation of the revitalization of the historical district "Staroe Kanavino" in Nizhny Novgorod, where 20 architectural monuments of various eras are located on 82 hectares. The project will be revealed by architectural producer Lyudmila Malkis.

Architectural producer Lyudmila Malkis (the quote can be shortened):

"According to the most interesting renovation projects of recent years, we can trace several very different approaches to the transformation of industrial areas in Russia.

If ZIL demonstrates the possibilities of integrated development of an entire urban area, and the Hammer and Sickle is an example of the integration of a former industrial territory into a modern urban fabric, then the Badaevsky Plant has become one of the most striking examples of a discussion on how to combine historical heritage and modern architecture. The St. Petersburg projects Brusnitsyn and Sevkabel Port chose a completely different path, where revitalization took place through culture, public spaces and creative industries.

The main advantage of these projects is the creation of new community centers in the city. It is the change of function that transforms former industrial territories into full-fledged districts, and not just into housing construction sites.

Among the territories that could become new centers of attraction as a result of renovation, I would like to single out areas along the Moskva River, primarily in the area of the Southern Port. This is one of the last opportunities to create not just a new residential area in the capital, but a full-fledged urban center of the 21st century.

For Yekaterinburg, such a project could be the area around Uralmashzavod, a place with a strong industrial history and a strong urban identity. Instead of total residential development, it would be interesting to create a modern innovation and cultural cluster here, where new production facilities, educational sites, a museum of industrial history, creative workshops, public spaces and modern housing are located side by side. This approach would preserve the character of the place and at the same time create a new growth point for the city.

Today, the main task of redevelopment of industrial areas is not to replace one type of real estate with another, but to create areas with mixed functions that work all day: where you can live, work, study, relax and spend time. It is such projects that form a sustainable modern city."

It should be recalled that the renovation project of part of the Uralmashzavod territories in 2025 for 100+ TechnoBuild was presented by UMMC, a developer and the Gordeev-Demidov architectural bureau.