The ARCH-IDEA program is held annually and is based on the Clausura competition, which was first held in 2012. Every year, different types of territories are selected for a competitive task. This year, at the initiative of the City Administration, it is developing a concept for the improvement of 5 pocket parks in Yekaterinburg: Voznesenskaya Hill, Mira Street Square, Mamina-Sibiryak - Azin Square, the Sports Core at the central stadium, Moskovskaya - Shchorsa Square.
This year, the program was divided into several stages. 80 contestants from Veliky Novgorod, Vladivostok, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Penza, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, St. Petersburg, Tomsk, Tyumen, Chelyabinsk took part in the online educational stage. These are students of higher and secondary specialized educational institutions, as well as practicing young professionals.
Over the course of two weeks, participants took a course to help develop the concept of landscaping a pocket park, which was compiled by experts and representatives of design organizations. Among the landscaping concepts proposed by the participants, the best works were selected, the authors of which joined 5 teams and will present the final concepts at the clausura competition at the end of the program.
At the end of the program on October 5, participants will present the results of the work done during the course, studying the reports of the online lecture hall and teamwork.
The projects will be defended from 16.00 to 18.00.
The program is conducted by the Youth Association of the Union of Architects (MOSAR) together with the Union of Architects of Russia (UAR), the National Association of Surveyors and Designers (NOPRIZ) and the Ural State University of Architecture and Art named after N.S. Alferov (URGAKHU).