In Kazan the embankment of the Volga River from the river port to the Kirov dam under the reconstruction
The best project of reconstruction of the Volga embankment in Kazan will be chosen according to the results of the international architectural festival "Eco-Coast 2018", which will be held in Kazan from 4th to 6th of October. This was announced today at a press conference in the IA "Tatar-inform" by Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of the Republic of Tatarstan Vladimir Kudryashev. "The idea of organizing the festival in Kazan was put forward in November 2017 by the president of the Union of Architects of Russia Nikolai Shumakov after the next festival. Last year it was held in Nizhny Novgorod. Kazan is one of the Volga cities, we have vast territories in contact with water" - the speaker said. The festival "Eco-Bereg" is held since 2010 annually in September-October. Its founders are the Union of Architects of Russia and the Union of Moscow Architects. "In Kazan we have chosen for detailed transformations the territory from the River Port to the Kirov dam. As initial data, we gave the contestants a vast territory - from the so-called future of the Kazan financial district - Staro-Tatar settlement. This is a part of the cargo port and industrial areas. In the future, it is planned to reorganize these industrial sites, including Admiralty Sloboda. The participants of the contest are offered quite large areas,"- the deputy head of the Ministry of construction.