Irek Fayzullin visited the Second Russian Youth Architectural Biennale

Today, the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Utilities of the Russian Federation Vladimir Yakushev and Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Fayzullin visited the Second Russian Youth Architectural Biennale. Before the plenary session “Potential of industrial territories for urban development. New approaches to work with the industrial heritage” officials inspected the exhibition and evaluated the projects of the participants. The final of the Second Russian Youth Biennale is held from 24th to 26th of October in the Innopolis. The founders of the event are the Ministry of Construction of Russia and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan. This year, 739 participants from 6 countries and 53 cities showed up for the qualifying stage, which is almost two times more than at the First Biennale. Applications were submitted by young specialists up to 35 years old from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, London, Miami, Delhi, Beijing and Pisa. From them, only 30 finalists were selected. The finalists presented projects for revitalizing the territories of the "Santekhpribor" plant and the port elevator located in Kazan. 'Santehpribor' is located in the former production quarter. Now the plant area is empty, despite the prospective location in close proximity to the city center. The facade of one of its buildings is an object of cultural heritage. The Kazan port elevator is located next to the River Port and can become another important place on the city map.