The meeting of the interdepartmental committee on urban development activities in historic settlements took place in Kazan

(KZN.RU. December 12). Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of Tatarstan, today chaired a meeting of the interdepartmental committee on urban development activities in historic settlements. The event, which was attended by Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, was held at the House of the Tatarstan Government.

At the beginning of the meeting, Rustam Minnikhanov emphasized that one of the main tasks is the maximum preservation of the historical center of Kazan, careful attitude to the existing appearance of the millennial capital of Tatarstan.

Tatiana Prokofieva, the chief architect of Kazan, introduced construction and reconstruction objects in the center of Kazan to the members of the interdepartmental committee. The first object was non-residential three-storey building on the street Tukai. The building is reconstructed into a hotel. The developer proposes to reconstruct it without changing the altitude of the object, the third floor of the building will be a mezzanine. Committee members approved the project.

The next project has also received approval. This annexe to the building of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Tatarstan (the street Kremlevskaya, 14). Project view from the Kremlevskaya street was demonstrated: the Astronomicheskaya Str.

The third aspect was the construction project of the spa next to the building of a cultural heritage “Shamov Hospital”. The project has also received the approval of the members of the interdepartmental committee.

The next project was the building of the Staro-Tatarskaya Sloboda fragment (Marjani Street). Investors want to restore the environment objects that were located on the street before and were lost. In particular, the lost object of cultural heritage of local significance: a house №10 on the street Marjani (“House of Bikmuhametov”, 1883, architect P. Romanov). The project was approved.

Further, members of the committee approved the 4-storey hotel with built-in facilities and underground parking on the street Ostrovsky, 27, a project of an apartment house with built-in parking at the streets Volkov-Tihomirnov, reconstruction project of an existing building at the street Admiralteiskaya, 3, and the project of a 5-storey office building on the street Volkov, 71/73.

The project “Reconstruction of the mooring facilities “Sailing Center” (Peninsula “Locomotive”) was considered next. The project was considered for the second time. Notes to the altitude of the project have been made earlier. Members of the committee sent the project back for revision.

The project of construction a 5-storey building “Center for Continuing professional education for health workers” on the street Chaliapin, 39 was re-examined also. Previously, it was recommended to reduce the number of storeys of the object. Today, the project has been approved.

Further, members of the interdepartmental committee did not approve two re-submitted projects. This is the project of the construction of a residential 3-storey building on the Lobachevsky street (the project is considered again, previously had a claim to the number of storeys), as well as the project of the building reconstruction into the Centre for Creativity on the street Khudyakov, 11 (it was proposed to study the project in more detail, based on a historical scale).

Svetlana Persova, the deputy minister of Culture, reported in the second issue of the agenda (“The developed model construction projects on the territory of historical settlement Sviyazhsk”). Projects for a typical residential area of the island Sviyazhsk have been developed in accordance with the federal law on cultural heritage, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture. Maximum compliance with principles of new projects with the historical appearance of the pre-existing buildings was laid in the basis of the concept. So, the most specific types of residential buildings were selected, five types were chosen. This includes a house with an attic (145 square meters), one-storey house (103 square meters), a house with a loft (158 square meters), a house for five windows (173 square meters) and more. Svetlana Persova marked that the model projects are relevant for Sviyazhsk, for there are individuals as the major developers.

Rustam Minnikhanov approved the presented projects for a typical residential area of the island Sviyazhsk. It is proposed to develop a few more options for the possibility of increasing the area of houses.

Yuri Gerasimov, the chief architect of the Executive Committee of Zelenodolsk Municipal District, presented a draft of new construction on the territory of Sviyazhsk. This is a private house on the street Eleninskaya where one-storey residential one-family house has been designed, based on the model of the project. The project was previously approved by the Scientific and Methodological Council of the Ministry of Culture.

Rustam Minnikhanov, taking into account the views of the members of the interdepartmental committee, proposed to further develop the draft in terms of facades: taking the historical appearance of Sviyazhsk into account and based on standard designs.

Nikolai Vasilyev, the architect who was present at the meeting, suggested to develop a set of elements for buildings: trim, gables, fences, gates and more to diversify the architecture of residential buildings and the new houses to look in the spirit of a bygone era. Rustam Minnikhanov supported the proposal, reports the press-service of the President of the RT.