Ilsur Metshin: “I felt the desire to implement everything we saw”

(KZN.RU, May 22, Mikhail Chentsov). Today in Kazan IT-Park the second architectural workshop Spring March summed up the results of work. During the presentation, the students under the guidance of experienced tutors, such as vice president of the Architects Union of Moscow Nikolay Lyzlov and landscape architect from the Netherlands Eva Radionova – introduced the draft update of some central streets of the capital of Tatarstan. One of the guests of the event was the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, who judged the proposed ideas.

Svobody Square improvement project was presented. Workshop participants proposed the idea of a possible redistribution of traffic flows in order to free up the space on the square and make it comfortable for pedestrians. “I felt the desire to implement everything we saw. Together we waked down the Svobosy square. It would seem that it’s already landscaped, but we were shown a new vision – with landscaping, water, lighting”, – I. Metshin shared his impressions.

Young architects also proposed to create small and big bike rings to link the Kazan Kremlin to the Gorkiy Park and Svobody square.

Workshop participants think that Fuchs square has a potential to open the view to the city and to provide safe entry to the Kremlin embankment.

I. Metshin liked the ideas for the landscaping of the main pedestrian street of the city – Bauman street. The underground part of the street is to evolve into a modern space taking cultural function.

Young architects propose to restore the climate comfort on the Bauman street near the Kremlin, where due to the lack of trees in the summer heat it is almost impossible to hide in the shadows, and in winter this section of the street is blasted with cold winds. According to tutors of the project, correctly planted tree lowers the temperature by 2-3 degrees.

The head of the capital of Tatarstan addressed to the project coordinator, presidential aide Natalia Fishman, thanking her and her team. “I'm truly impressed. It is very rare to submit such a whilesome work with so little time. But you managed to deeply immerse yourself into the subject and did a very nice thing. It is clear that there are a lot of issues to discuss and refine, but the ideas themselves are very correct”, - I. Metshin summed up. The head of the capital of Tatarstan noted that sometimes the flight of thought of novice architects is causing a lot of controversy, but not in this case.