Photo areas for tourists and fans of the World Cup-2018 will appear in Kazan

(KZN.RU, November 21, Anton Nozdrin). Possible concepts of improvement of a number of city streets were presented to Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, at the meeting at the City Executive Committee. Architects and designers presented projects of small architectural forms and art objects that may appear in Kazan. Installations and graffiti, dedicated to the upcoming World Cup in Kazan and the history of Kazan, were among the ideas of a creative group of architects Julia Yunusova, Maria Melentieva, and Artem Belyaev, an architect-designer, a member of the Union of Designers of Russia.

Igor Kulyazhev, the deputy head of the Executive Committee and the chairman of the Committee for External Improvement, Tatiana Prokofieva, the chief architect of the city, heads of districts’ administrations, head of the Urban Design Department of the Architecture and Urban Planning Department, Zhanna Belitskaya, the chief artist of Kazan, Asiya Minullina, a sculptor, and others took part in the meeting.

Zhanna Belitskaya presented sketches to the Mayor. According to one of them, the installation of the Tatar window frame, which at the same time can serve as a frame for taking photographs, may appear on the territory of the Staro-Tatarskaya Sloboda. The architects suggested creating a whole group of small sculptures on Mardzhani street: figures of Tatar old men and women, girls with chak-chak. According to the authors, they will symbolize the history of the Staro-Tatarskaya Sloboda. The Mayor of Kazan positively assessed the project and marked that sculptural forms should carry informational, historical, and educational meaning.

In addition, the architects proposed to install an installation in the green zone near the Kremlin: the inscription “Russia-2018” and balls scattered around, dedicated to the upcoming World Cup. I. Metshin noted that it is necessary to make several photo areas for the fans before the tournament, one of which will be this installation. According to the head of the city, photo areas can also be placed near the stadium “Kazan Arena” on the way to the object and near the Family Center “Kazan”, where the fan zone will be located. The Mayor instructed Zhanna Belitskaya to work out this issue in detail.

The creative group also offered different variants of art objects for different districts of the city. For example, the sculptures of a pioneer boy launching a paper plane in the Aviastroitelny district, or a tulip, one of the symbols of the Universiade-2013 and an element of national ornament.

I. Metshin instructed to work out projects in detail with reference to the location of objects. The discussion of ideas will be continued in the future.