I.Metshin on architectural “Dialogues”: "We have intended this event in order to help our specialists to break away from routine”

On April 13 and 14, a spring series of lectures and discussions “Dialogues” organized by the Kazan Mayor's Office will take place in the public offices of the Kazan Kremlin. More than 60 transport experts from all over Russia will discuss the comfort, sustainability and safety of urban transport infrastructure. As Ilsiyar Tukhvatullina, the chief architect of the capital of Tatarstan, reported at the Business Monday meeting, this topic was chosen based on the results of a survey of participants of the Kazanysh architectural and construction forum in December 2022.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, noted that the development of the transport infrastructure is directly related to the urban development strategy. “This is a priority issue for us, so we always search optimal and correct solutions and invite experts, professionals, young and prominent architects and designers. Kazan residents want to live in a beautiful, well-maintained and dynamically developing city. Therefore, it is our common responsibility to the future of our children and the city,”- he said.

The program of the new Dialogues is divided into 4 blocks. At the discussions of the first block “Urban Transport Framework”, experts will discuss the accessibility, connectivity and safety of the road network, as well as best practices in the improvement and reconstruction of urban streetscapes.

The second block will be devoted to the use of transport modeling tools. The discussion will be organized with the support of the Unified Institute of Spatial Planning of the Russian Federation, it will discuss the simulation of transport processes to assess the impact of facilities under construction on infrastructure.

Modern trends and urban mobility will be discussed at the site of the third block “Diversity of transport”.

I.Tukhvatullina said that the second topic of the “Dialogues” will be improvement of status of architect profession, developing flexible skills among specialists in this field. The speakers will be Rayana Akhmetzyanova, public speaking coach, and Anatoly Belov, publicist, PR consultant, founder of the architectural magazine Project Russia. The self-presentation, promotion in social networks and the media will be discussed.

Kazan and Russian architectural teams will also speak at the Dialogues and will share their experience in working with customers and author supervision. More information about the event is available on the website.

“Such events and dialogues with the professional community are very important: communication with professionals allows to accept ideas and design new residential complexes, neighborhoods and roads. I suggest developers and architects, urban planners, transport designers and government representatives to take part in the “Dialogues”. We intended this event in order to help our architects and urban planners to break away from the routine, refresh their vision and expand their professional horizons, and with this the level of ideas and solutions will grow,”- I. Metshin said.