projects based on local culture

CULTURAL CODE 2.0

MOROZOVSKY TOWN. DEFROST

Tver is a major city between Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 1859 it was in Tver that the first microdistrict in the history of Russia was created with jobs, housing for different types of families, a school, an observatory, and parks. This area still exists today, and it is the Morozovsky town which now needs renovation.

Students of the Territorial Development Management program created a concept for the improvement of the territory of Morozovsky town. The uniqueness of the project lies in the multifaceted approach to the territory. The concept is divided into three main parts, which are independent and complementary at the same time: a master plan, management through participation and activation (launching the implementation of a territory development strategy).

Project authors:
Margarita Gosteva
Natalia Zlotnikova
Marina Noskova
Anna Bulochnikova
Julia Achkasova
Julia Patselya
Natalya Konyukova
Natalya Pirogova
Kirill Spivak
Ekaterina Lebedeva
Antonina Shchiptsova
Nadezhda Kashina
Olga Butrim
Ruslan Gabdrakhmanov
Maria Kulkova
Olga Samoshina
Alexander Ivanov
Olga Avdeeva
Lolita Gumba
Regina Vinogradova
Elena Dmitrieva

Control territory development, Architecture School MARCH

Program curators:
Yana Golubeva
Nikita Malikov
Sergei Tsarev

Academic curator:
Natalia Mineeva

RITUAL VESSELS OF THE SIRIN CIVILIZATION

False information flooding the media and the Internet makes you believe in conspiracy theories and non-existent Worlds, especially if there is material evidence for this in the form of objects. At the moment, "simulations" and false information that we cannot refute or have long believed in it as the truth is the cultural code of our civilization.

Project author:
Natalia Natsievskaya

Illustration, British Higher School of Art and Design

Program curators:
Viktor Melamed
Tatiana Ivankova

OYNA

OYNA is a site-generator of a unique ornament, a "pattern" of your nationality. On the platform of the site you can choose your nationality and the site will generate a unique image with an ornament.

One of the main ideas is to popularise their roots, culture and disappearing patterns of different nationalities. This will give a new perspective on the meaning of "Culture Bearer".

Project author:
Milana Solieva

BA (Hons) Product & Industrial Design, British Higher School of Art and Design

Program curator:
Angus Colvin

WE LIVED SO STRANGE FOR 2000 YEARS

This is a dialogue between young artists, graduates of the MSCA Contemporary Art program, and the “Russian style”, the most important phenomenon in the decorative arts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The artists acted as interpreters of cultural traditions, addressing the problems of the Russian style through quoting and reinterpreting myths, images, symbols, objects, and literature.

Project authors:
Karina Avanesyan
Dasha Azbil
Katya Alisevich-Nikolskaya
Lena Buzueva
Tatiana Voronina
Anastasia Goncharova
Tatyana Dmitrieva
Victoria Karapetyan
Lena Koltsova
Margo Makarova
Svetlana Pichugina
Ulya Savich
Daria Semyonova
Roman Soyda
Yana Tsikhotskaya

Modern Art, Moscow School of Contemporary Art

Program curator:
Mikhail Levin

DESIGN PROJECT OF THE CULTURAL AND EXHIBITION COMPLEX IN TORZHOK

Design project of cultural and exhibition complex within the program of restoration of historical objects of the 18−19th centuries in Torzhok, Tver region.

The aim of the project is to develop an interior design for exhibitions, events and other leisure activities, considering the significance of the historical context and the diverse range of functional requirements.

Project authors:
Daria Vasilyeva
Nadezhda Cherkasova

Interior Design Basic Course, British Higher School of Art and Design

Program curators:
Elena Babkina
Elena Medvednikova

WHERE IS MY HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESENT?

Have you ever had that no one but a couple of relatives wish you a happy birthday? Especially if you didn’t indicate the date on your social media. Facebook didn’t send a notification to your friends, and you didn’t post the Stories about the event on Instagram.

In this project, Ira Smolikova reflects on the feeling of loneliness. About the state that seems to be part of our increasingly digital life, when we live in a world where we are alone, even if in constant contact with many people. In terms of visual approach, the author uses a constructed reality, a combination of fashion aesthetics and mockumentary.

Particular attention was paid to the selection of locations for shooting. The locations, where the main character lives, are modern, while referring to the motifs of the post-Soviet times and the style of a Russian village hut with whitewashed walls. This atmosphere allows you to draw parallels with the childhood of the heroine, the interiors of that time and draw a line between the past and the present state.

The project was made with the participation of contemporary Russian fashion designers.

Project author:
Ira Smolikova

Photography for New Media, British Higher School of Art and Design

Program curators:
Alexey Nikishin
Ekaterina Ivanova

"END OF MAY 96 — LOST" MUSIC VIDEO

The story of how to shoot a creative video without a budget based on a crazy idea.

Project author:
Evgeny Tokmakov

Camerawork, Moscow Film School

Program curator:
Ilya Demin

LYCEUM IN PAVLOVSKY PARK

The diploma project of Zulfiya Kamalova was devoted to the modes of coexistence of nature and man: the study of architecture in the landscape, that is, in the natural environment, and the landscape around architecture. As part of her graduation project, Zulfiya designed a lyceum for middle and high school students — an educational institution for 20−30 people — in Pavlovsky Park near St. Petersburg. Zulfiya formulated independently the features of the functional program.

The Lyceum is arranged as a smooth, spiral, looping musical composition consisting of four buildings — a study house, a living house, a food house and a stargazing tower. Each building has a different number of floors that grows from one to four, like an upward movement in music. Movements in the park occur from one scenery spot to another, and therefore the lyceum houses create new views relative to each other and the surrounding landscape.

Project author:
Zulfiya Kamalova

Bachelor’s degree (VA in Architecture and Urbanism), Architecture School MARCH

Program curators:
Kirill Ass
Yuri Palmin

The project was made in the studio "Novgorod"

YARD OF CULTURES

The project creates an immersive space of tourism, learning and travel in the centre of Moscow, regenerating abandoned buildings. The idea is to hold on weeks of different Cultures of the Russia regions, covering all aspects from visual to gastronomic.

Project authors:
Philip Petlenko
Violanta Klymenko

Public Interior Design, British Higher School of Art and Design

Program curator:
Fedor Rashchevsky