Harmony and Light

13:18, December 23, 2013

New building of Ural Federal University will be constructed with respect to the project of the company which collaborated with Skolkovo

The winner of the international open contest on the project of new academic building for Bachelor students of Ural Federal University is the company EGM Architects from the Netherlands, which has experience in designing research and educational center for Skolkovo.

The new building project created by the designer of the Dutch company Yana Vlasova, a graduate of the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts, in collaboration with Daniël van den Berg and Arnold Sikkel. The authors will receive a prize of 200 thousand rubles from the university.

"Our building does not block light and views of other objects, it takes into account the lower line of the facade both the neighboring buildings and the buildings on the opposite side of the road," - says Yana Vlasova. She also notes that the building is very light due to the high windows.

On the ground floor of a new academic building, which will be located on Sofia Kovalevskaya 7a, the authors suggest to place a café with terrace. The second floor is used for administrative offices, on the third floor they plan to plans build presentation halls, there also be the bridge to the main academic building of the university.

"We chose this project because it is functional and easy to be realized, - said the Rector Viktor Koksharov. - I think the building fits perfectly into the surrounding space and creates an ensemble with the main building of the university. The Commission noted the successful zoning – laboratories are located in a separate unit under the technical floor, making them easier to maintain and work in".

The Commission projects found all projects to be successful. The Rector made special mention of the project created by Dmitry Saukov and Victor Pyatunin, the students of UrFU Institute of Civil Engineering.

"Other projects deserve attention too. We saw a lot of interesting ideas, and I hope that they will be used in practice. With the permission of my colleagues, we are ready to put these projects for public review "- said Viktor Koksharov.