Albina Motor

Initiator of the project, philologist, researcher of urban everyday culture, author of artistic and educational projects, co-founder and curator of urban programs in the Street Art Research Institute

She strives to make the city a more human-friendly space and has all the necessary skills for this. In 2014, she graduated from Strelka Institute of Media and Design, where she studied everyday urban life.
«A modern architect is not a specialist with a big ego. First of all, the modern architect pays attention to social problems. And we, citizens, being very different people, can be co-authors of urban change. This is one of the ideas that we are trying to convey through the project».

Andrey Anisimov

Deputy Director at the Danish Institute of Сulture in St. Petersburg

«Our goal is to explore how industrial areas in the Baltic sea region are transformed into new cultural and public spaces. We strive to create continuous contacts between experts from Northern Europe and experts from the North-West of Russia and to build a dialogue that will lead to creation of comfortable coastal spaces in Russia».

Polina Shtanko

Executive Producer

Ilya Davydov

Art Director

«A city is the sum of the knowledge and experience of all its inhabitants. And each of these residents has their own aspirations and dreams. The synergy of dreams and knowledge makes it possible to realize the wonderful everyday life of the city for every resident. That’s why it’s so important to study the experience of implemented projects, talk about them and try to do local projects. Each of which, no matter how insignificant it may be on the scale of the city, provides space for dialogue».

Dmitry Pilikin

Curator, art critic, art historian

Dmitry has been working in the field of contemporary art since 1989. Since 1995 he has worked as the curator of the 21 Gallery, Director of the PhotoImage Gallery, the curator of the photographic section of the IV St. Petersburg Biennale of contemporary art (1996), the curator of videofestival Balkan answer (1999) and curator of the project Photography as a little death (2000). Currently, he is Deputy Director of the Museum of contemporary art of St. Petersburg state University.
«In our project, everything and everyone are important. But it is the artists who can find unexpected solutions, that will be later implemented by other team members».

Olga Mnishko

City activist, co-creator and coordinator of the Cycling of St. Petersburg, the festival Living streets and the educational project Right to water

Over the years, I have managed to implement several important city initiatives, including the educational project Right to water, which aims to activate the water urban environment by citizens through events, communication, study and improvement of legislation.

Angelina Davydova

Ecologist, environmental journalist

Angelina writes for Russian and international media. She is director of the Bureau of Environmental Information. Lecturer of St. Petersburg state University and ITMO, organiser of courses in environmental journalism and communication. The observer of the UN talks in the field of climate change since 2008. Fellow of the Humphrey Fellowship program at the University of California, Davis in 2018/2019.

Maria Tinika

City activist, founder of the initiative group Trees of St. Petersburg

«For many years, I have been interested in the city and the laws under which it develops. I read a lot about it, and I was constantly traveling to see how megacities are arranged in other countries. In St. Petersburg, the process of creating open public spaces has just begun. To speed it up, I decided to go into activism».

Daniyar Yusupov

Architect, urbanist

Since 2004 specializes in the development of the urban environment of post-Soviet cities. He has launched more than forty master plans, development strategies and spatial planning schemes across the country. In 2012, Daniyar co-organized the SREDA Institute of urban studies in St. Petersburg. Since 2017, he has been managing the design::unit Studio, which focus is the design of open urban spaces.
«We proceed from the fact that the complexity of the urban structure requires a corresponding complexity of decisions and interventions. Therefore, the quality of design solutions can be developed only in interdisciplinary teams. In the Waterfront project, we are committed to this approach».

Ksenia Kuzmina

Sociologist, associate Professor at the HSE in St. Petersburg

«Today, cities and territories are actively competing for resources. One of the most important mechanisms for attracting investment is the rethinking of already created facilities and territories. To do this, we need to put into practice the concept of collective imagination, which is the key factor of Waterfront project».