Урбанистический форум «Waterfront / Водная линия»

As the project developed,&nbsp;«Waterfront: neighbourhood &amp; community»&nbsp;attracted new experts to the dialogue about the problems of the use of coastal areas, organized lectures, open discussions and public-talks for all interested in urbanism, sociology, anthropology, architecture, design, and just curious people. On February 2, a lecture by experts of the architectural bureau&nbsp;Orchestra Design&nbsp;Eduard Moreau and Catherine Goldberg was held at&nbsp;&nbsp;the center for art and music of V. V. Mayakovsky Library. Eduard and Catherine told about social and cultural initiatives and presented a case with Lyubinsky Avenue in Omsk. In addition, they talked about the bureau's projects related to the embankments of the Moscow River and in the city of Yelabuga: how to move from a large-scale strategy to action through a socio-cultural program and the involvement of residents. The meeting was held in the framework of the international&nbsp;«Waterfront: neighbourhood &amp; community»&nbsp;project. In cooperation with the Danish Institute of Culture and with financial support from the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Council. On February 17, another lecture was held at the same venue. This time Eduard Hyman, head of UI/UX design, visualization and analysis of urban data at Habidatum, spoke on&nbsp;How we communicate with the city through data. The lecture focused on trends in data-driven urban analytics, monitoring and predicting effects, and opportunities for urban development, infrastructure and the urban economy.Edward told about the scheme and structure of the company Habidatum and presented case studies related to the analysis and visualization of spatio-temporal data. The lecture was held as part of the series of meetings of the public program&nbsp;«Citizens as co-authors of architects» of the&nbsp;«Waterfront: neighbourhood&amp;community»&nbsp;&nbsp;project. On April 26, projects&nbsp;«Waterfront: neighbourhood&amp;community»&nbsp;and&nbsp;«Who owns the River?» organized a joint event. It was a lecture by the founders of the&nbsp;Observatory&nbsp;Studio.&nbsp;Lieven Poutsma and Ruud Reutelingsperger&nbsp;spoke about the role of local communities in the formation of river landscapes. The&nbsp;Observatory&nbsp;is an art project from Rotterdam that integrates artistic and architectural solutions into public spaces.&nbsp; Lieven Poutsma is an artist working at the intersection of art and architecture. His interests lie in the transformation of space — he can tell the story of a place through the integration of architectural objects that complement the environment.Ruud Reutelingsperger is an urban researcher working on the transformation of industrial areas and industrial zones. He is sure that the prospects of art are closely linked with politics and urban development. The lecture was supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers and Creative Industries Fund NL. The main partner of the project was HSE.

Project sections, lectures and public talks. 2019

Forum&nbsp;Cities by the water. 2018 In October 2018, the second phase of the&nbsp;«Waterfront: neighbourhood&amp;community»&nbsp;project began. It started with the forum&nbsp;Cities by the water, held on October 5-6 in the framework of the festival&nbsp;Nordic Week in St. Petersburg&nbsp;&nbsp;and organized by the Institute of Street Art Research, the Danish Institute of Culture and the Consulate General of Sweden. The various sections of the forum were attended by representatives of the administrations both of the cities of the Nordic countries and St. Petersburg, architects, developers and everyone not indifferent to the harmonious development of the urban environment. The organizers of the forum focused on the problem common both to urbanists from Russia and the Nordic countries: how to create modern and full-fledged public spaces in the coastal areas of the cities; what should be done to make people feel cozy, comfortable and safe in these places; how to make them "that" places of leisure and meeting for different people from among local residents and tourists; how to achieve synergy «administration — citizen — business»? Another topic of the forum — the experience of preserving wooden monuments — was discussed at the section devoted to wooden architecture in the modern urban environment, which was organized in cooperation with the Administration of St. Petersburg and the Association&nbsp;Northern wooden city. The program of the two-day forum consisted of a professional section (conferences, workshops) and a section for the wider audience (lectures, presentations, workshops and performances). This made possible for everyone interested in the development of the city to participate in the forum.

Forum Cities by the water. 2018

On April 17 and 18, 2019, the&nbsp;«Waterfront: neighbourhood&amp;community»&nbsp;project participated in the V International&nbsp;Forum of Spatial Development, which was held as part of the&nbsp;Week of Urban Change&nbsp;in St. Petersburg at the ARTPLAY venue.&nbsp; On 17 April, we have had two debates —&nbsp;The living city: from the atmosphere to sustainable solutions&nbsp;and&nbsp;Economy of culture: recipes of urban happiness&nbsp;— in which participated the project partners from the Netherlands: Jeroen Everard and Melanie Post van Ophem. During the sessions, experts and citizens talked about the secrets of the ideal city, tried to answer the question of how to reduce stress in the urban environment, discussed the role of holidays and cultural events in the process of creating a comfortable and safe urban environment open to all. On April 18, the workshop&nbsp;Citizens as co-authors of public spaces&nbsp;was held. It consisted of two parts. The first part consisted of a lecture&nbsp;How art can change the reputation of a region&nbsp;and public-talk with Erun Eiverart, who spoke about how art can affect the reputation of the region. The second part of the workshop was held in the format of a role-playing game, in which participants were involved together with the participants of the&nbsp;«Waterfront: neighbourhood&amp;community»&nbsp;project. The participants of the session had to choose a role («administration», «a&nbsp;tourist»,&nbsp;«an activist», «a builder», «a grandmother at the entrance», «a parent on a walk with a child», etc.), from the position of which they participated in the further&nbsp;discussion.

Waterfront / Waterline project and V Forum of Spatial Development

On September 21, 2017, we opened our first urban research exhibition «Waterfront: neighbourhood&amp;community»&nbsp;on the Vasilievsky island. The exposition was located in the shop of the former Sevkabel factory, part of the territory of which was liberated in order to create a cultural and business center with free access to the waterfront. The uniqueness of this place is the open access to the Neva River and the Gulf of Finland, constructivist view of the WHSD (Western High-Speed Diameter) and the water area. This location translates an additional visual «message» and poses the main question of the project — how should the modern city near the water and its&nbsp;embankments&nbsp;look like? how does the proximity of water change the quality of citizens everyday life? It is this question that the artists of the project tried to answer in their works. The exhibition was attended by 13 artists from Russia and Northern Europe. Artists&nbsp;techniques ranged from large «industrial» art objects to sound art and complex installations using video projections. Thanks to such a variety of techniques, the artists were able to explore the theme of water from different angles — urban, environmental, cultural — and create a comprehensive statement, the purpose of which was to attract the attention of citizens to the problems of use of the coastal areas. After all, many cities, and especially St. Petersburg, owe their existence to the very possibility of access to the sea. Artists:Andrey Rudyev (Russia, St. Petersburg), installationSergey Filatov (Russia, St. Petersburg), sound installationMarina Alekseeva (Russia, St. Petersburg), installation with video projectionDanita Pushkareva (Russia, St. Petersburg), installationSergey Denikin (Russia, St. Petersburg), light and shadow installationsVeronika rudyeva-Ryazantseva (Russia, St. Petersburg), installation with video projection Alexander Morozov (Russia, St. Petersburg), video installationSergey Katran (Moscow, Russia), sculptural objectsIlya Davydov (Russia, Moscow-St. Petersburg), series of video projections, video documentation&nbsp;Waterfront: Scandinavian trip.Dmitry Shubin (Russia, St. Petersburg), sound installation and performance of the&nbsp;Orchestra of improvisational music&nbsp;at the openingPavel Ignatiev (Russia, St. Petersburg), sculptural objectAndrey Lublin (Russia, St. Petersburg), objectsSASHAPASHA (Russia/Finland), installationJacob Remin (Denmark), video Curator&nbsp;—&nbsp;Dmitry Pilikin, art historian, researcher of urban culture, employee of the Museum of Modern Art of St. Petersburg state UniversityProducer&nbsp;— Albina Motor, the driver of art programs in the urban environment, the founder of the Institute of Street Art Research.Organizers of the exhibition: the Institute of Street Art Research and the Danish Institute of Culture&nbsp;in St. Petersburg.

Урбанистический форум «Waterfront / Водная линия»

Waterfront / Waterline project and V Forum of Spatial Development

Project sections, lectures and public talks. 2019

Exhibition «Waterfront: neighbourhood & community». 2017

Forum Cities by the water. 2018