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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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On March 5, 2026, the qualifying round of the CASE-IN international engineering championship in the "Architecture, Design, Construction, and Housing and Utilities" category was held at the Institute of Civil Engineering of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The championship is supported by the presidential platform "Russia – Land of Opportunity" and is included in the "Science of Winning" initiative of the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia.
Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Civil Engineering Institute, and Yuri Lazarev, Director of the Higher School of Industrial, Civil, and Road Construction, opened the qualifying round with welcoming remarks, wishing the teams a successful defense and creative ideas.
The selection stage task called for the development of a concept for a multifunctional residential complex with underground parking and integrated Comfort-class non-residential premises, with a total area of 22,000 m², within the existing urban development of a city with a population of 400,000 to 500,000. Metropolis LLC, a leading Russian architectural and construction design firm, initiated and acted as the strategic partner for the "Architecture, Design, Construction, and Housing and Utilities" project.
Nine student teams from the Civil Engineering Institute, divided into groups of 5-7 people, participated in the championship. Over the course of three hours, participants developed comprehensive design solutions, including master plans and massing, architectural and structural solutions, electrical, water, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, as well as fire safety and energy efficiency measures.
The expert committee included representatives of the Civil Engineering Institute: senior lecturers Alexandra Zatsepina and Ekaterina Nedviga of the Higher School of Public Administration and Control (HSPCG), assistants Yulia Mordovkina and Yuri Nosov of the Higher School of Public Administration and Control (HSPCG), associate professor Stanislav Dyakov, and associate professor Olesya Averianova of the Higher School of Public Administration and Control (HSPCG). Representatives of Metropolis LLC included lead architect Diana Batayeva, head of the HVAC group Alexander Kanatov, and chief project designer Nikolai Novikov.
The "polyForma" team took first place. The team included Vera Zorina, Elizaveta Kotarskaya, Nikita Anisimov, Anton Smotrin, Alexander Kolosov, Polina Shirokova, and Ilya Kazinsky. The team's mentor was Anna Korotkova, senior lecturer at the Institute of Strategic Studies' Higher School of Industrial, Civil, and Road Construction.
The MonArchi team took second place. The team included Olga Zamaraeva, Karina Kambulatova, Valeria Cherentaeva, Svetlana Trubitsyna, Alexey Muromsky, Nikita Lapshin, and Alexander Shumailov. The team was mentored by Philipp Shkolyar, Associate Professor at the Institute of Strategic Studies' Graduate School of Industrial, Civil, and Road Construction.
Team Entazis won bronze. Representing them were Ilya Erokhin, Grigory Rytov, Alisa Katelevskaya, Anna Potekhina, Matvey Andreev, Anna Nagovitsyna, and Fyodor Nebabin. The team's mentor was Galina Bardina, senior lecturer at the Institute of Industrial, Civil, and Road Construction (ISI).
At the CASE-IN championship finals, which will take place this May in Moscow, students from the "polyForma" team will not only present their final solutions to the expert community but will also have the opportunity to introduce themselves to Russia's best employers.
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