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The jury of the Open international competition for the development of an architectural and planning concept for the renovation of Norilsk until 2035 which is held with the support of Norilsk Nickel has determined its finalists.The jury meeting took place on October 19. The jury consisted of experts in the field of integrated development of territories ecology economics and spatial planning marketing and communications technologies and innovations from Russia and abroad.The jury considered 27 applications from 12 individual applicants and 15 consortia from 13 countries. The experts evaluated the participants according to several criteria the relevance and status of the projects presented in the portfolio the content of the essay and the proposed idea for the future renovation of the city. Also the jury members got acquainted with the recommendations of the expert council.The shortlist included eight applications after a detailed discussion of which the jury members voted for three finalists. They areconsortium led by NI and PI Gradplan of the city of Moscow Moscow Russia which includes Aukett Swanke Moscow Russia London UK Dialectica Spectrum group of companies Moscow Russia MAParchitects Moscow Russia Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute. ON. Avrorina of the Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirovsk Russia Institute of Permafrost Studies named after V.I. P.I. Melnikov of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yakutsk Russia and the V.I. V.P. Larionov of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yakutsk Russiaa consortium led by the National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow Russia which includes ABTB LLC Moscow Russia and SELARL PPX Paris Francea consortium led by the Territorial Urban Development Institute Krasnoyarskgrazhdanproekt Krasnoyarsk Russia which included JSC Krasnoyarsk PromstroyNIIproekt Krasnoyarsk Russia JSC Krasvodokanalproekt Krasnoyarsk Russia LLC ADM Krasnoyarsk Russia Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk Russia.How Norilsk will continue to transform depends on the result of this competition. I am sure that such interest and attention to Norilsk from a variety of teams from many cities and countries is a good sign said Larisa Zelkova Senior Vice President of Norilsk Nickel. We rely not only on the creative approach of the teams but also on innovative technologies original concepts and projects that will set new standards for the modern urban environment in the Arctic.A quality work has been done and the right choice has been made. I am completely satisfied with the results of the voting comments Sergey Tchoban head of the architectural bureaus SPICH Russia and Tchoban Voss Architekten Germany.In November the finalists will come to Norilsk for an orientation seminar to personally get acquainted with the peculiarities of the city in order to formulate high-quality proposals for its renovation.Norilsk is on the verge of global changes. We have a lot to realize and change. It is important to get acquainted with the vision of professionals to join the experience not only of different cities but also of different countries in order to understand what ideas can be applied to our territory with its geographic and climatic characteristics said the head of Norilsk Dmitry Karasev.Over the past two years there has been a broad discussion about what Norilsk is lacking. The opinions of the townspeople and the professional community were collected recommendations from architects urban planners and urbanists from other territories of our country were received. However today we do not have a single image of a modern and comfortable city in the Arctic. And we set the task for the finalists of the competition to develop such an architectural concept said Maxim Mironov Director of the Norilsk Development Agency.The results of the competition for solutions to increase the attractiveness of Norilsk for life study and work improve public activity of urban areas improve existing facilities as well as the development of transport and engineering infrastructures will be summed up in March 2022 at the final meeting of the jury.The competition was initiated by the city administration and the Norilsk Development Agency with the support of Norilsk Nickel. The operator of the competition is the international urban laboratory CENTER Lab.The creation of an architectural and planning concept is an important stage of the Norilsk socio-economic development program stipulated by a quadripartite agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation the government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory the city administration and Norilsk Nickel. According to this document signed in February 2021 the volume of joint financing of the program will amount to 120.1 billion rubles. Of these 24 billion rubles. - from the federal budget 14.8 billion rubles. - from the consolidated budget of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and 81.3 billion rubles. - from the funds of Norilsk Nickel. In addition the company will allocate 150 billion rubles for the development of the city. until 2035.
