07/02/2025

6 out of 20! KSUAE students are winners and finalists of the international architectural competition in Italy

KSUAE Students became winners and finalists of the open architectural competition of ideas THE BELL TOWER (Italy). The task of the competition was to propose an architectural addition to the 14th century bell tower. It is the only thing that reminds us of the former town, which was completely flooded during the construction of a dam for a hydroelectric power station. Now the tower stands alone in the middle of the formed lake and attracts a large number of tourists.

The organizers asked to emphasize the history of the place, provide an opportunity for tourists to visit the place in an interesting way, use bold but environmentally friendly solutions - all in accordance with modern trends. And the students, under the guidance of KSUAE tutor Ilnar Akhtyamova, coped with the task perfectly, which was highly appreciated by the jury members of the competition.

The first award was taken by graduate students Timur Abdrakhmanov and Fatih Shakirov with the project "Spiritual Pendulum". Now the guys are on an internship in France, in the bureau of the famous architect Jean Nouvel. The project is aimed at preserving the bell tower as a historical site. The restaurant respects the surrounding environment, the charming landscape and the bell tower, its image as a symbol embodying the lost history of the village. The restaurant blends in softly with the existing environment, without affecting the tower, keeping the main and important viewpoint from the shore intact and opening up new views to visitors. In addition to the restaurant, the project adds a public space next to the tower, an oasis in the middle of the lake with a blooming garden and a square that opens up access to the foot of the tower. The restaurant offers visitors a unique gastronomic and aesthetic experience and the atmosphere of the place. Guests can enjoy dinner with beautiful underwater views, feeling the traces of history on themselves or on the water surface, enjoying the mirror of the water, the horizon, the sky and the mountains, or next to the tower and the blooming garden under the open stars.

The second award was taken by the project "Meeting with History", authors - Taliya Nurutdinova and Artur Yakovlev. They are currently studying in Germany, but they are our graduates, our school and pride!

The finalists also included KSUAE TIArch studio students: Anastasia Lukashchuk "Affectus Restaurant"; Egor Kiselev and Alexandra Ilyasova "Gastronomic Village", Vladislav Krayushkin and Diana Iksanova "Mists of the Past", as well as Alexey Yakubov "Under".

Thus, 6 projects of KSUAE students and graduates became winners and finalists of the competition in Italy.

Among the finalists and prize winners are participants from Argentina, Japan, Indonesia, Italy, India and Peru.

Congratulations to KSUAE students and graduates!

Officlal website of the competition

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The News is submitted by International Relations Dept of the University.

06/02/2025

KSUAE and the Infowatch Group of Companies: Education + Business for High-Level IT Specialists

On February 5, 2025, a working meeting with representatives of the InfoWatch group of companies was held at KSUAE. InfoWatch is a leading Russian developer of solutions for ensuring information security for organizations. On the market since 2003. InfoWatch develops technologies and products to reduce information security risks, protect and analyze corporate data for companies.

At the meeting, the parties discussed the creation of the "InfoWatch Laboratory" at the basic department of "Information Systems and Technologies in Construction", which will help in training specialists providing corporate protection, cyber and information security. The joint plans include attracting highly qualified teachers-practitioners to teach students; ensuring a high level of research, design, creation and testing of software, increasing the efficiency of the educational process; training highly qualified specialists capable of designing, creating and testing software; organizing and conducting internships for the purpose of professional orientation of students; developing special courses, seminars, educational programs, etc.

The News is submitted by International Relations Dept of the University.

04/02/2025

"Let's Make the City More Beautiful!" — KSUAE and the Old City Prefecture Develop Cooperation

On February 4, 2025, a working meeting was held between representatives of the Old City Prefecture of the Executive Committee of the City of Kazan and students and teachers of the KSUAE Institute of Architecture and Design.

Students and teachers will work on developing projects for the improvement of interesting and at the same time complex Kazan courtyards and park areas. In addition, 2nd-year students under the guidance of teachers will work on the concept of improving one of the shortest streets in Kazan - Kunche St., where, perhaps, a small tourist Eastern Bazaar will be located in the future. In terms of design, the prefect paid special attention to the reconstruction of some Kazan wooden architecture objects. These objects do not currently have a protected status, but are valuable as buildings that form the historical environment of the city. Projects for these buildings as part of the course design will be undertaken by 4th-year architects-restorers. As noted by the rector of KSUAE R.K. Nizamov, the students have a large and at the same time interesting and useful project work, the implementation of which in the future will make our city even more beautiful.

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03/02/2025

"Strength Test": a master class for Kazan schoolchildren was held at the KSUAE "Strength" academic center

On February 1, 2025, a master class "Strength Test" was held at the KSUAE Scientific and Educational Center "Strength". The participants were students from grades 8-11 of Kazan schools.

Associate Professor of the Department of Metal Structures and Testing of Structures, Candidate of Technical Sciences Gimranov Linur gave an introductory lecture and clearly demonstrated the process of calculating the strength of a structure using the example of "spaghetti". The schoolchildren took part in the creation of "pasta" structures and testing their strength with great interest. As a result, one of the bridges withstood a weight equal to 1 laptop, 3 phones and 1 glass of water.

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