AIM OF THE FORUM:

·         To present the city in all the brilliance of its past and present architecture on the threshold of the 300^th anniversary.

·         To show it moving forward into the future with new plans and creative potential joining the ideas of masters of different times and nations having worked here.

·         To show Saint Petersburg as the proper place for a professional meeting of architects from different countries.

·         To exchange the ideas and experience on how to preserve our cultural legacy for future generations.

      STRUCTURE OF THE FORUM:

·         Seminars on the architectural history of the city.

·         Excursions on specific topics and professional interests of the forum participants.

·         Seminars and meetings with restorers, work in sections on the topic “Rebirth and Preservation of Saint Petersburg”.

·         Problems of modern megalopolis and ways of solving them. Meetings with representatives of the City Hall and Administration committees. 

·         Section  “Russian Art and History – Reflections in Architecture”. Visiting of museums and architectural sites, discussions with the leading specialists. 

1^st day  May 12

“Splendid city, glorious city...”

A special city tour with additional information,

given to the places, mentioned in reports of the

Forum (Palace Square, St. Isaac’s Cathedral,

“Small Holland”, Mariinskiy Theatre,

Mikhailovskiy Castle, Theater Square etc).

Ballet performance in Mariinskiy Theatre

(former Kirov Theatre).

4^th day  May 15

“Architectural heritage - traditions and innovations.”

Reports concerning preservation and restoration of Petersburg. Discussions on problems of modern megalopolis.

Key speakers:   Yury Kurbatov;   Robert Tavernor;

Jonathan Harris; John McAslan.

The investment program of the World Bank on renovation of the historical center of St. Petersburg.

Work in interest groups: Group of teachers from universities;

Group of restorers; Group of architects and city constructors;

2^nd day  May 13

“And on the raging waves all styles and flags will visit us...”

Grand opening. Greetings of the City Governor.

Announcement of the forum program and topics.

Key speakers:  Oleg Kharchenko; Nikita Yavein; Tom Woolly;

Alexander Margolis; George Kremlis;  Alexander Vakhmistrov;

Meeting of the Chief Architect of St. Petersburg with chief architects of different cities.

Grand banquet at Sheraton Nevskij Palace Hotel.

5^th day  May 16

“Tzarskoye Selo as a pearl of Saint Petersburg school of restoration”

Excursion to Tzarskoye Selo (Alexandrovskiy Palace,

Ekaterininskiy Palace, Park, Chinese Village).

Key speakers:   Ivan Sautov

The mysterious past of the Amber Room, its re-creation today.

Summing up Forum. Chamber music concert.

Official closing of the Forum. Grand banquet in the palace.

3^rd day  May 14

“Culture as city forming factor”

Key speakers:  Mikhail Piotrovsky;  Andreas Gottlieb Hempel Andrey Punin; Boris Kirikov; Boris Pokrovskiy, Viktor Polishuk

Presentations on the plans of reconstruction of

Mikhailovskiy Castle, Mariinskiy Theater.

Projects: “New Holland” and “Grand Hermitage”.

6^th day  May 17

Optional:  morning excursion to

Petrodvorets  (for those who wish);

Departure of the participants.

·         Alexander I. Vakhmistrov, Administration of Saint Petersburg,

       Vice-Governor of the city.

“The realization of investment projects in historical centre of the city by the 300^th anniversary of St. Petersburg”.

Delegates fee:                                  $ 800

Guests coming with delegates:        $ 450

WORKING LANGUAGES OF THE FORUM ARE RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH

Visa-support will be given by Saint Petersburg City Administration and “Centaur Co. Ltd”. Organizers of the Forum offer their help in hotel booking. Special accommodation discounts will be available.

Application Form, details about hotels and program see in our web-site: http://www.archi-tector.org

Early booking deadline:            January 25, 2002.

Booking deadline:                         March 11, 2002.

Papers confirmation:                 January 25, 2002.

Cultural events included in Conference fee:

·         Ballet performance in Mariinskiy theatre;

·         Gala-dinner – opening of the Forum in Sheraton Nevskij Palace (Mon., 13.05);

·         Gala-dinner – closing of the Forum in Ekaterininskiy palace (Thursday, 16.05);

·         Program of the day May, 16-th in Tzarskoye Selo, visiting of restoration workshops;

·         Excursions (city tour, excursion to the State Hermitage Museum, excursion to Ekaterininskiy and Alexandrovskiy palaces in Tzarskoye Selo, excursion on professional interests).

Cancellation policy:

100% refund will be given for all cancellations received up to 30 working days before the event. Cancellation must be made in writing form.

No refunds will be given to cancellations received less than 30 working days before the event. 

“Russian Art and History–Reflections in Architecture” section includes:

Day 1: City tour; Evening – ballet in Mariinskiy theatre.

Day 2: Plenary sessions. Workshop:“Cosmopolitan city:

settlements of different nationalities”:

·         Italian and French architects in Saint Petersburg.

·         English masters in Saint Petersburg.

·         Century of German architecture.

·         The Dutch in Saint Petersburg.

Day 3:  Morning - Plenary sessions;

Excursion to the Hermitage and to the Golden Treasury.

Day 4:  Morning – plenary sessions;

Afternoon: - Excursion to the Russian museum - outstanding monument of Classicism. Centre of Russian art at all stages of its development. Russian Museum as compositional dominant of Art Square of the city.

Second part of the day: Work in interest groups.

Day 5: Day in Tzarskoye Selo (excursions, sessions).

Official closing of the Forum.

Day 6: Excursion to Petrodvorets (optional).

·         Oleg A. Kharchenko, Chief Architect of Saint Petersburg,

       the Head of the Committee on City Building and Architecture: 

“Main stages of the city history reflected in architecture”.

·         Nikita I. Yavein, Administration of Saint Petersburg,

       Chief of the Committee on Monuments Protection:

“UNESCO – St. Petersburg is the city-monument of architecturally planned system”.

·         Professor Mikhail B. Piotrovskiy,

       Director of the State Hermitage Museum:

 “Architecture of the Winter Palace and of the Hermitage buildings. The Grand Hermitage project”.

·                     Andreas Gottlieb Hempel, Germany

Professor of the International Academy of Architects IAA, 

First Vice-president UIA.

“Architecture follows cityplanning – the Berlin example”

·         Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architec-

ture at the University of Pennsylvania:“Thomas de Thomon,

an architect of the French Enlightenment in a Russian setting”.

·         Professor Ivan P. Sautov,

       General Director of the State Museum Reserve “Tzarskoje Selo”:

“Experience of Saint Petersburg restorers’ school in restoration of Tzarskoje Selo after the Second World War”.

·         Professor Alexander D. Margolis, Saint Petersburg:

“The ideas of Peter the Great about construction of the city. What was fulfilled? What has maintained?”

·         Professor Andrey L. Punin, Saint Petersburg Art Academy:

“Italian and French architects in St. Petersburg”.

·         Professor Yuriy I. Kurbatov, Saint Petersburg:

“Saint Petersburg style in bend mirror of Postmodern

       (The tendencies in modern architecture)”.

§            Professor Peter Blundell Jones, Professor of architecture, UK,

School of Architecture, The Arts Tower, Western Bank, Sheffield:

“Architectural Criticism and the making of Architectural History”.

·         Professor Robert Tavernor, UK

       Head of Architecture Group, the University of Bath:

“Georgian urban design in Bath and Edinburgh and the conflict with Modernism”.

·         John McAslan, the head of  “John McAslan + Partners”, UK:

“World Heritage Sites and Historic Contexts: Tradition and Innovations”. Experience of the company.

·         Doctor Jonathan Harris, UK:

       Senior lecturer of School of Architecture, Liverpool University: “Theoretical and Historical Implications of Urban Renewal: The Case of Liverpool”.

Who should attend:

·         Chief architects of cities, regions, universities;

·         Representatives of committees on historical monuments

        protection;

·         Practicing architects and restorers;

·         Teachers of architectural faculties of universities and

        colleges;

·         Specialists on history of Russian culture;

·         City planning and building engineers;

·         Representatives of art museums.