In Irkutsk, the 14th session of the Winter Urban Planning University will be held, devoted to modernizing the urban environment and creating a system of public recreational spaces. 30 young specialists from over 10 countries and more than 15 international experts will take part in the workshop and international symposium to propose solutions suited to Irkutsk, its climate and urban structure. Participants will study foreign experience and develop practical project proposals applicable to the city.

Kondratieva Inna Anatolyevna, Acting Deputy Mayor, Chair of the Committee on Urban Planning Policy of the Irkutsk City Administration.
Tanaev Andrey Borisovich, Vice-Rector for International Affairs of NIIrGTU;
Grigorieva Elena Ivanovna, pilot of the 14th session, Vice President of the Union of Architects of Russia, Corresponding Member of the RAASN, Full Member of the IAAM;
Kozak Alexandra Igorevna, Director of MBZGU.
The theme of the upcoming university - “Modernization of the urban environment and the formation of a system of public and recreational spaces in the city” meets the real needs of the city of Irkutsk." This theme was approved by the European and Russian Scientific Council of MBZGU, and was also supported by the Board of Trustees, the city and regional Administration.
This year, 30 young specialists in the fields of urban planning, ecology, economics, and transport systems from more than 10 countries around the world (Germany, France, China, Great Britain, Russia, Lebanon, etc.) and cities of the Russian Federation (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk) will take part in the session. The scientific supervisors of the session are: Grigorieva Elena Ivanovna, pilot of the 14th session, Vice President of the Union of Architects of Russia, Corresponding Member of the RAASN, Full Member of the IAAM, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation; Jean-Michel Guino, co-pilot of the 14th session, honorary professor of the Higher School of Economic Sciences and Business, director of the Institute of Cities and Territories.
As part of the 14th session, an international scientific and practical symposium on a similar topic is planned, in which more than 15 international experts will take part.
The main goal of the workshop and the international scientific and practical symposium will be the development of the structure and system of public and recreational spaces, taking into account the features of Irkutsk's urban structure, its climatic conditions, the directions of existing pedestrian flows, and the specifics of how Russians inhabit adjacent-house and street areas. Foreign experience will be analyzed, methods for solving problems and formulating design proposals applicable directly to the city of Irkutsk will be developed.
The Winter Urban Planning University is a workshop based at NIIrGTU, founded on the 30-year experience of the Summer Workshops of the European University of Urban Planning in Cergy-Pontoise, France. As the only annual international workshop in Russia, the Winter University brings together the young, creative, and inventive forces of the world in the fields of architecture, urban planning, ecology, economics, transport systems, and other specialties.
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk city administration