From June 17 to 23, Irkutsk will host the Urban Planning Workshop Wooden Heritage of Irkutsk, dedicated to the future of the historic center and preserving the citys wooden architecture.

From June 17 to 23, the City Urban Planning Workshop “Wooden Heritage of Irkutsk” will take place in the city. The project is being carried out on the platform of the “Urban Planning School” by the Administration of the City of Irkutsk and OJSC “Irkutsk Monuments Development Agency,” with the support of NII IrGTU.
The main goals and objectives of the project are: the prospects for the development of the city’s historic center, the development of approaches to preserving the municipality’s heritage, the identification of the main requirements for the content of urban planning regulations, and the application of Russian and international experience in preserving historical, cultural, and architectural heritage. The workshop will result in the development of recommendations for urban planning regulations and the formation of a working group that, together with specialists from OJSC “Irkutskgiprodornii,” will work on the detailed planning and land use project within the boundaries of the historic settlement of Irkutsk. The concept for preserving Irkutsk’s wooden heritage is to be approved as a regulatory document. It will set out specific mechanisms and measures to achieve the stated goals.
Workshop program:
June 17 Day_1 INFO DAY
Official opening ceremony
House of Architects
10-00 Welcome remarks:
Denis VORONOV / Deputy Mayor – Chairman of the Committee on Urban Planning Policy of the Administration of the City of Irkutsk
Inna KONDRATYEVA / Chief Architect of Irkutsk
Irina KRAVETS / General Director of OJSC “Irkutsk Monuments Development Agency”
Andrey TANAEV / Vice-Rector for International Affairs of IrGTU
10-20 Presentation of the Summer Workshop:
Alexandra KOZAK / Director of the Urban Planning School
10-30 Presentation of the workshop topic:
Alexey CHERTILOV / pilot of the Summer Workshop, Associate Professor of the Department of Architecture and Fundamentals of Design at Irkutsk State Technical University, Head of the Cultural Heritage Sector of OJSC "Irkutsk Promstroyproekt", expert (external) of the Federal Service for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, member of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites).
10-40 - 13-00 Introductory lectures
13-10 Team formation
13-30 BREAK
15-00 Excursion through the historic center
17-00 Master class
House of Architects
Wooden development of Irkutsk in photographs
Sergey MEDVEDEV
18-00 On European and Russian open-air museums: approaches and methods of work
Olga SEVAN
June 18 Day_2 CONCEPT
Identification of problems and determination of the development prospects of the historic settlement of the city of Irkutsk. Analysis of the socio-economic, functional, and landscape-urban planning condition of the historic center area and the existing street and road network. Determination of priorities for further development.
9-00 Team work
IrGTU Technopark
13-00 LUNCH
14-00 Team work
IrGTU Technopark
18-00 Master class
- 20-00 House of Architects
June 19 Day_3 STRATEGY
Development of approaches and requirements for the content of urban planning regulations for the historic settlement. Development of a concept for the functional purpose of fragments of historic development.
9-00 Presentation of concepts to the Academic Council. Recommendations
Conference Hall of the IrGTU Technopark
11-00 Team work
13-00 LUNCH
14-00 Team work
18-00 Master class
- 20-00 Revolution Gallery
June 20 Day_4 PROJECT
Design proposals for the reconstruction of blocks in the historic center. Development of options for a conceptual proposal for the reconstruction of the historic center of Irkutsk.
9-00 Presentation of the strategy to the Academic Council. Recommendations
Conference Hall of the IrGTU Technopark
11-00 Team work
13-00 LUNCH
14-00 Team work
June 21 Day_5 PRESENTATION
Closing_Official part
City Hall of Irkutsk
10-00 Welcome remarks
10-30 Team A presentation
30 minutes presentation / 15 minutes questions
11-15 Team B presentation
30 minutes presentation / 15 minutes questions
12-00 Team C presentation
30 minutes presentation / 15 minutes questions
13-00 LUNCH
14-00 Summary
Questions and discussion at the round table
16-00 Summing up
June 22 Day_6 ROUND TABLE
10-00 Discussion and development of a common concept for the development of the center of Irkutsk at the round table
13-00 BREAK
14-00 Visit to the Taltsy architectural and ethnographic museum
Baikal shore
Lunch
June 23 departure of participants
Based on materials from the press service of the Administration of Irkutsk