The competition for the best monument project to a mother in Irkutsk has ended

In Irkutsk, the contest for the best sketch design of the Mother monument was summed up. The jury named the work of the famous sculptor Zurab Tsereteli the winner. The contest was held in two rounds, and among the noted projects were also works by Irkutsk and Moscow authors. Soon all the submitted sketches will be shown at an exhibition.

On February 6, 2014, Resolution No. 031-06-89/14 “On Holding a Competition” came into force (together with the “Regulations on the Competition for the Best Conceptual Design of the “Mother” Monument in Irkutsk”). The organizer of the competition was the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Committee on Urban Development Policy of the Irkutsk City Administration.
The tasks defined by the competition were:
- Development of conceptual designs for the monument.
- Determination of the optimal location for the monument on the proposed site.
- Development of a basic planning solution for the proposed site.
- Determination of the optimal dimensions of the monument.
- Creation of a model of the sculptural part of the monument.
- Determination of the material for the sculptural and architectural parts of the monument.
- Determination of the approximate estimated cost of creating the monument, including expenses for inscriptions, transportation, and installation.
- Determination of the approximate estimated cost of landscaping the adjacent area, including expenses for the monument’s foundation and pedestal.
By the end of the second week of February 2015, the competition jury had held a meeting. The majority of votes went to the monument project by the renowned Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli. It was his project that the jury recognized as the winner, noting it as the most professionally executed and consistent with the concept of the monument. In addition, the jury members singled out the works of the Irkutsk team of authors IP Kirilov, and the Muscovites A. Doronin and M. Solomatin. The Council of Honorary Citizens, which initiated the creation of the monument, promised to consider the possibility of rewarding the authors who took the three prize-winning places.
Earlier, 7 authors and creative teams took part in the first round of the competition. At that time, they presented 12 works. Since no winner was selected, a second round was announced. In the second round of the competition, 8 creative teams and individual authors submitted 11 works for the jury’s consideration. Among them were sculptors and architects from Irkutsk and Moscow. Among the Irkutsk authors were Yuri Kapitsa, Ilya Stavsky, Alexey Plotnikov, as well as the team of authors IP Kirilov.
Soon, all monument projects for the mother will be presented at an exhibition.
According to materials from the press service of the Irkutsk administration.