Twice a year, young Russian architects gather in scenic places across Russia to build temporary architectural projects and structures out of natural materials over the course of a few days. These festivals, called "Towns", have occurred in 10 locations since 2005 and have brought together over 3,900 participants to construct over 390 objects. The festivals aim to provide opportunities for professional collaboration, learning construction skills, and experiencing nature through architecture.

2. 2 times a year, in winter and summer, young architects gather in the most incredible places in Russia - the Baikal, Altai, the Crimea and ancient northern cities - to build their ‘own Town’.

3. The basic idea : Building of architectural projects and objects of land-art by our hands

4. 10 festivals , 2 actions Suhanovo , august 2005 Suhanovo , march 2006 Yaroslavl , march 2008 Baikal , july 2007 Suhanovo , august 200 6 Kirillov , february 2007 Crimea, september 2008 Altai, july - august 2009 Kargopol, march 2009 Velikiy Ustyug, febr. 2010 Moscow, may 2010 Ryazan, may 2010

5. > 3 9 0 objects

6. geography : - Last festivals - Participants

7. - Realization of eco-architectural ideas - Professional communication - Experience of working in teams - A healthy lifestyle and active travelling Our tasks :

9. with a ruined pier in a hot summer 2005… this all began ...

10. the task was to restore part of the pier and create an installation on it! Water town, august 2005

11. Young architects started working!

12. The result: after 2 days of work, a reconstructed pier 15 architectural-objects and about 150 participants

13. "TSAPA" (A.Asadov architectural studio, Moscow)

14. "Nebanya" (AK Reflection, Moscow)

15. "Wodochnaya station" (Ostozhenka + Kuzembaev, Moscow)

16. Snow town , march 2006 2 days of work ~ 200 participants

17. " Ice Manufacture " (the team of "SPbGASU") and " Ledoskryob " (A.Asadov architectural studio, Moscow)

18. "The next project" (workshop of A. Bavykin, Moscow)

19. Town of childhood , august 2006 2 days of work ~ 300 participants

20. A synthesis of the elements - water, earth and air, the best mirage, a forgotten dream ... and at the same time, the real town for kids with all sorts of adventures!

21. "Playing Classic" ("GIPRONII”, Moscow)

23. Town-fortress, February 2007 ... In search of snow! 3 days of work ~ 200 participants

24. Cyril-Belozersky Monastery - the biggest in Europe

25. First, the idea to cross more than 700 km from Moscow in 30-degree frost was seen as madness

26. “ Gone crazy”(workshop of Yu Vissarionova, Moscow)

27. "Hands" (AK Reflection, Moscow)

28. "IGLU" (the team of P. Ryabchenko and S. Nebotova, Moscow)

29. Shaman-town , july 2007 This trip was harder then Kirillov. A long way, rain and wind, life in the field ... 5 days of work, 2 days of excursions ~ 500 participants

30. Lake Baikal

31. The biggest fresh water lake in the world

32. He aven of ancient gods and meditation in the wild!

33. "Shaman-Tambourine" (A.Asadov architectural studio, Moscow)

34. «C ommunication cube » ( «Kaabinet», Riga)

35. "Te’rebit’" ("Kommuna.arh", Moscow)

36. Excursions after festival

39. Yar-town, march 2008 A place for pagan mysteries and the transformation of matter into spirit 3 days of work, 1 day of excursions ~ 500 participants

40. Yaroslavl

41. Building a scarecrow and burning it down

42. "Sunflowers" (Workshop of "ADM", Moscow)

43. "Inner Light 2.0» ( «Designo», Moscow)

44. “ Blintsy” (architectural team, Moscow)

45. Excursion programm after festival - Rostov

47. Zurbagan, september 2008 The construction of legendary Zurbagan – the town of happiness, the dream-town - dreams of the sea, wind and sails ... 7 days of work, 2 days of resting ~ 800 participants

48. The place is an abandoned military factory near Koktebel

50. Gallery with conceptual projects on the development of the territory

51. "The sea in cube" ( "OAM", Moscow)

52. "Grabuzan" ( "Kurorthinki", Moscow)

54. "White street" (“AB610”, Moscow-Ekaterinburg)

56. "Our flame" ( "Iofan’s Children", Moscow)

58. "Budki 2.0" (“H. Z. ART ", Rostov-on-Don - Moscow)

60. «Up & down» (A.Asadov architectural studio, Moscow)

61. "DNA" (the team "Glue", Moscow-Kazan-Samara)

62. presentation

63. Towns are "turning green" - the theme of eco-homes is being developed Eca-town, march 2009

64. Kargopol. An old Russian city, founded in 1146 4 days of work and excursions ~ 500 participants

65. building material – ice & snow

67. first attempt to build eco-homes

68. “ Hot‘n‘cool” (“Hot End sexy", Moscow)

69. “ Winter palace of Diogen” ("Pomorie", Arkhangelsk)

70. “ Censored-house” (“Censored-group”, Moscow)

71. Green town, august 2009 the most complex, unusual and "green" festival 7 days of work, 2 days of excursions ~ 700 participants

72. the main condition is the use of local materials!

73. for large structures the burned wood was used, from the other shore of the lake

74. The toughest participants spend 1,5 month in Altai mountains

75. "Arhi100g" ("Altayna", Moscow-Barnaul)

77. “ Theater” ( “Mpaat”,Kiev )

78. Building materials – burned forest

79. The twisted “Egg-office” (“KrombiTTraxorm", Yaroslavl)

80. "House of Photography" ( "Mack Monolith", Moscow)

81. “ Nest” (“Brigade M", Moscow)

82. Road to festival

83. "DushAltaya” (arh.office of T. Bashkaev, Moscow)

84. “ Pirs” ( “Pirsona Grata” , Novosibirsk )

85. “ Eco! - Earth!” (“Zemlyanie”, Moscow)

86. “ Cabins” ( “wolfes” , Moscow )

87. “ Epikantus ” ( “uelki” , Moscow )

88. “ Girls, jump to me!" ( "Utkatrihera", Moscow)

89. object in action

91. > TETRIS <village ( «Zoom», Moscow) energy saving

92. 70 teams and more than 700 architects took part in the festival “Green town”!

93. WhiteTown , february 2010 Arch. Desant to the land of Ded Moroz

94. Theme – contemporary interpritation of « IZBA »

95. Materials – snow and ice

96. “ izBABABA” ( Fartart , Moscow)

97. “ Stakanodi” ( “GAGAYAGAGA” , Moscow )

98. “ izBAR” ( Xaoc, Brigada “J” and other )

99. Night lights of team “Snowhow” (Finland )

100. More than 300 architects and 33 objects.

101. TOWN AZ , May 2010 Old Ryazan town

102. “ AZ ” ( Masterskaya , S.Petersburg )

103. “ BUKI ” ( Buki team , Moscow )

104. “ ZEMLYA ” ( Gagayagaya , Moscow )

105. “ TVERDO ” ( Levsha , Odessa )

106. “ POKOY ” ( SKIPeople , Moscow )

107. “ POKOY ” ( SKIPeople , Moscow )

108. “ VEDI ” ( M -33, Moscow )

109. “ YER ” ( Vetrograd , Moscow )

110. “ AZ ” ( Masterskaya , S.Petersburg )

111. TOWNS ON STRELKA , May 2010 The architectural action during the Moscow architectural biennale

113. “ STRELKA ” ( A.Shorin, V.Makletsov, K.Pilugin )

114. “ MOOD IMPROVER ” ( Don’t touch )

115. “ Sitting Arrow ” ( Metatecture )

116. “ MASTER > ” ( Truba )

117. “ COMMUNICATION STOOL ” ( ram2ram )

118. Chairs parade

119. Chairs parade

120. HelioPolis , September 2010 Architectural island on Ionic sea !

121. Island’s plan

122. TOWNS conquer the world )

123. “ Philosophical library ” ( Asadov studio , Moscow )

124. “ See above ” ( Megabudka , Moscow )

125. “ Nilumbo nymph ” ( On the sea , Kiev )

126. “ Uroboros ” (ReHouse , Moscow )

127. “ Reflection box” ( Momaarh , Zagreb, Croatia )

128. “ Bridge ” ( Ivan Ovchinnikov , Moscow )

129. “ Ideas tree ” ( “ MacMonolit ” , Moscow )

130. Night view

131. 400 young architects and 50 installations!

132. The first festival’s experimental house

133. Capacity – 30 persons Assembly time – 24 hours Construction place – Tyagachev mountain ski resort

134. Assembly process

135. Assembly process

136. Assembly process

141. “ life in the Cube” - seminars

142. Sleeping rooms

144. 1. choice of a place The organization of “Goroda” ?

145. 2. investigation

146. 3. announcement of the place and theme

147. 4. sketches of future objects

148. 5. preparation of the territory by team of “towners&quot;

149. 6. construction!!! The most incredible part of the festival

150. In winter and summer

151. Under the water and on the water

152. On land and in the air

153. 7. Night educational programs

154. 8. presentation of built “Town”

155. 9. excursion program

156. 10. Exhibitions and results

157. WHO MAKE S IT ? Organizational support : Union of Russia architects Union of Moscow architects A.Asadov architectural studio Partners : Constant sponsors of festival : PIONER - the leader in the Russian market in manufacture of non-standard furniture FORBO - the world leader in manufacture of floor coverings Organizer – Ivan Ovchinnikov Studio of light « AXIOMA » Creative studio of Kirill Bair « LumDecor » magazine

158. see you on “Towns” festival!!! the Curator - Ivan Ovchinnikov www.goroda-fest.ru goroda.fest@gmail.com +7(916)6575310