In July, Vologda will become the center of wooden architecture. News from Vologda. Society

The III International Forum of Wooden Construction WOODINARCH 2024 will be held in Vologda in July. The V Russian competition with international participation “Wood in Architecture” is also planned for July.

For the first time, the Forum will not be held in Moscow. It will be attended by guests from China, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and a number of BRICS countries.

The exhibition site of the Forum will be the Vologda Kremlin Square. There will also be exhibitions of projects for the implementation of public spaces in the region and a review competition with work completed over the past three years – only from wood, as well as from wood in combination with other building and finishing materials.

Within the framework of the Forum, the following is planned: a business program with events, the topic of which reveals the problems and prospects of wooden house construction; master classes; panel discussions; entertainment programs; excursions to the objects of wooden architecture of Vologda, the Semenkovo ​​museum and production sites; construction of a wooden chapel on the site of the lost Spaso-Vsegradsky Cathedral on Revolution Square.

“We discussed preparations for the Forum with the President of the Union of Architects of Russia Nikolai Shumakov and the acting mayor of Vologda Andrei Nakroshaev. They also touched upon the topic of popularizing modern architectural solutions made using wooden structures, and raising the level of education in the use of this material,” – said the Acting Governor of the Vologda Region in his telegram channel.

Georgy Filimonov also added that the regional capital will soon undergo large-scale transformations: reconstruction of the embankment, Revolution Square and other iconic objects.

“The Union of Architects will support us in this,” – summarized the head of the region.