Vologda will host its first International Forum "Wood in Architecture" on July 25-27. It focuses on the wooden architecture and constructions in the future perspective.
The International Forum is organized by the Union of Architects of Russia, the Government of the Vologda Region, the Vologda City Administration with the support of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation, the Committee on Architecture and Urban Planning of the City of Moscow, the Union of Moscow Architects, the City Design Center ANO Vologda.
This year, for the first time in history, the Wood in Architecture forum will not be held in Moscow. It will be held in the cultural capital of wooden architecture - the city of Vologda. And the Vologda Kremlin will be the main venue for the forum.
An agreement on holding the International Forum "Wood in Architecture" in Vologda was signed within the framework of XXХI International Festival Zodchestvo 2023 held at Gostiny Dvor, Moscow from October 31 until November 02, 2023.
Vologda is a perfect place to host this forum. There are more than 250 cultural heritage sites in Vologda, 112 of them are objects of wooden architecture with unique northern architecture.
It will be a large-scale event. Over 100 architects participating in the business and exhibition program are expected to arrive from Moscow alone. A number of CIS countries and foreign states have already expressed their desire to participate in the forum.
The Forum will bring together timber industry experts and representatives of government agencies to exchange experiences and learn the latest developments in the field. They will take part in lectures, panel discussions, round tables and presentations.
Also on the agenda of the forum are issues related to key guidelines for the industry development and the introduction of innovations into it, priorities for technological modernization and updating of technical regulation of wooden construction. In addition, the participants of the business program will share their views on the restoration, preservation and use of monuments of wooden architecture in historical cities of Russia and discuss the training of qualified personnel for the development of the industry.