Simon Rastorguev
# Simon Rastorguev

Simon Rastorguev (Russian: Семён Васи́льевич Расторгу́ев; born in 1981 in the city of Yaroslavl) is a Russian architect.

He graduated from Yaroslavl State Technical University. Aspirant of Department of Cultural and journalism, YSPU. Architect in architectural office "Project Meganom", Moscow. Curator of Architecture Festival "Social Revolution" and organizer of international architectural competitions. Editor of the website on the conceptual architecture - "Center of Exploring the Chaos".

## Major publications

* "Real architecture is unpredictable." — Tatlin Mono magazine.
* "Dreams and Visions: BioCity" — l`ARCA plus
* "Kotorosl 2010. Yaroslavl Millennium." — Domus magazine.
* "Anti-Conditionalism - Arquitectura despuses del comunismo." — Codigo 06140.
* "Contemporary intervention in Laguna." — Project Russia.
* "Visions of a Mutant City" — ARC-vision.
* "Agora, Dreams and Visions, Bio-City" — l`ARCA
* "Build das architekten - magazin" — cover page
* Other publications 2007—2014

## Awards

* 2002 — Winner of international architectural competition "Atlas on architecture of the Future"
* 2002 — Special Participant of XXI International Congress of Architects in Berlin
* 2004 — Winner of the Russian architectural competition "Workshop Russia"
* 2004 — Participant of international master-class led by the Dutch team of architects "West 8" in the IX Venice Biennale
* 2005 — Winner of the AllRussian competition "Five facades private Architecture"
* 2005 — Winner of an international competition Advanced Architecture Contest
* 2008 — Longlister of the Russian architectural competition, "Dom-Avtonom"
* 2009 — Winner of World Architecture Community Awards
* 2014 — Longlister of the Foundation Jacques Rougerie competition

## Curatorial work

* Curator of Architecture Festival "Social Revolution" (2012—2014)

Organizer of international architectural competitions:

* "The revolution of social housing" (2012), (competition website)
* "Architecture & Food" (2013), (competitive projects)
* "PARKing" (2013), (competitive projects)
* "Spartacus alive" within 1st Yaroslavl Architecture Biennale (2013), (competition website)
* "Under the Bridge" (2014), (competition website)

## Exhibitions

* 2002 – 2004 — The exhibition in TSSI "ARS-Forum" "Young city"
* 2003 — The Author Exhibition NMAXU
* 2004 – 2008 — International Exhibition of Architecture and Design "Arch Moscow"
* 2004, 2008 — International Architecture Biennale, Venice
* 2008 — "Persimfance" exhibition, Moscow
* 2009 — Architectural Festival "Golden chapiter", Novosibirsk
* 2010 — "New Formalism" exhibition, St. Petersburg
* 2011 — "Guilty Money" exhibition, Moscow
* 2014 — First Jacques Rougerie Foundation Exhibition in the National School of Architecture Paris-Val-de-Seine, Paris

## Some realized projects

* 2005 — Hotel "Tsargrad", Yaroslavl (co-author of Tonino Guerra)
* 2006 — Spa-salon, Yaroslavl
* 2007 — Project Meganom pavilion at the Arch Moscow exhibition, Moscow
* 2007 — Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art exposition, Moscow
* 2008 — Exposition space of the Persimfans exhibition, 1 Moscow Architecture Biennale, Moscow
* 2008 — Exposition space "BornHouse" at the Venice Biennale - San Stae, Venice, 2008

## Major projects

* 2002 — "Anticonditionalism - vertical city" for the international competition, the Atlas architecture future ", Berlin
* 2002 — BioCity - project for the international competition, the Atlas architecture future", Berlin
* 2002 — Modern cottage at Rublevka, Moscow
* 2003 – 2004 — Millennium Center of Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl
* 2004 — Laguna Proun, Venice
* 2005 — Cottage village "Ogorodnik sleep", 5 facades private architecture Russia competition, Moscow, Advanced Architecture Contest, Barcelona
* 2005 — The reconstruction project Volkova square, Yaroslavl
* 2005 – 2006 — Central complex and business center in the flood plain of the river Kotorosl, Yaroslavl
* 2007 – 2008 — Multifunktional complex «Borovoye-Biocity», Borovoye, Kazakhstan
* 2007 – 2009 — Self-sustaining houses projects, «Dom-Avtonom» competition, Moscow
* list of architectural projects 2000—2014
