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Exhibition project “Transform. Accommodate. Save ”, dedicated to the Dutch experience with cultural heritage, for the first time in Russia presents the best projects for the reconstruction and adaptation of historic buildings and complexes, including cultural and historical monuments, as well as objects of industrial architecture. Projects were developed and implemented by Dutch experts in the Netherlands themselves and other countries of the world - Russia, Germany, USA, Italy and China.

The exhibition is attended not only by world-famous OMA bureaus: viewers will have the opportunity to learn more about Dutch architecture and discover new names.

The restoration and adaptation of historical buildings to new functions is one of the urgent tasks facing countries that have entered the post-industrial phase of development. This fully applies to both the Netherlands and Russia. The active development of cities, the withdrawal of industry beyond their borders and the transformation of former factory territories into full-fledged urban areas with developed social and cultural infrastructure, characteristic of both countries, opens up great opportunities for the exchange of experience and cooperation between Russian and Dutch specialists: architects, urbanists, restorers, sociologists, developers and government officials.

The wide and professional public will have the opportunity to study projects that most fully and convincingly demonstrate the specifics of the Dutch method of working with heritage. The Dutch architects method is based on the thesis “Conservation through development”, which offers a creative but balanced approach to the conservation and reconstruction of old buildings. The illustrations will include the world-famous 20 works performed by the leading Dutch bureaus: an amphitheater in the building of the Faculty of Architecture of Delft University of Technology, designed by the MVRDV bureau, the transformation of the Solferaine mine, the transformation of the German Compound on the Grand Canal in Venice into a department store with a panoramic roof as conceived by the OMA bureau and other objects.

One of the most expressive projects of recent times has become the New Holland cultural complex and park in St. Petersburg, which is being created on the site of military facilities according to the plan of the West8 bureau.

The exhibition includes interactive installations and video interviews with the authors and participants of the submitted projects - architects, restorers, engineers, experts.

An extensive public program is timed to coincide with the exhibition: lectures by leading foreign and Russian experts, discussions and an educational workshop will be held in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The meetings will discuss a wide range of topics: the boundaries of what is permissible in working with heritage; principles of work with intangible heritage in urban space; approaches to the regulation of reconstruction projects, etc.

The exhibition was prepared by a joint team of Dutch and Russian curators: Eva Radionova (Netherlands, Novascape Bureau), Natalia Volkova and Elena Petukhova, and is based on materials from a large-scale study of the best projects for the preservation and adaptation of historical heritage sites carried out in 2015-2016 by Dutch architects Paul Moers )Paul Meurs) and Marinke Steenhuis and published in 2017 under the title “Reuse, Redevelop and Design. How the Dutch Deal With Heritage. "

The objective of the exhibition is to show the approach to reconstruction and the experience of its implementation, as well as stimulate discussion in Russia about alternative approaches to working with heritage.

The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Agency for the Management and Use of Monuments of History and Culture (FGBUK AUIPIK), as well as a number of other educational, research and professional organizations of both countries are actively cooperating in the restoration and adaptation of historical heritage sites and its preservation for future generations. Exhibition “Transform. Accommodate. Save. Dutch Cultural Heritage Experience ”will be a new example of cooperation between Russia and the Netherlands.