The Youth Center of Academic Arts is a place where three arts meet not only in the educational programme but also in space. The schools of theatre and dance, fine arts and music form a single ensemble united by a common square — the heart of the complex, where creative dialogue is born.
Particular attention is given to the creation of an open and inspiring environment in which a chance encounter may become the beginning of a joint project. Architecture does not divide but connects: each building retains its own character, yet together they create a unified cultural environment.
Turning to the architectural traditions of Samara, the project reinterprets them in a contemporary language and offers a new space for additional education — open to the city, filled with life and inspiring young people to discover, create and share art.
Samara, Russia
Moscow Architectural Institute. Graduation project.
Elena Ganieva
Elena Ganieva