10 best practice of housing construction in the regions of russia

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best practices in residential construction in Russian regions10

A N A LY T IC A L R E P OR T

Special project: Ten best practices in residential construction in Russian regions Survey of new residential construction projects in the regions of the Russian Federation

2016

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Contents

5 Introduction

6 Survey methodology

7 Brief summary of key survey results

8 ArtCity Residential Complex (by Unistroy, Kazan)

10 Bavaria Residential Complex (by AKD LLC, Novosibirsk)

16 Microgorod V Lesu (by ROSE GROUP, Moscow Oblast)

20 Vidny Gorod Residential Complex (by Urban Group, Moscow Oblast)

24 Vishnevy Sad Residential Complex (by AS-Kom CJSC, Kazan)

30 Gollandsky Kvartal Residential Complex (by Martin LLC, Moscow Oblast)

36 Nemetskaya Derevnya Residential Complex (by Europe Development

LLC, Krasnodar)

40 Ozhogino Residential Complex (by Partner-Stroy JSC, Tyumen)

46 Olympic Village Residential Complex (by Khimki Group CJSC,

Moscow Oblast)

52 Russky Avant-Garde Residential Complex (by VDK LLC, Voronezh)

58 Development of residential construction in the Russian Federation

in 2011–2015

65 Findings

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Introduction

Within the framework of Environment for Living Forum a comparative survey of the residential real estate projects in the regions of the Russian Federation has been conducted. Our objective was to determine, using rating methodologies, the best practices of the residential construction in all regions of the Russian Federation. In this study, we attempted to achieve the following key objectives:• to develop a methodology that would provide us with a clear understanding of the residential complexes in the ratings list;• to assess such rating principles (criteria)

that would represent the attributes of residential complexes that are considered as most important by end users;• to ensure the correct comparison of residential complexes at the different stages of construction and completion;• to select ten best practices in residential construction.

6 10 best practices in residential construction in Russian regions

The rating methodology was used to ensure the correct comparison of attributes of residential complexes under survey, in order to select the best ones.The rating covered 250 residential complexes, which had been selected in accordance with the following principles:• located close to administrative centers of the Russian regions and within their territories. The exception was made for the Moscow and Leningrad Oblasts, due to Moscow and Saint-Petersburg being federal cities;• the survey covered infill construction projects, integrated development projects and development of already built-up areas; • the sampling included projects commissioned during the three preceding years, or those under active construction that are expected to be com-pleted by the first quarter of 2018;• we selected at least 3 residential complexes in each region of the Russian Federation, which were the most suitable for the goals of the survey.The information was taken from public sources available on the websites of consulting companies and real estate agencies, developers, and from the results of the annual awards – RREF Awards and Urban Awards. The developers were not contacted.All criteria used were conveniently divided into three large groups, representing the various scales of the assessment (on the level of a city, curtilage and project).Experts rated the projects in accordance with the criteria and parameters of the survey. The final rating score is equal to the average score of each expert, rounded off to the nearest integer, in ac-cordance with mathematics rounding off rules. In some cases, a criterion may consist of several indicators of different weight. All indicators were

weighted, and the overall criterion assessment is based on these weights. In case of multiplications and additions, the results were not rounded off. The overall score is based on the sum of the scores, resulting from multiplication of the overall score for each out of the ten criteria in the survey, by their weight. The figures are sorted in descending order. Ten residential complexes with the highest scores are considered as the top-ten.The best residential practices in the Russian regions are proposed to be selected in accordance with the following basic criteria:

1. ON CITY LEVELCriterion 1. LocationIndicators:• distance from city center• location of the project with respect to main public and business areas Criterion 2. Existing infrastructureIndicators: • educational and social welfare institutions• healthcare institutions• cultural heritage sites within a walking distance• cultural and recreational infrastructure• commercial infrastructure• transport accessibility of an areaCriterion 3. Quality of a project’s surrounding environmentIndicators: • existence of parks and recreational areas• project location in respect of eco-unfriendly areas• project’s visual integrity with the surrounding environment

Survey methodology

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The selection of the top-ten best practices of resi-dential construction in the Russian Federation is the main result achieved by the survey. For reasons of confidentiality, the top-ten residential properties were not sorted in descending order on the basis of accumulated scores. The residential complexes are listed in alphabetical order, according to their names.

THE BEST RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES IN RUSSIA• ART City Residential Complex (by Unistroy, Ka-zan)• Bavaria Residential Complex (by AKD LLC, Novo-sibirsk)• Microgorod V Lesu (by ROSE GROUP, Moscow Oblast)• Vidny Gorod Residential Complex (by Urban Group, Moscow Oblast)• Vishnevy Sad Residential Complex (by AS-Kom CJSC, Kazan)• Gollandsky Kvartal Residential Complex (by Mar-tin LLC, Moscow Oblast)• Nemetskaya Derevnya Residential Complex (by Europe Development LLC, Krasnodar)• Ozhogino Residential Complex (by Partner-Stroy JSC, Tyumen)• Olympic Village Residential Complex (by Khimki Group CJSC, Moscow Oblast)• Russky Avangard Residential Complex (by VDK LLC, Voronezh)Below are brief descriptions of the above resi-dential construction projects, in accordance with the assessment criteria and indicators, with their respective major advantages highlighted.

Brief review of survey results

2. ON CURTILAGE LEVELCriterion 4. Project’s infrastructureIndicators:• integrated infrastructure, including services providing facilities available on the ground floors of residential buildings• project’s social infrastructure• cultural and recreational sites• commercial and services providing facilitiesCriterion 5. Public amenitiesIndicators: • quality of public amenities• barrier-free environment• amenities• landscaping • parking arrangementsCriterion 6. Area safety

3. ON PROJECT LEVELCriterion 7. Architectural and visual concept of the residential complexCriterion 8. Dimensional and design concept of the residential complex Criterion 9. Technological conceptCriterion 10. Project’s reputation in the media: high-profile awards


ART City Residential Complex

KazanART CITY RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX is an integrated development project consisting of solid-cast brick-built buildings. The project is promoted as the «environment that brings people with similar interests and opinions together», rather than a mere residential complex.


KEY BENEFITS:• Barrier-free environment• Infrastructure for bicycles• High level of interaction with existing infrastructure• Unique architectural solu-tions of high-rise construction• Ergonomic layouts• Optimum location within the city border, near main social and business areas• Own social facilities

GENERAL INFORMATIONDeveloper: Unistroy. Unistroy, formerly Promstroy KPO VS, was established in 1996 on the basis of a construction workshop, which was part of the Kazan Production Union of Computing Systems.Unistroy, established in 1996, develops residential and com-mercial real estate in a number of Russian regions.Developer: StroyUslugi LLC.Implementation Stage: Construc-tion is carried out in a number of stages. Commissioning Phase 1 of Stage 3 is scheduled for the 4th quarter of 2017. Project overall implementation date is unknown.Quality class: Comfort

1. CITY LEVEL EVALUATIONART City Residential Complex is located on Yershov Street in Ka-zan’s Sovetsky District, ten min-utes away from the city center.Within walking distance are a polyclinic, a market, a high school, Zvezda Stadium, five daycares, and a large number of stores, cafes and restaurants. Cultural and entertainment fa-cilities can be reached within 10 to 30 minutes using transport. The residential complex, to its significant disadvantage, lacks large parks or public gardens, has a busy highway nearby, and has a bad visual interaction with heterogeneous, mainly mid-rise housing.

2. CURTILAGE LEVEL EVALUATIONThe residential complex hosts modern play and athletic grounds, recreation areas with free Wi-Fi and cycleways along the entire perimeter. Additional-ly, the plan provides for a park with an area over 1 hectare, and two daycares for 340 children each and a school.For the convenience of the dis-abled and families with little children, the complex provides for an unhindered environment and stairless entrances to the

apartments. Baby carriages and sports equipment will be stored in dedicated downstairs areas accessible only to the residents. Parking issues will be resolved by organizing a multilevel (un-derground and open) parking with 1,554 parking spaces and a large guest parking lot. The planned concept of the No Car Courtyard will set up a comfort-able and secure environment for the residents, and the fenced and guarded area guarantees tranquil and safe space for family walks and playing with children.

3. CURTILAGE LEVEL EVALUATIONThe comprehensive development consists of 10-storey mono-lith-and-brick buildings. The pro-ject is notable for larger window frames, though generally, the architecture is not unique.The developer designed apart-ments with different layouts: from one-room to three-room apartments, with total areas from 34.92 to 100.56 sq. m. No finishing is provided. ART City’s original spaces for a new vibrant life style also provide for special apartment layouts with terraces, non-standard configurations and corner apartments with pano-ramic windows.

ART City’s ideology splits the res-idential complex into residential blocks: Zhivopis (Painting Art), Grafika (Graphics), Skulptura (Sculpture), and Kino (Cinema). ART City’s central element will be a large park with a big pedes-trian boulevard, lighting instal-lations, extreme-sports park and cozy alleys with objects d’art.The project has won no prizes or awards.

Sources:http://kznrealt.ru/kazan/complex/artcityhttp://www.domofond.ru/novostroiki/kvartira-na-prodazhu/zhk_art_city_art_siti-70752


Bavaria Residential Complex

NovosibirskBAVARIA is a low-rise residential complex where the traditional construction technologies meet modern designs, located in an eco-friendly area, and comfortable conditions, embodying German living standards.


MAIN ADVANTAGES:• Integrated project for creat-ing amenities in courtyards: provision of thematic recrea-tional areas• Exclusive amenities project developed by a design company• High-quality facade solution• Unique technological solu-tion: use of green construction standards• High level of the area safety

GENERAL INFORMATIONDeveloper: AKD LLCProject architect: Tilke Engineer-ing (Germany) The amenities construction project was de-signed by the Virtu Group Design AgencyConstruction stage: project com-missioned in 2015Quality class: comfort

1. CITY LEVEL EVALUA-TIONBavaria Residential Complex is located at the intersection of Tsentralnaya and Vostochnaya Streets in the village of Kras-noobsk (12-15 km from Novosi-birsk).a number of infrastructure pro-jects are located within the radi-us of 1 km from the center of the residential complex: secondary schools Nos. 1 and 2, music and arts schools for children, daycar-

es, linguistics centers, com-mercial and service-providing facilities (supermarkets, phar-macies, branches of commercial banks) and the Administration of Krasnoobsk.

2. CURTILAGE LEVEL EVALUATIONThe layout of buildings is rem-iniscent of petals. This design allowed for extending the overall length of the roads and for in-creased parking areas; and due to the design, each «petal» has an isolated area for children’s playgrounds and recreational areas. This means more than standard solutions, this means a provision of well-thought-out and theme-based amenities. The idea is to ensure an indi-vidual design of each «petal» of the «Bavaria». Thus, the petal «Derevo» (Tree) will have wooden climbing structures and a huge sandpit, while the petal «Voda» (Water) will feature such equip-ment as a huge ship, a Kraken octopus, swings and slides in the form of sea plants, a sandpit «Volna» (Wave), a bench «Rak-ushka» (Seashell). The residen-tial complex will also have an amphitheater with slate water fountains, a streetball grounds, and a great outdoor chessboard. Moreover, the planned design

includes the construction of a free-standing multi-use build-ing, and the territory of the res-idential districts will be heavily landscaped. The planned design of the «Ba-varia» project also includes 1,000 free parking spaces next to the buildings, with the number of parking spaces being almost the same as the number of constructed apartments (about 1,100). Two garages will be built for those complex residents who prefer to park their cars indoors.The residential complex will feature a high-quality securi-ty system. The security will be ensured by the use of adaptive street lighting systems (with au-tomatic dimming of lights based on time of day), gated territory of the residential complex, entry barriers restricting access to the roads of the complex, central CCTV system.

3. FACILITY LEVEL EVALUATIONTilke Engineering and the In-veststroy Company have devel-oped two modern German-style designs of standard residential buildings exclusively for the Ba-varia Residential Complex.The designs are distinguished by their flexible space-planning solutions, and each design

provides an opportunity for most of the apartments to be combined in view of the posi-tion of the load-bearing walls. The construction project of the Bavaria Residential Complex has been recognized as the best in two categories of the reputable Urban Awards 2014; has become a winner of Urban Awards 2014 in the category of the «The best energy-efficient residential

complex»; has been nominated for the Urban Awards 2015 as «The best regional residential complex», «The best concept of public amenities and infrastruc-ture», «Complex of the year with the best architecture», «The most eco-friendly residential com-plex within a city center», «The most eco-friendly residential complex with minimum impact on the environment», «The most

eco-friendly regional residential complex», «The most eco-friendly low-rise residential complex».

Sources: http://www.bavaria54.ru/


Microgorod V lesuMoscow oblast (Region)

MICROGOROD V LESU (In the Forest) is a new concept of a liveable environment for contemporary families with children, where the amenities of a metropolis are combined with advantages of living in the country.


MAIN ADVANTAGES:• Model project of integrated urban development (IUD)• Unique architectural solution

GENERAL INFORMATION Developer: ROSE GROUP, a Rus-sian development and property management company (LSE: R.G.I. International Limited), has been operating in the invest-ments and construction market since 1993. The company has developed over 15 upscale resi-dential, office and commercial projects in the upscale districts of Moscow and Moscow Oblast.Project architect: SPEECH Archi-tectural BureauImplementation Stage: 8 blocks will be developed under this project. The first block was commissioned at the end of 2013, and is already fully occupied. The first residential buildings of the Semeyny (Family) Block were commissioned in December 2015. The construction of the second phase is planned for completion in the second quarter of 2017. Quality class: comfort

1. CITY LEVEL EVALUATIONMicrogorod V Lesu is located in the northwest of Moscow, 6 km from the Moscow Automobile Ring Road and 1.8 km from the

Pyatnitskoye Shosse Subway Station. This residential complex is surrounded by the forest of the Russian Forest Fund, next to the Sinichka River.

2. CURTILAGE LEVEL EVALUATIONThe territory of the residential complex features modern and safe playgrounds for children, convenient outdoor furniture, areas for outdoor games, sports and dog walking, bicycle paths. The educational and commercial infrastructure is under active construction in Microgorod V Lesu, and by the time the first residents moved in, a school and a daycare had already been opened. There is a 7-hectare forest park in the very center of the complex. The parking system consists of underground parking and guest parking.

3. FACILITY LEVEL EVALUATIONEight blocks are planned to be developed under the project, and each of them will have its own unique name: Pervy (First), Se-meyny (Family), Aktivny (Active), Tsentralny (Central), Parkovy (Park), Oblachny (Cloud), Radost-ny (Jolly), Dalny (Distant).The project is distinguished by its original architectural and

visual solution, based on the idea of individually-designed sections, so that people can easily identify not only their buildings, but also the entrances.Solid-cast brick-built buildings with different numbers of floors (7 to 14 floors) and with studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments are currently under construction in the Microgorod V Lesu; the apartments will be sold with finishing, and their overall residential space is 630,000 sq. m. Over 35 kinds of space-plan-ning solutions are available.Eco-friendly and energy-efficient materials by the Rockwool Com-pany were used for the construc-tion, including: stone wool wall cladding, double-density slabs that make building erection faster and the construction load lower, state-of-the-art roofing

Project infrastructure:

+ School + Daycare+ Activities center for Children + Supermarkets, storesы+ Pharmacy+ Bank branch+ Beauty salon+ Community services+ Sports grounds + Park, public garden+ Coffee shops, restaurants

materials, floor soundproof slabs, insulation mats, and pipe-line cylinders.As of today, the Microgorod has earned several high-profile awards, both Russian and inter-national: FIABCI Prix d’Excel-lence 2015, International Prop-erty Awards 2015, Urban Awards

2014 and 2013, Real Estate Market Records 2013.

Sources:http://www.microgorodvlesu.ru/about http://best-novostroy.ru/analitica/docs/15.pdfhttp://archi.ru/projects/russia/8742/mikrogorod-v-lesu


Vidny gorod Residential Complex

Moscow oblast (Region)


KEY BENEFITS: • Located in an ecologically clean area, in close proximi-ty to a park and recreational areas GENERAL INFORMATION: Developer: Urban GroupProject architect: Maxim AtayantsImplementation Stage: planned commissioning – 3rd quarter of 2017Quality class: comfort

1. CITY LEVEL EVALUATIONThis residential complex is lo-cated near the village of Lopat-ino, in the Leninsky District of Moscow Oblast, a 7-minute drive from the Moscow Ring Road and 25 minute drive from the Third Transportation Circle. Public transportation will take resi-dents to the Dmitriya Donskogo Boulevard subway station in 10 minutes and to the Rastorguevo Railway Station – in 6 minutes. In addition, there is a range of cultural objects such as Sukhanovo Country-estate, Timokhovo-Salazkino Country-es-tate, Museum-Reserve Lenin Hills, Walk of Fame in Vidnoye, District Historical and Cultural Center, and a variety of church-es, as well as plenty of shopping

and entertainment facilities – all located within a 10-minute transport accessibility: Outlet Brand City, Brand City Shop-ping Center, Retail Park Vidnoye Shopping Center, Cosmik, Con-structor Shopping Center. Many parks and recreational areas are located in the immediate vicinity of “Vidny Gorod»: Butovo Forest Park, Spassky Reservoir and Sukhanovskiy Pond. One of the negative factors is location near a highway; the level of pollution is estimated as medium.

2. CURTILAGE LEVEL EVALUATIONProject calls for an integrated designed territory. Social infra-structure will be built for the convenience of the residents. There will be school for 1,125 children and 4 daycares for 280 kids each.Playgrounds for mini-football, volleyball, basketball, children’s sports development center, outdoor winter skating rink, 2 tennis courts, a climbing wall, outdoor fitness center, indoor fit-ness center for the whole family, and large number of objects of trade and services will be organ-ized nearby.Parking is approached with the concept of a «car free court-

yard» — there will be under-ground and surface parking lots for 3,020 cars. Guest parking lots are located outside the territory of the residential complex.

3. FACILITY LEVEL EVALUATIONResidential buildings (4-8 sto-reys) are built according to exclu-sive architectural design, using brick/monolith technologies. There is a variety of layout plans to choose from: about fifty different apartments, with total areas ranging from 27 to 83 sq. m., and ceiling heights from 2.7 to 3.4 meters. Rare formats of layout planning gives this project certain unique advantages. Those rare formats include premium class eco-lofts with panoram-ic windows and high ceilings, city-houses with spacious terraces located on the ground floor and combining all the key benefits of apartments and town-houses, as well as luxury housing in «high flat» format with high ceilings and extra space.

Source: http://vidnyj-gorod-official.ru


Vishnevy sad (Cherry Orchard) Residential Complex

KazanVISHNEVY SAD RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX is perfectly integrated in the architectural design of the city›s historic center. The unique architecture, landscaped area and high level create the most convenient atmosphere for its residents.


KEY BENEFITS:• Balanced integration into the historic buildings in the area• High security level and psychological comfort• Use of high-quality construction materials• High-quality amenities and landscaping• Premium location: in the city center

GENERAL INFORMATION:Developer: As-Kom CJSC The company was founded in 2001 by the famous architects Gulsine Tokareva and Viktor Tokarev.Project architect: Tokarevy Architects Architectural Bureau

Implementation Stage: Construction phase I: Five-floor residential building with built-in offices on the ground and first floors, and underground park-ing, located at the address: 67/2 Ulyanova-Lenina Street, Kazan. Construction commencement date: August 2006 Commission-ing: 27.03.2009Construction phases II–III: Five-floor residential building with built-in offices on the ground and first floors, and under-ground parking, located at the address: 2а Mushtari Steet, Kazan. Construction commence-

ment date: March 2008 Commis-sioning: 05.05.2010Construction phase IV: Six-floor residential building with built-in offices and storerooms on the first floor, and underground parking, located at the address: 4 Mushtari Steet, Kazan. Construction commencement date: March 2012 Commissioning: 05.04.2013Quality class: Premium housing

1. CITY LEVEL EVALUATIONResidential complex is locat-ed in the historic center of Kazan (Vakhitovsky District). The complex in well-balanced with the cultural and heritage environment of the city, even though its courtyard is fenced. A great number of cultural and recreational sites, parks and recreational areas are located within a walking distance from the residential complex: Lenin Memorial House, Hermitage Gar-den, Lyadsky Garden, Aksyonov Public Garden, State Museum of Fine Arts, Musy Dzhalilya Memo-rial House, Marsel Salimzhanov Actors House, INK Gallery, etc. The most well-known sightseeing attractions of the city, in par-ticular the Kazan Kremlin, the Piramida Entertainment Center, Baumana Street and Kazan Uni-

versity, are located nearby. No hazardous agents were found in close proximity to the project, its location area is known as one free of noise and ecological pollution.

The nearest public services are within walking distance:• medical facilities are 160 m (1 minute), 210 m (2 minutes), 330 m (3 minutes), 420 m (4 min-utes) away;• schools are 210 m (2 minutes), 500 m (4 minutes) away;• daycares are 230 m (2 minutes) away, and there are 6 more day-cares within 500 m distance;• universities, a large number of buildings;• plenty of stores;• fitness club is 390 m (3 minutes) away.

2. CURTILAGE LEVEL EVALUATIONThe master plan of the residen-tial complex provides for a gated courtyard, remarkable for its well-thought-out landscaping, in general, with high-quality public amenities. The landscaped and improved territory of the com-plex features a playground for children, a recreational area for adults, a pond with live fish and a cherry orchard. There is also an underground


parking lot for 148 cars and a guest parking lot for 23 cars. The underground parking can be accessed from the Mushtari Street, through access ramps that are monitored by the securi-ty service.The residential complex provides high security to its residents and their properties, in particular, it has 24-hour security, CCTV cam-eras mounted on external and internal facades of residential buildings, and an access con-trol system. The electronic locks restrict access to the entrance halls, and video door-phones are mounted to make calls to the security desk and apartments. The first floors of the residential complex accommodate non-resi-dential premises, security desks united with dispatcher office, office of the management com-pany, entrances to the buildings from the landscaped internal courtyard, and waste control cameras.

3. FACILITY LEVEL EVALUATIONThe complex consists of 3 build-ings:• 2a Mushtari Street (5 floors, premium class, commissioned);• 4 Mushtari Street (8 floors, 35 apartments, premium class, commissioned);

• 67 Ulyanova-Lenina Street (5 floors, premium class, commis-sioned).During the construction of the residential complex, contem-porary architectural solutions were used. Wooden decorative fixtures, that place emphasis on the historic surroundings, were used for the finishing of facades. The external walls are multi-layer structures made of internal red-brick walls, Rocwool thermal insulation and Creaton ceramic cladding from Germany. The windows have single-glass panes with energy-saving glass in wooden frames, and alumin-ium stained-glass windows. The entrance halls and staircases boast high-quality finishing, including ones with granite, marble, etc. The residential complex has KONE elevators that stop on all floors, including the ground floor.The roofing of the complex is of special interest, as it features terraces used as a public recrea-tional areas. Here you can watch the sunrise, festive fireworks, take a sunbath, or just enjoy the view and breathe the fresh air.The apartments of the complex have convenient space-planning structures and face at least two cardinal directions. Large and panoramic windows make the

atmosphere bright and relaxing. Future apartment owners will have an opportunity to make their own re-planning, thanks to project being built using mono-lithic frameworks.The apartments have open balco-nies, glazed and open recessed balconies, open terraces adja-cent to living rooms, kitchen-din-ing rooms, bedrooms. The Vishnevy Sad Residential Complex is one of the first complexes in the city that has air-conditioning systems in the apartments, therefore, there is no need to mount individual split systems on the facades, and a comfortable micro-climate is ensured.The residential buildings also have emergency electric water heaters that ensure uninterrupt-ed supply of hot water, even in cases of breakdown of the city’s networks, dual electricity supply, water purification systems and other high-technology equipment.The residential complex has won awards in the annual inspecting competition, for the best ar-chitectural projects in the city, held by the Administration of Kazan, and it was a winner in two categories: «The best archi-tectural project» and «The best public amenities and landscaped territory».


Gollandsky kvartal (Dutch Settlement) Residential Complex


THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT is a residential complex with developed infrastructure, which embodies the highest environmental standards, amenities and transport accessibility.


KEY BENEFITS:• Individual, unique architectural and graphic solutions, imitating the Dutch architectural style• Large variation of types of resi-dential buildings and apartment layouts• Well-thought-out landscaping on curtilage level• Three-level landscape design of the courtyard developed by the Swiss company GreenHans• The use of modern building materials and innovative tech-nologies• Located in an environmentally friendly area.

GENERAL INFORMATION:Developer: MARTIN LLC was founded in 2006, and is part of the Hauskraft Group of Compa-nies. Until 2012, Hauskraft was engaged in development projects within the framework of the common business, was one of the business units of the Bering Retail Company founded in 1992.Project architect: UNK project Architectural BureauImplementation Stage: facility was commissionedQuality class: comfort

1. CITY LEVEL EVALUATIONThe Dutch Settlement residential complex is part of a green and

environmentally friendly city of Ivanteyevka, which is located in the north-east of Moscow, 16 km from Moscow and 24 km from the VDNKh Subway Station. The center of Ivanteyevka is a 40-minute walk or 7-minute car drive from the complex (approxi-mately 3 km). Ivanteyevka has a sufficient number of educational institu-tions: two high schools, two spe-cialized schools, open shift-type school, two secondary schools, five further education institu-tions for children and thirteen pre-school facilities. Secondary vocational education is covered by Ivanteyevsky Industrial and Economic College and Vocation-al School No. 130. There are two higher educational institutions in the city: Moscow Regional Institute of Management and Law and a branch of the Russian State Social University.Developed infrastructure allows the settlement to be supplied with whatever is required: the city has a Palace of Culture, shopping malls, a library, a mu-seum, an exhibition hall, a cine-ma and even a Municipal Theater. There are many opportunities for active recreation and sports: a pool, a stadium, a skiing center are available. There is a branch of junior sports school of the

Olympic reserve, where classes are held in combat sambo, judo and martial arts, under the guid-ance of experienced masters of sports for children over the age of 5 and adults. The residential complex matches well the environment, it is locat-ed in an environmentally clean area and it is close to a pine forest.

2. CURTILAGE LEVEL EVALUATIONA trade and infrastructural center is planned for the en-trance to the Block, which will include a supermarket, stores of associated products, self-service payment terminals, cafeteri-as, medical and yoga centers, foreign languages school, as well as a daycare on the first three floors of one of the residential buildings. School-age children can transfer to School No. 7 in Ivanteyevka. Special school bus will run for pupils, which will ensure the safe transportation of children to the school and back.The streets are of two types: along which the residential buildings can be reached by car, and internal pedestrian boule-vards entirely free from cars. Public spaces intended for various groups are organized on the boulevards: playgrounds,

sports areas and recreational areas for seniors. It is important that these can be accessed from the street through any of the entrances – all of them were de-signed as walk-throughs to save the residents from the trouble of having to go around the residen-tial buildings. Every street and every boulevard terminates in the pine forest.Playground area for comfortable pastime for children of different ages: playgrounds for kids up to 3 years of age, playgrounds for

children of pre-school and prima-ry school age. The playgrounds are covered with a special rubber material that reduces the risk of injury.The Settlement has areas for ac-tive sports: volleyball, basketball and mini-football, which in win-ter turn into a hockey field and a skating rink. The playgrounds are equipped with outdoor fitness equipment and have a rubberized coating and a mesh fence. In the evening, the playgrounds are illu-minated by central lighting.

For the convenience of moth-ers, the halls of the residential buildings have special niches for stroller storage, and parking frameworks for bicycles are in-stalled on the curtilage level.The settlement has a high level of landscaping. A specially-de-signed three-level landscape de-sign was developed by the Swiss company GreenHans: green lawns, lime avenues, wonderful hedges, courtyards with beau-tiful flowers. Landscape design was conceived in such a way, that


in front of each window you can see a small green oasis. All recre-ational areas are decorated with flower beds. The use of different colors and textures of evergreen and deciduous plants ensure vibrant colors of the plantings in any season. Sophisticated herbal compositions visually separate each area creating an alpine garden effect. There are decidu-ous trees along the roads. There is a decorative lighting of shrubs and trees.Two large parking lots and a guest parking lot are placed outside the residential complex, along the perimeter.Territorial security: fenced secure perimeter, checkpoints, access control and video surveil-lance throughout the complex, cars can drive in using special access cards through two check-points which are equipped with gates. 3. FACILITY LEVEL EVALUATIONThe architecture of the Dutch Settlement is characterized by a variety of forms and originality. European style of the Nether-lands. Facades decorated with Belgian brick and plaster, are complemented by large stained-glass windows and French balconies. A striking geometric

design on the front, the principle of vertical glazing of apartment blocks ensures incredible views. The Dutch style of architecture can be seen not only in the ap-pearance of buildings, but also in the whole structure of the resi-dential complex.There is a harmonious combina-tion of the quality of finishing, modern building materials and innovative construction technolo-gies in the residential complex.All the residential buildings in the Block are 4-storey with a mezzanine, arranged linearly. The mezzanine floors allow for the effect of different heights. There are 5 types of residential buildings in the Settlement:Residential building type 1 – a two-section four-storey residen-tial building with a mezzanine floor. The residential building has one-bedroom and two-bed-room apartments.Two-piece four-storey residential building has studio apartments of 26.12 sq. m. and one-bedroom apartments.Two-piece four-storey residen-tial building with a mezzanine floor. The residential building has one-bedroom apartments of 33.83 sq. m. and more.Tower four-story residential building with mezzanine floor. The residential building has

one-bedroom apartments of 37.11 sq. m. and more.Three-piece four-story residential building with mezzanine floor. The residential building has one-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments. The following are provided: shell and core and the possible com-bining of apartments in blocks, several design options (with finishing).Construction uses the mono-lith-brick technologies. Entry access doors are designed with increased glazing areas.The residential complex was awarded the main prize in the field of urban residential real estate – the Urban Awards 2015 in the nomination «Complex with the best architecture».

Sources: http://hq.com.ru/infrastructurehttp://archi.ru/projects/russia/8393/zhiloi-kompleks-gollandskii-kvartal-v-ivanteevke


Nemetskaya derevnya (German village) Residential Complex

KrasnodarThis low-rise complex consists of five residential sectors: apartments, duplexes, cottages, villas and residences. The wide streets of each sector converge towards the center. The center of the village, according to the European tradition of urban planning, unites the residential complexes with the town square with shopping, entertainment and administrative offices, restaurants, boutiques, a SPA, a clinic, a pharmacy, a post office, a bank and even an original German brewery.The business center of the residential complex matches well the park areas, which embody natural perfection. There are bike paths along the park alleys and sidewalks.


KEY BENEFITS:• Location inside the city and in an environmentally clean area• Availability of public areas for common activities• A positive environment for the creation of good-neighborly relations• Full self-sufficiency of social infrastructure• High level of safety in the territory• Development of the project in cooperation with a German architectural firm• High level of management. • Presence of developer’s management company• Status of model regional project of integrated urban development GENERAL INFORMATION:Developer: EuropeDevelopment LLCProject architect: Matthias Kohl-becker, Architects & Engineers, Gaggenau, GermanyImplementation Stage: commis-sioned in 2013.Quality class: comfort

1. CITY LEVEL EVALUATIONA residential complex fully cov-ered by its own infrastructure, located on the outskirts of Kras-nodar. The Botanical Garden and

a lake are located in the imme-diate vicinity of the project. The presence of road nearby does not have a strong impact, the level of contamination is low. Visually, there is a slight dishar-mony, due to the combination of high-rise buildings with the adjacent low-rise construction.

2. CURTILAGE LEVEL EVALUATIONThe project envisages the con-struction of a secondary school for 225 students, a daycare for 140 kids, a clinic, a sports complex with a swimming pool, a tennis court, a football field and numerous sports areas. Besides this, the complex also includes: cafeteria, restaurant and own brewery, dry-clean-er and laundry, pharmacies, general merchandise stores and supermarkets.Special attention is given to the equipment of the thera-peutic complex, consisting of a medical unit, a fitness unit, a beauty salon and two admin-istrative rooms for trainings and presentations. The fitness unit, located on the first floor, includes a gym, a room designed for group classes, a cardio-zone and changing rooms.The territory is properly or-ganized: there are some small

architectural forms, recreation areas, bicycle infrastructure (3,260 m of bike paths). Moreo-ver, the level of landscaping is high in the German Village, the residents can arrange their own green spaces.An underground area of 7,216.49 sq. m. is designed as a parking lot for 260 cars.The settlement is guarded 24/7. The project envisages the protec-tion of the residential complex by a single system that pro-tects every building, every land plot and the entire territory as a whole. The territory of the residential complex has a single perimeter fence, and you can walk or drive in only through checkpoints. Intelligent recogni-tion technologies of the access system automatically analyse the video. 3. FACILITY LEVEL EVALUATIONThe residential complex is styl-ized as a German village. There is a high degree of diversi-fication of residential real estate formats provided within the residential complex. There are three main types of properties: spacious three-level cottages with their own land plots, a fire-place and SPA area; two-level duplexes (residential buildings

for two families) with land plots; apartments in six-story build-ings with underground parking. The residential buildings of 2, 5, 6 floors are built using mono-lithic-brick technologies. The area of apartments ranges from 39.56 to 152.07 sq. m.The electric power supply of the complex is ensured by two sub-stations operating independent-ly, water supply and sewerage are connected to the central system, there is an inflow ex-

haust ventilation and individual heating in the «German Village». Almost all communications are laid underground.

Sources: http://www.ekaterina-land.ruhttp://krasnodar.life-realty.ru/housing-estate/nemeckaya-derevnya/


Ozhogino Residential Complex

TyumenResidential Buildings not Higher than PinetreesOZHOGINO RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX is an amalgamation of a modern residential district and a suburban community. The residential buildings are located in an environmentally friendly area with a complete infrastructure for a comfortable living: stores, pharmacies, beauty salons, restaurant, ATMs.


KEY BENEFITS:• State-of-the-art resource-ef-ficient green construction technologies.• First project in Tymen to be accredited under the GREEN ZOOM standard (use of Porevit silicate concrete with a sus-tainability ratio 9 times less than the acceptable standard).• Located in an environmental-ly friendly area.• Became the most environ-mentally friendly residential complex of Russia in 2015.• A brand new development for-mat for Tyumen, a progressive and absolutely unique project of integrated urban develop-ment.

GENERAL INFORMATION:Developer: Partner-Stroy CJSC develops and implements real estate investment projects using Partner Holding’s 20-year-long experience, implements its res-idential and social development projects.Project architect: seven leading architecture bureausImplementation Stage: Commis-sioning date: Stage 1: 2014; Stage 2: 2015; Stage 3: 2016. Phase 2 of the residential buildings was commissioned in the 3rd quarter of 2015. Quality class: comfort

1. CITY LEVEL EVALUATIONThe residential complex is in the south part of Tyumen, adjacent to the Belt Road and Fedyunin-sky Street, 10 km away from the city center. A private car can cover this distance within 16 minutes, public transport with-in 40 minutes. Ozhogino borders a large med-ical institution – the Federal Neurosurgery Center. Neftyanik Hospital and Medical City Mul-ti-treatment Center are located nearby. Schools and daycares are accessible by transport.The city’s largest shopping malls are a 5-minute drive away from the residential complex: Orion, Metro, Lenta, Kristall, Leroy Merlin, Auchan, Ostrov; within a walking distance is one of the city’s largest farmers markets, a construction materials hyper-market and a car dealership network.The facility is visually well in-tegrated with the surrounding urban environment, bordering at the same time with the Topol-ya (Poplars) Park, a natural sanctuary, and is well located on the wind chart. No hazardous factors have been detected in the vicinity of the facility.

2. CURTILAGE LEVEL EVALUATIONThe residential buildings have premises available to rent. This will ensure that the residen-tial complex has all required infrastructure facilities. Addi-tionally, the plan provides for the construction of a daycare and a school for 100 pre-school children and 100 1st through 4th grade school children. The complex will also have its own shopping mall, fitness center, children’s store, private clinic, home and repair goods store, beauty salon and food shops.Each courtyard has dedicated athletic, football, volleyball and basketball grounds. The area also hosts a large sports facility with a swimming pool. Children’s playgrounds are split into 4 zones: for pre-school, primary school, mid-school children and their parents. The residential complex is crossed from end to end by a 700-meter walking boulevard leading to sundial square, which will be-come a place for common events and meetings. The plan also provides for closed-loop bicycle paths, available for cross-coun-try skiing as well.Landscaping covers both in-yard areas and the territory of the complex. The project is notable

for its areas along the facades, cut into palisades with first-door terraces leading out to them.Each block has warm guarded underground parking lots on ground floors with access to elevators. One parking space is provided free of charge to every apartment owner. A dedicated guest parking lot is located beyond the main territory.The residential complex is

closed and has CCTV monitor-ing. The complex entrance is equipped with speed limiters. Internal courtyards are for pe-destrians only. They are separat-ed with green fences with boom barriers, keeping cars outside. Road markings in the court-yards are arranged so that cars simply cannot be parked there.


3. FACILITY LEVEL EVALUATIONThe architecture is of reserved European style, with tranquil and noble colors on the facades.The blocks are aligned along a gallery that crosses the area from north to south. Each block consists of individually designed residential buildings. The project provides for a total of 9-section 4-storey buildings with one-room, two-room and three-room apart-ments with areas starting from 38 sq. m. Each apartment has an ad-vanced layout: spacious and bright living rooms, bay window balconies, windows with low and broad windowsills, state-of-the-art indoor heating and heat control systems. The apartments on the first floors have their own terraces, accessible through the balconies.The load-bearing walls are made of reliable POREVIT silicate blocks that comply with all international quality standards. Their environmental friendli-ness factor is 9 times below the acceptable standard. The residential complex has state-of-the-art energy saving solutions: own gas boiler house, heat controllers, energy efficient windows, water efficient check-valves, LED lighting.

All Ozhogino apartments have air infiltration valves, provid-ing good air exchange between indoor and outdoor premises, given the super airtight windows and doors. As a result, each apartment maintains a standard level of oxygen and humidity. Ozhogino is the first, and cur-rently the only project in Tyumen that complies with the Russian environmental and energy effi-ciency standard of GREEN ZOOM.Ozhogino Residential Complex has received a number of prestig-ious awards:• Urban Awards 2015 (winner) as the «Most environmentally friendly low-rise residential com-plex in Russia»• Urban Awards 2015 (nominee) as the «Best regional residential complex»• Urban Awards 2015 (nominee) as the «Best energy eficient resi-dential complex»• Urban Awards 2015 (nominee) as the «Most environmentally friendly residential complex with a minimum impact on the environment»• Urban Awards 2015 (nominee) as the «Most environmentally friendly regional residential complex»• Urban Awards 2015 (nominee) as the «Best regional residential complex»

Sources: http://ozhogino-eco.ru/o-proekte/http://partner-stroy.ru/project/50/http://2015.urbanawards.ru/reg/zhilojj-kompleks-ozhogino/http://vseont72.ru/information/articles/itogi-goda-kompanii-partner-stroy/


Olympic Village Novogorsk Residential Complex


THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE NOVOGORSK residential complex bears the concept of accumulated educational, recreational, intellectual and private life components «under one roof».


KEY BENEFITS:• High quality infrastructure • The original architectural de-sign of the facades – chopped forms, geometric variety, ter-raced floors, various heights of sections• Modern high quality natural materials were used• Status of Exemplary Project for integrated urban develop-ment (IUD)• Location in an actual forest• Balanced interaction with the natural environment• Variety of gardens, green spaces and small architectural forms• Private landscaped embank-ment • Private complex for sports and educational facilities, gymnasium school and day-care

GENERAL INFORMATION: Developer: Khimki Group Com-pany has been working on the real estate market since 2012. Their main business activity is large-scale complex development projects in the Moscow Region. The company is positioned as a business-class projects devel-oper. Extraordinary approach to the construction of residen-tial housing is a specialty of the developer. Each residential

housing project has a harmoni-ous environment for personal development, comfortable living, sports and family recreation.Project architect: Arhitekturium Architectural Bureau Implementation Stage: commis-sioned at the end of 2014Quality Class: business-class

1. CITY LEVEL EVALUATIONThe residential complex is locat-ed at the intersection of Za-rechnaya Street and Yurovskaya Street in the Novogorsk District in Khimki (Moscow Oblast), 4 kilometers from the MKAD. Nearest objects of social infra-structure (hospitals, schools, daycares) are located within a 5-25 minute walks. There are also fitness-centers and sport facilities located nearby. From the ecological point of view, the location of Olympic Village is truly unique: on the north and east the site borders with the river, and on the west it is adjacent to a national park, famous for rare flora and fauna of the Moscow Region.The developer was able to smoothly fit this apartment complex into the natural envi-ronment, due to architectural and imaginative solutions and the use of facades made from

natural materials painted in soft natural hues.

2. CURTILAGE LEVEL EVALUATIONThe residents of the complex have a wide range of recrea-tional activities to choose from: school of three arts, sports acad-emy, academy of martial arts, boxing academy, fencing acad-emy, school, daycare, golf club, tennis club, medical center, Thai spa, bookstore, restaurant, vol-leyball school, fitness center and all-season swimming pool.The recreational area is sepa-rated from the housing area with green spaces. Each court-yard is provided with an area for quiet outdoor recreation, equipped with benches, gazebos, summer canopies, flower gar-dens and lawns. The river bank is designed with a reinforced embankment and comfortable descents to the water, bike and walking paths and outdoor fitness equipment. The embank-ment has an original landscape design, with several hundred large trees and walkways paved with natural materials. Numer-ous playgrounds fitted with modern equipment, benches and sandboxes are also located on the riverbank, surrounded by the forest.


Underground and guest parking lots ensure availability of park-ing spaces. The territory is pri-vate, provided with professional security services. 3. FACILITY LEVEL EVALUATIONThe residential complex has modern hi-tech design – chopped forms, geometric variety, ter-raced floors and multiple levels; buildings have large panoramic windows and complex angu-lar glazing. Flexible facades are formed by protruding and sinking volumes, large balconies of the upper floors and covered terraces. Facades are finished with natural stone. Residential complex consists of 17 brick/monolith residential buildings (6-7-8 floors). Apart-ments (total 789 apartments) have open-plan layouts: one-sto-rey, two-storey, three-storey apartments and penthouses, with areas that vary from 43 to 137 sq. m.First floors are equipped with stroller storage rooms and garbage disposal chambers. Hall ceilings are impressive – 7 meters high. Construction of the complex was carried out using modern energy efficient technologies, namely, the developer used large-porous

Porotherm blocks for building the walls, made in a Russian fac-tory of the Wienerberger Group, and finished them with facing clinker brick KBB-f NF, imported by the Wienerberger Company from Germany. The ability of Porotherm blocks to accumulate heat creates an even and natural environment indoors, during the warm and cold seasons.The Olympic Village Residential Complex has won several pres-tigious awards:• The winner of the Urban Awards 2012 for «Best concept of improvements and infrastruc-ture»• Winner of the 4th Russian prize in the field of residential real estate – RREF Awards 2013 – in the category «City construction: comfortable environment». • Winner of the 4th Russian prize in the field of residential real estate – RREF Awards 2013 – in the category «City construction: townhouse (Moscow Region)»• Winner of the Urban Awards 2013 in the category «Best residential complex – under construction (business class) (Moscow Oblast)»,• PRO REALTY Award for «Best business class cottage village in Moscow Oblast»• RREF-Award in the nomination «Townhouse»

• Winner of the «Village of the Year, 2013» in the nomination the «Best infrastructure/improve-ment concept»• Winner of the Urban Awards 2015 in the nomination the «Best infrastructure/improvement concept»• Winner of the Urban Awards 2015 in the category «Best resi-dential business class complex (Moscow Oblast)»

Sources: http://odn-k.ru/http://archi.ru/tech/news_52059.htmlhttp://archi.ru/projects/russia/8411/zhiloi-kompleks-olimpiiskaya-derevnya-novogorsk-kvartiryhttp://www.novostroykin.ru/novostroyki/all/2845/


Rusky Avant-garde Residential Complex

Voronezh “Residential complex with an attitude”


KEY BENEFITS:Charismatic and brutal ar-chitecture in the spirit of the Russian avant-gardeDynamic facades using non-standard brickworkAvailability of Euro format apartmentsAvailability of large park and recreational areas adjacent to the complexNew development format for Voronezh – a «House Club»Integrated landscaping with unique small architectural forms GENERAL INFORMATION:Developer: VDK LLCProject architect: A. Len Architec-tural BureauProject implementation stage: 5 floors completed. Construction began in 1st quarter of 2016. Commissioning is scheduled for 1st quarter of 2018.

1. CITY LEVEL EVALUATIONProject site is located on the site at the Olimpiysky Residential Estate between the forest area, a daycare under construction and a school, on the border of the Central and Komintern Districts in the Northern Mi-cro-district. The complex is 15 minutes away from the center of

Voronezh. The closest transporta-tion stop is «Dubrava Residential Estate».Voronezh infrastructure will ensure the complex with all that is necessary (15 minutes to the city center). Three daycares (Nos. 197, 155, 158) and private child development centers are located in the immediate proximity of the complex. Within 10-minutes walking distance, there is the Moskovsky Prospect Shopping Center, the Voronezh Market, convenience stores, pharmacies, cafeterias and fitness centers. The area of the residential complex is adjacent to the forest area, which has access to the Botanical Gardens. Within 1.5 km from the complex there is the Central City Park (the former Dynamo Park) – the main recre-ational and promenade park of Voronezh. It is a 2-minutes walk from the complex to the Botani-cal Garden and 15-minutes walk to Dynamo Central Park. In the future, the forest entries will be landscaped for the convenience and comfort of the residents.

2. CURTILAGE LEVEL EVALUATIONThe project envisages a devel-oped social component: a branch of the school of arts, a musical

school, an art studio, creativ-ity and development centers, a crafts studio, a dance studio, a foreign languages school.A daycare for 220 places is under construction two minutes away. It is planned that it will work in close cooperation with Voronezh Oceanarium. An interactive zoo will be the distinct feature of the project.Just several minutes away, it is planned to build a secondary school for 775 kids, in cooper-ation with the Voronezh State University. It is planned that the school will specialize in three areas: art, mathematics and sports.A fitness club with a swimming pool with 25-meter tracks. A fitness club will be located 5 minutes away from the residen-tial complex.Necessary infrastructure will be available within walking dis-tance – a shopping and business block of 30,000 sq. m., consumer services center, a branch of an arts school, an arts workshop, adult and children’s creativity centers.The project provides for vivid landscaping in the style of the Russian avant-garde, with inter-esting elements and a variety of small architectural forms. The landscaping scheme in based


on the Rayonism style. Thus two courtyards were formed – the West and the East, the blue and the red, joined by a system of «beams», in which archi-tectural forms and paths and approaches to entrances were embodied. The Tatlin Tower will become a unique art object and the center of attraction of the Russian Avant-Guard Residential Complex.A great ecological trail runs near the complex: the tour circuit for enthusiasts of Voronezh nature and history. They are also promis-ing paved pedestrian and bicycle paths.It is planned to organize open parking lots, multi-level under-ground parking lots, with eleva-tors descending from residential floors. Guest parking lots along the courtyards.

3. FACILITY LEVEL EVALUATIONThe architectural concept is implemented in the spirit of the Russian avant-garde with elements of cheap popular art. The architecture of the complex is charismatic, brutal, accentual, and the composition is active and dynamic. Volume bricklaying and harmo-niously matching colour schemes characterize the facades.

The roofs of the residential build-ings are cut at acute angles and then go up again, forming a tick. This gives residential buildings different numbers of floors.The interior will also be per-formed in the style of the Rus-sian avant-garde. The residential complex has 13 entrances in total, and for each of them, the designers have developed unique design projects, based on the works of the Russian avant-garde artists of the Black Earth Region. The residential complex has traditional apartment layouts: one-room apartments, total area of 30-40 sq. m., two-room apart-ments, total area of 48-60 sq. m., three-room apartments, total area of 70-85 sq. m. The spe-cial features of the residential complex include apartments of the European format, and on the upper floors – apartments with terraces and 1.5 story man-sard-style roofs.Residential building type: brick/monolithMulti-layer design approachThis project is the nominee of the Urban Awards 2016 as the «Best regional residential complex under construction»

Sources:http://rusavangard.vrndk.ru/http://www.cmlt.ru/index-tag


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total number of meters, million sq. m. 58 62 66 70 84

Number of apartments, thousand 717 786 838 929 1124

Average area, sq. m. 82 79 78 76 75

Built by the population (individual housing)



Average area, sq. m. 133 133 134 134 135

Built by the legal entities (residential apartment buildings)



Average area, sq. m. 63 61 60 57 56

Source: Rosstat (not including buildings for temporary housing)

Residential housing being commissioned at the territory of Russia is divided into two classes: Single-standing residential buildings (built by the population using their own or borrowed funds) and apartments (construction carried out by developers). In the recent years, the number of apartments in newly built projects has increased dramatically, both in apartment buildings and in the single-standing homes. Sizes of the apartments have decreased; the average size of individual residential buildings has been increasing consistently, and significantly exceeded the same figure for apartments in apartment buildings. In general, during the period under review, there was a steady downward trend as to the total area of the apartments in the apartment buildings.

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The structure of the commissioned housing, by the number of stories:1. Low-rise (1-3 floors) buildings – their share has been falling steadily in recent yearsabout half of commissioned residential housing, moreover, the share of the three-storey housing is growing(from 6.2% to 11.5% during 5 years), while one-storey housing share is decreasing (from 24% to 18%).

2. Apartment buildings (9-10 floors), their share is decreasing (from 17% to 11% over 5 years).3. Modern high-rise buildings (11 floors and higher); share is growing rapidly, according to the resultsof 2014 it reached 31.5%, even though 5 years ago it was only 23%.4. The share of other buildings accounted for only 7% of the housing commissioned in the country, including five-storey buildings (3.5% in 2014).

2011 г. TOP-30 RUSSIAN REGIONS, BY THE VOLUME OF HOUSING COMMISSIONED PER CAPITA IN 2011.

Russian Federation 0,435

1 Moscow Oblast 1,143

2 Belgorod Oblast 0,747

3 Chuvash Republic 0,698

4 Krasnodar Krai 0,664

5 Nenets Autonomous Okrug 0,653

6 Lipetsk Oblast 0,63

7 Republic of Tatarstan 0,621

8 Leningrad Oblast 0,599

9 Leningrad Oblast 0,582

10 Kaluga Oblast 0,576

11 Kaliningrad Oblast 0,557

12 Тамбовская Oblast 0,552

13 Tambov Oblast 0,546

14 city of Saint-Petersburg 0,519

15 Bashkortostan Republic 0,496

16 Astrakhan Oblast 0,487

17 Penza Oblast 0,474

18 Sakhalin Oblast 0,466

19 Saratov Oblast 0,457

20 Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug 0,455

21 Stavropol Krai 0,454

22 Mari El Republic 0,447

23 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 0,441

24 Rostov Oblast 0,433

25 Novgorod Oblast 0,433

26 Tomsk Oblast 0,431

27 Ulyanovsk Oblast 0,426

28 Omsk Oblast 0,423

29 Voronezh Oblast 0,423

30 Oryol Oblast 0,423

In 2011, in Russia, commissioned housing amounted to a total area of 62.3 million sq. m., being 6.6% more than in 2010. Moscow and Belgorod Oblasts and Chuvash Republic were the leaders in terms of commissioned housing – their input accounted for about 20% of Russia’s total housing. Minimum volumes were recorded in the Murmansk Oblast, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Chechen Republic.The per capita average figure – 0.43 sq. m., is the second largest (the first was recorded in 2008) in the history of Russia. In 24 regions of the Russian Federation it was surpassed, and 15 regions commissioned more than 0.5 sq. m. per person.


TOP–30 RUSSIAN REGIONS, BY THE VOLUME OF HOUSING COMMISSIONED PER CAPITA IN 2013-2015.

2013 2014 2015

Russian Federation

Russian Federation

Russian Federation

1 Tyumen Oblast without autonomous okrugs

1,04 1 Tyumen Oblast without autonomous okrugs

1,24 1 Tyumen Oblast without autonomous okrugs

1,4586

2 Moscow Oblast 0,97 2 Kaliningrad Oblast

1,16 2 Leningrad Oblast 1,3055

3 Belgorod Oblast 0,84 3 Moscow Oblast 1,14 3 Kaliningrad Oblast 1,2347

4 Tyumen Oblast 0,76 4 Belgorod Oblast 0,95 4 Moscow Oblast 1,1619

5 Lipetsk Oblast 0,74 5 Leningrad Oblast 0,9 5 Belgorod Oblast 1,0034

6 Leningrad Oblast 0,73 6 Tyumen Oblast 0,88 6 Novosibirsk Oblast 0,936

7 Krasnodar Krai 0,73 7 Lipetsk Oblast 0,87 7 Lipetsk Oblast 0,9185

8 Chuvash Republic 0,67 8 Krasnodar Krai 0,87 8 Krasnodar Krai 0,8376

9 Tambov Oblast 0,66 9 Chechen Republic

0,83 9 Kaluga Oblast 0,7871

10 Kaliningrad Oblast 0,65 10 Nenets Autonomous Okrug

0,8 10 Tambov Oblast 0,7846

11 Republic of Tatarstan

0,63 11 Novosibirsk Oblast

0,8 11 Nenets Autonomous Okrug

0,773

12 Nenets Autonomous Okrug

0,62 12 Kaluga Oblast 0,78 12 Ulyanovsk Oblast 0,7471

13 Novosibirsk Oblast 0,62 13 Tambov Oblast 0,73 13 Vologda Oblast 0,7118

14 Bashkortostan Republic

0,61 14 Chuvash Republic

0,7 14 Voronezh Oblast 0,6995

15 Kaluga Oblast 0,61 15 Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

0,68 15 Penza Oblast 0,6902

16 Penza Oblast 0,61 16 Voronezh Oblast 0,67 16 Samara Oblast 0,6899

17 Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

0,61 17 Penza Oblast 0,67 17 Chuvash Republic 0,6737

18 Astrakhan Oblast 0,58 18 Vologda Oblast 0,65 18 Chechen Republic 0,6655

19 Voronezh Oblast 0,58 19 Bashkortostan Republic

0,65 19 Bashkortostan Republic

0,6609

20 Sakhalin Oblast 0,58 20 city of Saint-Petersburg

0,63 20 Republic of Adygea 0,6545

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21 Samara Oblast 0,54 21 Jewish Autonomous Oblast

0,62 21 Tomsk Oblast 0,6491

22 Ingush Republic 0,55 22 Republic of Tatarstan

0,62 22 Mari El Republic 0,6401

23 Mari El Republic 0,54 23 Sakhalin Oblast 0,62 23 Sakhalin Oblast 0,6364

24 Saratov Oblast 0,53 24 Saratov Oblast 0,61 24 Republic of Tatarstan

0,6218

25 Republic of Dagestan

0,52 25 Astrakhan Oblast

0,6 25 Republic of Dagestan

0,5969

26 Chelyabinsk Oblast

0,51 26 Republic of Adygea

0,6 26 Orenburg Oblast 0,5966

27 Novgorod Oblast 0,51 27 Mari El Republic 0,6 27 Ryazan Oblast 0,5899

28 Ulyanovsk Oblast 0,5 28 Samara Oblast 0,59 28 Novgorod Oblast 0,5831

29 Tomsk Oblast 0,5 29 Chelyabinsk Oblast

0,58 29 city of Saint-Petersburg

0,5803

30 city of Saint-Petersburg

0,5 30 Orenburg Oblast 0,58 30 Sverdlovsk Oblast 0,5737

Tyumen Oblast is consistently ranked first in terms of commissioned housing per capita, Moscow, Kaliningrad, Belgorod and Leningrad Oblasts also retain leading positions.

2015 г. In 2015, 83,809,900,000 sq. m. of housing was commissioned in Russia; per capita commissioning amounted to about 0.57 sq. m. The largest volumes of housing were commissioned in the Moscow Oblast (8,496,300 sq. m. total area), Krasnodar Krai (4,618,600 sq. m. total area), Moscow (3,871,300 sq. m. total area), Saint-Petersburg (3,030,700 sq. m.) and Republic of Bashkiria (2,690,700 sq. m. total area).A significant share of commissioned housing

was built by individual developers – 40.9% (34.3 million sq. m.).In per capita terms the situation is quite different. Only in five regions more than 1 sq. m. of housing were commissioned per person:1. Tyumen Oblast (without autonomous okrugs): 1.462. Leningrad Oblast: 1.313. Kaliningrad Oblast: 1.234. Moscow Oblast: 1.165. Belgorod Oblast: 1.01On the scale of the largest federal okrugs, the largest commissioned volumes were observed in the Central (24,266,500 sq. m.) and Volga (16,912,300 sq. m.) Okrugs. In proportion to the population, the best results were shown in the North-West and South Okrugs.


Russian region Total area commis-

sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

1 Moscow Oblast 8496.3 1.162

2 Belgorod Oblast 1554 1.003

3 Lipetsk Oblast 1061.8 0.918

4 Kaluga Oblast 794.7 0.787

5 Tambov Oblast 824,2 0.785

6 Voronezh Oblast 1632 5 0 700

7 Ryazan Oblast 666.5 0.590

8 Yaroslavl Oblast 726.2 0.571

9 Smolensk Oblast 509.1 0.531

10 Bryansk Oblast 644,3 0 526


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

11 Orel Oblast 391.6 0.516

12 Tula Oblast 770.5 0.511

13 Kostroma Oblast 322.1 0.494

14 Kursk Oblast 537,6 0480

15 Vladimir Oblast 646.3 0.463

16 Tver Oblast 556.5 0.427

17 Moscow 3871.3 0.314

18 Ivanovo Oblast 260,2 0253

Central Federal Okrug

24266.5 0.621

Central Federal Okrug

Volga Federal Okrug


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

1 Ulyanovsk Oblast 939.5 0.7471

2 Penza Oblast 930.7 0.6902

3 Samara Oblast 2211.7 0.6899

4 Chuvash Republic 832,8 0,6737

5 Bashkortostan Republic

2690.7 0.6609

6 Mari El Republic 439 0.6401

7 Republic of Tatarstan 2405.5 0.6218

8 Orenburg Oblast 1189,8 0,5966


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

9 Kirov Oblast 725.4 0.5593

10 Saratov Oblast 1139.9 0.4584

11 Perm Krai 1152.2 0.4375

12 Udmurt Republic 662,7 0,4368

13 Republic of Mordovia 337 0.4174

14 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

1255.5 0.3853

Volga Federal Okrug 16912,3 0,5700

HOUSING COMMISSIONING IN 2015, THOUSAND SQ. M.

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sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

1 Leningrad Oblast 2323 1.305

2 Kaliningrad Oblast 1205.8 1.235

3 Nenets Autonomous Okrug

33.9 0.773

4 Vologda Oblast 845.4 0.712

5 Novgorod Oblast 359 0 583

6 Saint-Petersburg 3030.7 0.580

7 Pskov Oblast 325.8 0.504


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

8 Republic of Karelia 270.3 0.429

9 Arkhangelsk Oblast without autonomous okrugs

349,5 0 309

10 Republic of Komi 207.5 0.242

11 Murmansk Oblast 33.4 0.044

North-West Federal Okrug

8984.2 0,648

North Caucasus Federal Okrug

North-West Federal Okrug


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

1 Chechen Republic 928.2 0.665

2 Republic of Dagestan 1799 9 0 597

3 Ingush Republic 262.3 0.554

4 Kabardino-Balkar Republic

375 0.435

5 Stavropol Krai 1214.4 0.434


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

6 Karachay-Cherkess Republic

182,5 0 390

7 Republic of North Ossetia – Alania

173.9 0.247

North Caucasus Federal Okrug

4936.3 0.507

Far Eastern Federal Okrug


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

1 Sakhalin Oblast 310.2 0.636

2 Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

530.5 0.553

3 Jewish Autonomous Region

59,6 0 359

4 Khabarovsk Krai 433.4 0.325

5 Amur Oblast 230.8 0.286


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

6 Primorsky Krai 510,4 0.265

7 Kamchatka Krai 67,1 0,212

8 Magadan Oblast 20.7 0.142

9 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

2.2 0.044

Far Eastern Federal Okrug

2164,7 0,349


South Federal Okrug


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

1 Krasnodar Krai 4618.6 0.838

2 Republic of Adygea 295.5 0.655

3 Rostov Oblast 2408 7 0569

4 Astrakhan Oblast 575.2 0.565

5 Republic of Kalmykia 126 0.452

6 Volgograd Oblast 962.1 0.378

South Federal Okrug 8986 0.639


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

1 Novosibirsk Oblast 2585 0.9360

2 Tomsk Oblast 699,1 0,6491

3 Republic of Khakasia 300.6 0,5600

4 Altay Republic 113.6 0.5277

5 Krasnoyarsk Krai 1302.4 0.4544

6 Republic of Buryatia 415,4 0.4229

7 Omsk Oblast 790.2 0.3996


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

8 Irkutsk Oblast 963.7 0.3995

9 Altay Krai 878.9 0.3698

10 Kemerovo Oblast 1002 0,3688

11 Republic of Tyva 102.6 0.3252

12 Kemerovo Oblast 215.1 0.1987

Siberia Federal Okrug

9368,6 0,4849

Ural Federal Okrug


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

1 Tyumen Oblast without autonomous okrugs

2122.3 1.459

2 Sverdlovsk Oblast 2483.7 0.574

3 Khanty-Mansi Autono-mous Okrug

872,9 0,537

4 Yamalo-Nenets Auton-omous Okrug

266.1 0.498

5 Chelyabinsk Oblast 1709.5 0.488

6 Kurgan Oblast 246.4 0.286

Ural Federal Okrug 7701 0.625

Siberia Federal Okrug

Crimea Federal Okrug


sioned, thousand

sq. m.

Total area commis-

sioned, per per-

son, sq. m.

1 Sevastopol 105 0.250

2 Republic of Crimea 249.2 0.130

Crimea Federal Okrug

354,2 0.152

Sources:Rosstathttp://ac.gov.ru/files/publication/a/8353.pdfhttp://top-rf.ru/places/318-rejting-regionov-rf-po-vvodu-zhilya-na-dushu-naseleniya.htmlhttp://riarating.ru/regions_rankings/20120215/566317597.html

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Findings

As a part of the study aimed at identifying the best practices of housing development in Russia, we needed to carry out an in-depth investigation of housing projects, integrated evaluation of a large number of residential complexes for their compliance with current requirements for housing on the part of consumers. On the whole, there is a positive trend prevailing in number of points earned in those criteria that reflect the evaluation of the project at the level of the building itself, and its adjacent territory. Thus, we can see a country-wide pursuit of developers to improve their projects, even in the low-cost and comfort class segments.Out of a large number of projects, being the best residential complexes of each constituent

entity of the RF, we selected ten practices of housing development that fully comply with our understanding of what a high-quality, exemplary residential complex must have, in order to be able to compete with the best international projects. The most important advantages, which increase a project’s competitive ability and its attractiveness for prospective buyers as a place for a comfortable, convenient and safe life, have been outlined for the best practices of housing development. It should be stressed that the key specific features specified in this booklet do not cover all advantages of the surveyed projects — each of them had shown great results in practically all criteria that were studied.

Customer: Foundation “Institute of social development of the cities of the Republic of Tatarstan”

Contractor/developer: Agency for strategic development «CENTER»

Office 13, Bolshaya Mochanovka 21, Moscow, Russia

October 15, 2016