SAMARA YARD. TO THE RELEASE OF THE RUSSIAN-DUTCH MONOGRAPH ON THE HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENT OF SAMARA

A joint bilingual Russian-Dutch publication “The Samara Yard” is presented - the result of the work of a group of architects who managed to unite into one research team and win a grant from the Dutch Foundation for Creative Industries. Similar grants in 2019 were provided to two more author’s projects from other countries. The rationale prepared by us at the stage of the competitive competition of applicants for a grant from more than 100 countries made it possible to attract the attention of international expert groups, the Foundation’s management and, as a result, to achieve a high-quality research and publication at the level of international standards. The central theme of the research and publication is a unique urban planning phenomenon - “Samara Yard”, a historically formed architectural and planning unit that translates into the modern discourse of urban practices the most important features of a sustainable urban environment.