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Russian architect (born 1981)

Simon Vasilevich Rastorguev (Семён Васи́льевич Расторгу́ев; born 1981 in Yaroslavl)[1] is a Russian architect specialising in reconstruction-restoration.[2]

Rastorguev studied architecture at Yaroslavl State Technical University and later finished a postgraduate course in cultural studies and journalism.[2][1] He has worked with the Moscow-based firm Project Meganom[2] and is the editor-in-chief of Chaos Research Center, a blog about conceptual architecture.[1] As of 2017, he led the Simon Rastorguev Design Group.[3] As an organiser of the Social Revolution festival, he held an architectural competition focused on social housing in 2012;[4] the PARKing competition in 2013;[5] and a design competition for an architectural work underneath a bridge in 2014;[6] among others. He also spoke on the grotesque at the 2013 rendition of the festival.[_citation needed_]

Bitrix 24 offices in Moscow

Throughout his career, Rastorguev has created digital renderings of cities, business centers, and buildings,[7] including as part of the millennium celebration of Yaroslavl;[8] a futuristic multifunctional complex in Burabay, Kazakhstan called the Borovoye-Biocity;[9][7] a self-sustaining cottage resembling a hedgehog;[10] and a reconstruction of Volkov Square in Yaroslavl.[11] He oversaw a large-scale project in 2022-2024 that showed around one hundred planned but unrealised buildings in Moscow between 1920-1970.[12]

Rastorguev exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2004, 2008, and 2014:[13] Laguna Proun, a settlement that minimally disturbs the laguna ecosystem (2004);[14] Bornhouse at San Stae (2008);[15][16] and City of Money (2014).[_citation needed_] His work was featured at the Moscow Biennale in 2007[_citation needed_] and 2008 (Persimfance).[13] Among his other exhibitions are BioCity, 2002 (Berlin);[_citation needed_] City of the Young, 2002—2004 (TSSI "ARS-Forum");[13][2] BIRDS, 2003;[13][2] Cottage village "Ogorodnik sleep," 2005 (Barcelona);[_citation needed_]; Grass City, 2010 (St. Petersburg);[17][13] and Guilty Money, 2011 (Moscow).[18][13]

He participated in the Arch Moscow international exhibitions held by Architecture and Design between 2007 and 2013;[2][13] in the Dom-Avtonom competitions for self-sustaining houses between 2007 and 2009;[19] and in the architectural festival Golden chapiter in Novosibirsk in 2009.[13] An image of Rastorguev's work appeared on the cover[_citation needed_] of the September-October 2002 issue of Build architecture magazine. In 2011, a documentary in the "30-year-old..." series about young talent covered his career.[1]

His realised projects include:

• 2005 - Tsargrad hotel and restaurant (Yaroslavl)[20]
• 2016 - Parametric Residence (Uspenskoe, Odintsovo), private resident[3]
• 2017 - Bitrix 24 office (Moscow)[21]
• 2019 - North Park apartment (Moscow), private resident[22]

Select publications

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• "Agora Dreams and Visions". l'Arca. No. 183. Summer 2003. pp. 39–43 – via Issuu.
• Современная интервенция в Лагуну [Contemporary intervention in Laguna]. Project Russia (in Russian). No. 35. Archived from the original on 11 April 2007.
• "Se la città è mutante" [Visions of a mutant city] (PDF). arcVision (in Italian). No. 53. June 2007. pp. 80–85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007.[2]
• "Russia: Arquitectura despues del comunismo" [Russia: Architecture after communism]. Codigo (in Spanish). No. 6140. Summer 2007.
• Которосль – 2010: Ярославский MILLENNIUM [Kotorosl 2010. Yaroslavl Millennium]. Domus (in Russian). No. 8–09. September 2009. pp. 72–82.
• Настоящая архитектура непредсказуема [Real architecture is unpredictable]. Tatlin Mono (in Russian). Vol. 3, no. 32. 2011. pp. 132–139.
• Archilovers, World Architecture and edilportale profiles
• A short documentary about Rastorguev's work from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
• CV on the Center for Chaos Research webpage

1. ^ a b c d e f 30-летние. Семен Расторгуев [30-year-ols. Simon Rastorguev] (in Russian). Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Расторгуев Семён [Simon Rastorguev] (in Russian). Center for Contemporary Architecture (CSA). Archived from the original on 2011-08-11.
3. ^ a b "Simon Rastorguev Designed Parametric Residence With Multifunctional Folded Surfaces". World Architecture. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
4. ^ социальная революция [Social revolution] (in Russian). Center for Chaos Research. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
5. ^ Rastorguev, Simon (2013-05-11). Конкурсные проекты [Competition projects] (in Russian). Social Revolution Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-08-31.
6. ^ "Under the Bridge". Social Festival. 2014. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
7. ^ a b ПТАХИФУТУРИЗМ [Bird futurism] (in Russian). Golden Capital Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06.
8. ^ Malakhova, Anna (August 2009). Ярославский millennium [Yaroslavl millennium]. Domus (in Russian). No. 21. Archived from the original on 2011-05-23.[_page needed_]
9. ^ "Borovoye-BioCity". World Architecture. 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
10. ^ дом — автоном » : дом — Ёжик [Self-sustaining House: project "Hedgehog"]. Center for Chaos Research. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
11. ^ Проект № 777777 [Project № 777777]. narod.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-03-20.
12. ^ Москва, которой не было, 1920—1970. Мини-сериал. [Moscow, which did not exist, 1920-1970. Mini-series.] (in Russian). Center for Chaos Research. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Расторгуев Семён Васильевич [Simon Rastorguev] (in Russian). Yaroslavl-360.
14. ^ "Laguna Proun". narod.ru (in Russian). 2004.
15. ^ Газета Guardian о выставке в Сан-Стае [The Guardian on the exhibition in San Stae] (in Russian). Center of Chaos Research.
16. ^ Rastorguev, Simon. Избранные архитектурные и творческие проекты [Selected architectural and creative projects] (PDF) (in Russian). Center for Chaos Research. pp. 23–24.
17. ^ "New Formalism - Museum of Urban Sculpture - St. Petersburg - 12 July / 1 August 2010". Art & Architecture. 2010-07-19. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01.
18. ^ Fefelov, Andrey (2011-06-01). Грешные деньги [Guilty Money] (in Russian). Zavtra.
19. ^ дом — автоном [Home: Autonomous] (in Russian). Center for Chaos Research. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
20. ^ Проект ресторана Царьград на площади Богоявления [Restaurant project Tsargrad on Epiphany Square] (in Russian). Center for Chaos Research. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
21. ^ Rastorguev, Simon. "A new office of IT-company 1C-Bitrix opened in Moscow". Retrieved 2025-03-20 – via archello.com.
22. ^ Rastorguev, Simon. "Futuristic apartment". Retrieved 2025-03-20 – via archello.com.
23. ^ "The winners are certain". Atlas on Architecture of the Future. Archived from the original on 2002-06-01.
24. ^ Расторгуев Семен [Rastorguev Semyon]. Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Archived from the original on 2004-10-21.
25. ^ "20+10+X World Architecture Community Awards". World Architecture Community. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.