The competition is dedicated to the search for architectural solutions for the Arctic zone of Russia using prefab technologies on a metal frame. It was attended by more than 300 students, graduates and young architects from more than 40 cities of the country. The works were evaluated by experts in the field of architecture, urbanism and Arctic construction.

 Gleb Churkin's Arctic Line project offers a modular building system adapted to the conditions of the North. It is based on factory—made block-modular elements that can be combined depending on the tasks and scale — from a single building to a large complex.

"The project provides for several application scenarios. It can be used as an apartment building, tourist complex, public or administrative space. Planning solutions allow you to change the functional content without significantly redesigning the structure," comments the author of the project.

 Special attention is paid to the operating conditions in the northern climate. The buildings are placed on a pile foundation, which reduces the impact of permafrost and protects against flooding. A technical underground is provided inside to accommodate engineering systems, including possible autonomous life support sources.

"The building's composition is based on a radial-arc scheme that forms courtyards and provides light access to the premises. When scaled, the project can develop into the format of so—called "exostructures" — complexes that combine housing, public functions and infrastructure in a single warm circuit, which will minimize people's access to the street," said Gleb Churkin.

 The interior spaces are complemented by solutions aimed at improving the microclimate, including suspended greenhouses. There are also lighting scenarios that take into account the features of the polar day and night.

 As noted by Gleb's supervisor, Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Architecture, Candidate of Architecture Marianna Blagova, the leitmotif of the Arctic Line project can be formulated as follows: "Architecture as a transformable system." The work explores the possibility of developing prefab construction from contextual insertion into the urban fabric to an exostructure somewhere in the vastness of the Arctic Desert.

"This project is not a big architectural statement. This is an attempt to find a balance between the natural northern context and the modern understanding of comfort, to compare the concept of "Home" and "City", to create a lighthouse and a center of attraction, but at the same time leave a little personal space and quiet comfort," Marianna Viktorovna shared.

 The winners of the competition received a cash prize at an award ceremony at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, as well as an invitation to a creative session in the Murmansk region with a visit to Khibiny and Teriberka on the coast of the Arctic Ocean.