The new project is a continuation of the first one; we are still refining and adjusting it – the design keeps evolving, although now it’s more about detailing now. I believe that in the updated version, the color and material composition of the volumes and facades is more complex and nuanced than what we achieved in 2014.

In the new project, the client decided to abandon the original idea of using factory-made prefabricated panels. As a result, we gained more freedom to work through various subtle design elements. The ornamental quality as we knew it, intended for the factory molds of the white panels, was left behind. The school building changed its location and layout – and, fortunately, thanks to the well-grounded arguments we presented and, to a large extent, the support of Kazan's chief architect, Ilsiyar Tukhvatullina, for which we are deeply grateful – we succeeded in ensuring that the school would not be a standard design, but an individually developed one that now occupies its rightful place as an urban landmark.

The original material combination has been preserved: white stone and fiber-reinforced concrete, clinker brick and weathered steel – used in different proportions to emphasize the unique character of each part of the complex through contrast.

And, last but not least, the artificial river remains.