Students of the University of Industrial Technologies and Design became the winners of the "Students for the City" competition. The projects aimed at helping people with disabilities and social workers, protecting the environment, assessing the financial condition of St. Petersburg enterprises and restoring cultural heritage monuments were presented by students of Ƶ. The award ceremony was held at the Expoforum Exhibition Center.
Yulia Kulakova, a student at the Institute of Economics and Social Technologies at Ƶ, has developed a methodology for assessing the financial condition of enterprises in St. Petersburg using digital technologies. Special attention is paid to organizations providing school meals.
"The project involves the implementation of BI-systems for data visualization, NFC and QR tags for logistical control, as well as software packages for automatic calculation of BMI in school meals. This will ensure the transparency of contracts, increase the accuracy of accounting and reduce the risk of violations. In addition, the interaction between government agencies and contractors will be optimized, the quality of nutrition and monitoring of children's health will be improved," says Yulia.
Arina Obraztsova, a student at the St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, has developed an information system for climate risk management. The system will allow storing, analyzing and presenting information about climate risks in the required format when making management decisions.
"The information block of the system is divided into sections: atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere, and is implemented as a geodata database. It includes information about anthropogenic impact sites, water bodies that are negatively affected, weather conditions and legal requirements, as well as a list of measures to adapt to climate change," Arina shares.
The system involves not only storing information and updating data, but also visualizing possible changes and measures to prevent the danger of risks. Emilia Gubarevich, a student at the Institute of Spatial Environment Design at St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, presented a project for the restoration of a cultural heritage site, the residential complex of the Red Triangle factory in St. Petersburg.
"The residential complex of the Red Triangle factory by Joseph Langbard is a cultural heritage site, a vivid example of the Leningrad avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s. My main goal was to develop a strategy for using the facility with integration into the cultural and social space of the city. The project involves the development of landscape planning organization of courtyards, functional zoning of the courtyard, dismantling of old equipment and small architectural forms, the organization of artistically meaningful terrain," says Emilia.
In addition, one of the buildings of the residential complex is planned to be transformed into a multifunctional cultural center with areas for exhibitions and children's educational extracurricular activities. And the building of the former boiler house will become a hotel that will attract tourists to this area of the city. The author of the project believes that the residential complex can become not only a striking object of Leningrad avant-gardism, but also an object of cultural attraction of the district and the city.
Alexandra Afanasyeva, a student at the Institute of Economics and Social Technologies of St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, presented the InfoSphere project, aimed at raising awareness of people with disabilities about the social service system in St. Petersburg. The essence of the project is the integration of a series of short videos about social services in the Northern Capital onto the VK Clips platform.
"We plan to release eight short videos per week. The first block will contain general information about the social service system, the rights and opportunities of people with disabilities, as well as institutions providing social services to people with disabilities in St. Petersburg. The second block will consist of training videos. These include lessons on self-care (cooking, self-care, space management), technological skills (using information portals and applications), social skills, financial literacy, and employment (resume writing). Such videos can be useful not only for people with disabilities, but also for their families and caregivers. The third block will include informational video content with the involvement of specialists from social institutions. In video message and video interview formats, experts will be able to answer frequently asked questions about social services, as well as talk about innovations in the social sphere. And the last block of videos will become an image block. It will include video content aimed at reducing stigmatization of people with disabilities. All videos will include animations and graphs to explain complex concepts," says Alexandra.
Sofia Treshotka, a student at the St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, has developed a new indicator for environmental supervision in St. Petersburg. The indicator helps identify enterprises that fail to meet their emission reduction obligations during adverse meteorological conditions. The indicator has passed a rigorous examination for compliance with federal legislation and will prevent harm.
"The new indicator was developed based on an analysis of the violated requirements and data on air pollution in St. Petersburg. Its essence is to identify facilities that, within 12 months of registration, have not submitted plans to reduce emissions for the period of adverse meteorological conditions, while hazardous substances such as nitrogen dioxide, benzapyrene and ammonia are present in their emissions. The use of the new indicator will make it possible to carry out unscheduled inspections precisely and reasonably, prevent environmental violations and minimize the negative impact on atmospheric air," Sofia comments.
Sofia Moiseenkova, a student at the Institute of Economics and Social Technologies of Ƶ, created the Technosocium platform, aimed at informing social work professionals about new technologies and methods in the field of social protection.
"The project will develop recommendations for social workers and introduce new technologies into their practice, improve social support for families in difficult situations, raise awareness of their problems and thereby strengthen public support, as well as analyze legal regulation in the field of social protection and eliminate problems," says Sofia.
The project involves social work specialists, psychologists, lawyers, social educators, IT specialists, and methodologists. In addition, the project plans to test innovative technologies in social organizations, as well as develop methodological materials, including instructions, seminars and training manuals, which will help specialists to implement new technologies into their work faster and more effectively. Experts of the platform will also be involved in conducting workshops, seminars and lectures for specialists in helping professions. All materials will be posted on the platform and available online.