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Irina Popova

Irina Popova

Deputy Director for Territorial Planning

Member of the Council for Architecture and Urban Development of the Leningrad Region and the North-West of the Russian Federation.

Author of over 50 research and design projects, including:

– set of rules SP 42.13330.2026 "Urban Planning. Territory Planning and Development",

– urban planning justifications for amendments to the territorial planning scheme of the Russian Federation in the field of transport of the Kingisepp Municipal District of the Leningrad Region,

– urban plans and zoning documents for the cities of Uray, Tskhinvali, Leningor, and Znaur,

– urban planning justification for amendments to the urban plan and zoning document of St. Petersburg in relation to the territories of the Lakhta multifunctional high-rise complexes and Kamenka in the Primorsky District,

– planning documentation for Bronka international marine transshipment complex, a residential area in the village of Shushary, the Pushkinskaya industrial zone in St. Petersburg, Vladivostok’s satellite city; Pionersky Prospekt in the Anapa city; a hotel complex in Gelendzhik city ; the Lagonaki mountain eco-resort in the Republic of Adygea; the Kudepsta microdistrict in the Sochi city; the Moglino industrial-production special economic zone in the Pskov region; the industrial and logistics terminals of the Ust-Luga seaport in the Vistinsky district of the Leningrad region; the Arkhyz special economic zone for tourism and recreation in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic; and urban embankments in Gelendzhik and Tuapse.

Awards:

– Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (RAACS) for the urban planning work "Land Planning Documentation for the Embankment in the Gelendzhik City" (2026);

– Gold Diploma of the XXIV International Festival "Days of Architecture" for urban planning project "Land Planning Documentation for the Embankment in the Gelendzhik City" (2026),

– Diploma of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (RAACS) for the urban planning work "Strategy for the Spatial Organization of the Territory of the Surgut City" (2024),

– Gold Diploma of the XXI International Festival "Days of Architecture" in the "Resort and Recreational Complexes" category for project "Architectural and urban planning concept for the territory of the hotel complex in the Gelendzhik city” (2023),

– Order for Outstanding Merit "Honor and Glory" in the category "Construction Complex of the Russian Federation" (2008),

– Laureate of the All-Russian "Best Municipal Employee" competition (2004).

Since 2025, teaching at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in the Department of Urban Planning, the courses "Territorial Planning and Urban Design" and "Information Technologies in Urban Planning".



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