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Name: Mikhail Berezin
Name of Firm: Agency for Urban Research and Consulting, Ltd (AUREC)
Adress of Firm: 191011, Italianskaya ul. 29, apt 5a, St. Petersburg
Address: 6 Liniya, 17 apt. 12, 199004, St. Petersburg
Telephone/fax: (812)323-1295(home) Date of birth: 07.03.1937
Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR
Profession: Architect-planner
Membership in Professional Societies: Union of Russian Architects Association for Cooperation in Urban Development (ASGOR)
Detailed Tasks Assigned: Key negotiations with clients and partners.
Team leadership
Work direction and control

Study:
1993 - Ph.D. Advanced Housing Seminar, Maryland University
1976 - Institute of Civil Engineers, Leningrad . These: "Scientific Revolution and the Corresponding Urban Development Trends".
1971-74 - B.A. Post-graduate School. Institute for the Theory of Architecture, Moscow
1960 - Architect-Planner Diploma. Institute of Civil Engineers, Leningrad

Job:
1992-1994: Chairman of the Board of Directors of AUREC
1994-2000: General Director

1994-up to now: AUREC (Agency for Urban Research and Consulting) General Director.
Activities: surveys, feasibility studies, legislative drafts, consultations.
Clients: The World Bank, Washington Urban Institute, private developers and brokers.

1992-1994: AUREC (Agency for Urban Research and Consulting) Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Activities and clients: as above.

1989-1992: ST.PETERSURG GITAG (State Institute for the Architectural and Planning History and Design). Research Director.
Activities: conceptions of urban development of some ancient Russian cities, legislative drafts for housing.
Clients: city authorities (St.Petersburg, Ustug, Pechery), Russian Construction Ministry, others.

1977 - 1988: Head of the Urban Environment Subdivision of the Research Department in the Housing & Urban Planning Institute (Leningrad).
Activities: housing research and housing programs, mass behaviour models (traffic, demography), estimations of the city development policies (alternatives).
Clients: City Municipality, Master Plan Institute.

1970 - 1977:Senior Research Assistant. Housing & Urban Planning Institute for USSR Northern Area.
Activities: Housing research and programs.
Clients: USSR Construction Ministry, USSR Oil Ministry.

1960 - 1970: Architect-planner and designer in different organisations.

Key Qualifications:
Since 1990 up to now directed about 20 projects, including :
  • Urban Development Concept for cities Veliki Ustug and Pecheri – for Construction Ministry (1990-1993);
  • Households Survey and Housing Indicators for St.Petersburg and Novgorod – for the Washington Urban Institute (1994-95);
  • The Real Estate Prices Analysis and Forecast for St.Petersburg – for private companies (1995);
  • Development Projects Issues in St. Petersburg – for the Washington Urban Institute (1996);
  • Draft of the Planning and Development Legislation for St.Petersburg –for Property Market Development Fund (1995-96);
  • French-Russian urban development dictionary “Le mots de la ville” – for Ecole d’Architecture de Paris la Defense (1998-99);
  • Some Feasibility Studies and marketing surveys for the private development companies (1992-1999);
  • St. Petersburg Market Profile – for Urban Land Institute (1998 – 1999);
  • Participated in 1995-96 as a lecturer in 13 Land Privatisation Seminars held in different Russian regions by Information-Consulting Centre (Goscomimushestvo, Russia), delivered lectures (Development co-ordination and building permit procedures) in St.Petersburg State University (1996), consulted the work under “Strategic Plan for St.Petersburg”.
Since 1992 published more than 30 professional papers in Russian, US, French, Netherlands and other magazines and newspapers.

Foreign Languages
Russian- native
English- good
French- poor

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I, undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, these data correctly describe myself, my qualifications and my experience.

 

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