The relevance of the project is that Tomsk is an old merchant town with a centuries-old history and unique architectural environment. The environment develops according to key principles of sustainable urbanism, and is represented not only by modern, but also by antique buildings.

Wooden buildings in Modern style play significant role in the architecture of Tomsk because they are special and inimitable. Such buildings cannot be found anywhere else in the world. All those buildings are protected by the government which corresponds to the principle “Balance with Traditions”. To protect wooden cultural heritage of Tomsk, local authorities have established two programmes, “House for a rouble” and a restoration programme from 2019 to 2025. As a result of those programmes, historical architectural environment of Tomsk is being re-established and on the site of the buildings which had burnet or had been destroyed there can be now built only similar constructions.