Questions and answers

Design Algorithm Academy is the educational project of Akademiya Algoritmov Dizayna LLC, founded by the Italian architect and interior designer Pierangelo Moro. We teach how to manage a design project, combining design, business, project management and delivery.

We do not teach how to draw interiors. We teach how to run a project: work with the client, calculate the budget, prepare cost estimates and contracts, coordinate contractors and control deadlines and quality on site.

Registered address: 129110, Moscow, ul. Srednyaya Pereyaslavskaya 27, bldg 1, unit 16P. The official programme is delivered remotely; in-person courses are held in Moscow.

Teaching is in Russian. The website is available in Russian, Italian, English and Spanish.

Yes. Licence No. Л035-01298-77/03676997 of 1 November 2025, issued by the Department of Education and Science of the City of Moscow. According to the extract from the register of licences as of 13 August 2026 its status is active.

It is a method for managing a design project. The algorithm has five stages: the first three concern design, the last two concern delivery.

From Pierangelo Moro's practice in Italy and Russia. The «Design Algorithm Application» was built on the Merloni Law (the Italian public procurement law) and the RIBA Plan of Work.

Transparent cost and schedule calculations backed by illustrations, a clear cost estimate and control of delivery at every stage.

Online courses in five areas, in-person courses in Moscow, personal consultations with Pierangelo Moro, and the official professional development programme «Menedzhment dizayn-proektov» (online only).

An online course is taken at your own pace from anywhere in the world. An in-person course means classes in Moscow in a small group with review of participants' projects. The certificate of professional development is issued only under the official programme, which is delivered remotely.

Access to the online course materials opens immediately after payment.

Yes, the introductory Module 0 is free after registration.

Yes, the training is remote. Classes and materials are in Russian.

Plan the project and the budget, prepare and control cost estimates and contracts taking risks into account, coordinate contractors and suppliers, run the project through to handover and take responsibility for the quality of the result.

The certificate of professional development is issued on completion of the official programme «Menedzhment dizayn-proektov» after passing the final assessment. No such document is issued for the other courses or for consultations.

In the official programme 12 of the 16 hours are practice: the assignments follow a single real project scenario.

An Italian architect and interior designer, author of the Design Algorithm method, founder and general director of Akademiya Algoritmov Dizayna LLC.

Yes. A personal session lasts one hour and takes place online; areas and prices are in the consultations section.

Architects, interior designers, decorators, managers and specialists of design and construction companies, and senior-year students.

Training under the official programme «Menedzhment dizayn-proektov»: 16 academic hours, four topics, practical assignments and the final assessment; on passing it the certificate of professional development is issued.

Yes. The course brings order to what you already do and closes the usual weak points: the boundaries of stages and contracts, budget and risks, control of contractors, acceptance of works.

The online course is the official professional development programme with a certificate. The in-person course is the Academy's own programme in Moscow with review of participants' projects; no certificate is issued for it.

The ability to see a property's potential, calculate budget and timing, and run the project so that design works for the value of the asset.

The ability to assess a property's potential and speak to the client in the language of the project, not only of square metres and price.

The knowledge to run the renovation of your own home with confidence: assemble the team, draw up the estimate, control deadlines and quality of works.

No. These are the Academy's own courses. The certificate is issued only under the official programme «Menedzhment dizayn-proektov».

Online: students — 39,900 ₽, professionals — 99,900 ₽, for everyone — 49,900 ₽, investors — 59,900 ₽, estate agents — 69,900 ₽. In person: 59,900 ₽, 119,900 ₽, 69,900 ₽, 79,900 ₽ and 89,900 ₽ respectively.

One hour of personal work: students — 15,960 ₽, professionals — 39,960 ₽, for everyone — 19,960 ₽, investors — 23,960 ₽, estate agents — 27,960 ₽.

Payment is made on the secure GetCourse page: by a Russian bank card, by a card issued outside Russia, by QR code or through your banking app (SBP), and also by instalments, credit or split payment. Access to the materials opens immediately after payment.

Yes. Instalments, credit and split payment are available on the payment page — the terms are offered by the payment service's partner bank at checkout.

Yes, the payment page has a separate option «card issued outside Russia».

Yes, on a written notice of withdrawal — before the training starts and within 14 calendar days after it starts. On a refund the value of the material already covered is retained, together with actually incurred costs amounting to 20% of the course price. Full terms are in the public offer agreement (section VII).

An hour of one-to-one work with Pierangelo Moro on your question: a project, your career, an investment property or the renovation of your own home.

Yes. An in-person consultation is arranged individually: the price depends on the distance from Moscow and the length of the meeting, and travel costs are paid by the client. For a quote, send us the city, preferred dates and the task.

An online consultation is booked on the GetCourse platform once you have started the introductory Module 0.

No. A consultation is not an educational programme and no qualification document is issued for it.

An additional professional programme — a professional development programme devoted to the management of design projects.

Persons with higher and/or secondary vocational education, and persons currently studying for it; senior-year students are part of the target audience.

No. The official programme document expressly includes persons currently studying for higher or secondary vocational education.

16 academic hours, completed over one week.

Exclusively through e-learning and distance learning technologies, in accordance with the programme.

Strategic and operational project management, working with the client, budget, cost estimates and contracts, suppliers and contractors, delivery, quality control and digital tools.

Yes. The final assessment takes 2 hours and is held in the form provided for by the programme.

The certificate of professional development — on the terms provided for by the programme and after passing the final assessment.

No. Л035-01298-77/03676997.

1 November 2025.

In the extract from the register of licences used for this website update, the status of the licence as of 13 August 2026 is stated as «действующая» (active).

The licence concerns educational activity. The official professional development programme is kept separate from the Academy's other courses and consultations, which are not educational programmes.

Yes, if you meet the programme's requirements: the document expressly names senior-year students among the target audience.

With the free introductory module and the course for students. If you are a senior-year student and want the certificate, the official programme is the right choice.

The online course for professionals: it is the official professional development programme with a certificate on passing the assessment.