Rastorguev studied architecture at
Yaroslavl State Technical University and later finished a postgraduate course in cultural studies and journalism. As an organiser of the
Social Revolution festival, he held an architectural competition focused on
social housing in 2012; the PARKing competition in 2013; and a design competition for an architectural work underneath a bridge in 2014; among others. He also spoke on the
grotesque at the
2013 rendition of the festival. Throughout his career, Rastorguev has created digital renderings of cities, business centers, and buildings, including as part of the millennium celebration of Yaroslavl; a futuristic multifunctional complex in
Burabay, Kazakhstan called the Borovoye-Biocity; and a reconstruction of Volkov Square in Yaroslavl. He oversaw a large-scale project in 2022-2024 that showed around one hundred planned but unrealised buildings in Moscow between 1920-1970. Rastorguev exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2004, 2008, and 2014: Bornhouse at
San Stae (2008); and City of Money (2014). His work was featured at the
Moscow Biennale in 2007 and 2008 (Persimfance). Cottage village "Ogorodnik sleep," 2005 (Barcelona);; Grass City, 2010 (St. Petersburg); and in the architectural festival Golden chapiter in
Novosibirsk in 2009. • 2016 - Parametric Residence (Uspenskoe,
Odintsovo), private resident • 2019 - North Park apartment (Moscow), private resident == Awards ==