Moscow Projects 25 Created 10-Nov-12 By sash reading, london, United Kingdom Langenzipen Business Centre St Petersburg, NPS Tchoban Voss commercial space, office Mercury Luxury Village Alvalade XXI Stadium Burevestnik Club Melnikov House Seasons Commercial Centre 6 Vidnoye Housing Estate 7 8 14 Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage 15 Club of the Dorkhimzavod Chemical plant 16 Novo-Ryazanskaya Street Garage 17 A house at the sea 18 St Petersburg, NPS Tchoban Voss dwellings, urban plan 9 Moscow School of Management Skolkovo 19 Moscow, Adjaye Associates education, mixed-use development, university 10 Boarding School for Orphans 20 Moscow, Atrium education, student housing 11 Moscow, John McAslan and Partners housing, office, theatre 95 Degrees Restaurant Barkli Plaza Moscow, Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov garage Vidnoye, Ostozhenka s housing, social housing, urban plan Stanislavsky Centre Moscow, Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov club, office Moscow, Reserve commercial space, retail, shopping centre 13 Moscow, Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov exposition space, garage Frankfurt, Germany Foster & Partners commercial space, congress centre, office 5 Moscow, Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov museum, private house Commerzbank Tower Danilovsky Fort Business Centre Moscow, Sergey Skuratov housing, office Moscow, Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov auditorium, museum, sport 4 Lisbon, Portugal Tomás Taveira cinema, commercial space, football stadium, sport Moscow, Sergey Skuratov office Moscow, Project Meganom commercial space, hotel, shopping centre, theatre 3 RuArts gallery 21 Moscow, Atrium gallery 12 Pirogovo, Alexander Brodsky restaurant http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ Headquarters Yandex 22 Moscow, Atrium office 1
Rusakov Workers' Club Moscow, Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov auditorium, community centre Shukhov Radio Tower Zuev Workers' Club Narkomfin 26 Moscow, Moisei Yakovlevich Ginzburg housing, nursery 24 Moscow, Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov landmark 23 Centrosoyuz Building 27 Moscow, Le Corbusier office 25 Moscow, Ilya Alexandrovich Golosov club, community centre, theatre http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 2
photo: J Moledkovets photo: B Kroll Langenzipen Business Centre Divenskaya 1 197101 St Petersburg The Langenzipen Business Centre stands in St Petersburg's Petrograd Side, an elegant district north of the city built predominantly in the eclectic styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries The project comprised an extensive reconstruction of a 1965 building, itself an addition to the nearby red-brick factory completed in 1895 in the neo-n style Preserving the four-storey steel frame of the original structure and introducing a transparent glass elevator shaft as a connecting node with the red-brick compound, Tchoban gutted the Soviet building, added two top floors and swathed the main façade in glass plates bearing digital imprints of classical Roman moulding and ornamentation The architects seemed to be taken with the building's duality and ambivalence: the stone-clad side facade contrasts with the translucent front, the architectural patterns dissolve upon closer inspection and the original steel shell is wrapped in the sumptuous glazed décor photo: B Kroll Project is public! 2006 Supplier NPS Tchoban Voss Okalux GmbH Teorema Company Paul_Abelsky http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 3
photo: Project Meganom photo: Project Meganom Mercury Luxury Village Rublevo-Uspenskoye shosse Moscow In Joukovka, a wealthy area of dachas directly west of the outer ring of Moscow, Project Meganom won the commission for a luxury shopping mall plus hotel and theatre In looking for a design concept, they found a fitting reference in the traditional n village, which extends to the scale and materialization of the shops The long street façades, clad with dark red Canadian cedar, are fragmented in order to differentiate the various shops and glass bridges connect the two sides of the street, allowing it to be crossed in all weathers Another interesting aspect is the landscape design Meganom approached Dutch landscapers West8, who designed a pavement of black and white granite cobbles with a very strong graphic pattern - a free interpretation of ice on the Volga In addition, separate islands with flowerbeds and pine trees were placed in the street The ambition of the whole development is very simple: getting rich by entertaining the rich photo: Project Meganom Project is public! 2007 Landscape designer Project Meganom West 8 Mercury Group Barry_van_Waveren Located next to the Rublevo-Uspenskoye highway (west of the MKAD) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 4
photo: Nuno P photo: Vítor O Alvalade XXI Stadium Rua Professor Fernando da Fonseca 1 1600 Lisbon Portugal http://wwwsportingpt/ Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, home of Sporting, one of Portugal's biggest clubs It was designed by Tomás Taveira and was classified by UEFA as a 5-star stadium, enabling it to host finals of major UEFA events This stadium originally projected to hold only 40,000 spectators at any given time - has a capacity of 50,466 and was acoustically engineered as a venue for major concerts Its official opening was on 6 August 2003 when Sporting played and beat Manchester United 3-1 It also hosted the 2005 UEFA Cup final between Sporting and CSKA Moscow, which CSKA won 3-1 The stadium also has underground parking for fans during official matches On the exterior, the stadium features multi-coloured tiles and colours On the interior some seats have different colours to give an illusion that the stadium is always full The stadium also has a marvellous museum of the club and fans may see the museum when visiting the stadium photo: Hugo Mamede Project is public! Floor area/size 7-2003 109000 m² Tomás Taveira Sporting Club Portugal JMMM Opening times: Monday-Friday: 11:30, 14:30 & 16:00 Saturday & Sunday: 10:30, 12:00, 14:30 & 16:00 Prices: 800 (tour only: 500 - museum only: 600) The Estádio José Alvalade is ten minutes from the centre of Lisbon and is easy to get to by both public transport and private car Car: From the Segunda Circular ring road: - If you are going to the south end, turn off at Campo Grande - If you are going to the north end, turn off at Telheiras - If you are heading towards Lisbon, turn off at the Stadium exit Bus Line 1, 3, 46, 47, 77, 101, 106 & 108 Metro: Campo Grande http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 5
photo: Sahil Latheef photo: Sahil Latheef Burevestnik Club 3 ya Rybinskaya Ulitsa 17/1 107113 Moscow http://wwwavangard-ruorg/pages/homephp In 1927, the Burevestnik Local Labor Union decided to establish a club for workers In the same year architect Konstantin Melnikov was requested to develop the club's design At that time designing worker's clubs was a completely new discipline The need for this type of public building had emerged out of the social and economic situation in the first post-revolutionary decade, and their functions and programmes had not been fully developed yet Among the architects searching for new artistic and technical solutions Konstantin Melnikov was the most active and daring The shape and spatial solution for the Burevestnik Club building was mainly dictated by the configuration of the site allocated for the construction The building is an architectural monument enjoying official state protection At present, the n Avantgarde Foundation's headquarters occupies the building photo: Sahil Latheef Project is public! 1-1930 Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov Burevestnik Local Labor Union Sahil_Latheef Please contact the n Avantgarde Foundation by telephone to find out their opening hours or check out their website for current events 15 minutes walking eastwards from Sokol'niki Metro station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 6
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Melnikov House Krivoarbatsky Pereulok 10 119002 Moscow http://muarru/en/for-visitors-of-the-melnikov-house Close to the busy Arbat, Melnikov designed his own house It is considered a highlight in n constructivism The house consists of two interlocking cylinders The most eye-catching feature of the house are its hexagonal windows at the backside The house is in a very bad state due to a nearby construction site, bad maintenance and geological reasons Access to the interior is very limited because of ownership issues Plans to convert the house into a museum have not yet been executed photo: Joep Kuys Floor area/size 1929 257 m², Artist Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov jiku Reservations: tel +7 495 697 8037, tours from Tuesday to Saturday, pre-booked tours only From metrostation Smolenskaya walk to the start of the Arbat On the Arbat take the second street to the right and then the first to the left The house is halfway down this street on the left-hand side http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 7
photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Commerzbank Tower Kaiserstrasse 30 60311 Frankfurt Germany The Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt, designed by Sir Norman Foster and completed in May 1997, was the tallest building in Europe until it was surpassed by the Triumph-Palace in Moscow Unlike most high-rise office buildings, it receives natural daylight and ventilation, has an atrium reaching from the ground to the top floor, and each office enjoys an unobstructed view to the outside It therefore successfully reconciles seemingly inreconcilable requirements: optimal use of space, a humane working environment, environmental soundness, technological innovation, and architectural quality The building shows what possibilites there are for the high-rise in the dense inner-city (text from website Crowstep) 5-1997 Foster & Partners Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 8
photo: Alexei Naroditsky photo: Alexei Naroditsky Seasons Commercial Centre Kutuzovskiy Prospekt 48 121596 Moscow The front façade of this commercial centre, viewing Kutuzovskiy Prospekt, consists of alternating, chequerwise showcases and panels, the latter evenly perforated with square bores in them These have computer-controlled, light-emitting diodes placed inside, allowing to create pictures of dot lights The glasses of the windows are slightly turned at the top for those coming from the city, at the bottom for those coming up to the centre from the other direction This way they catch the attention of the passer-by photo: Alexei Naroditsky Project is public! Floor area/size 2008 65985 m² Reserve Oktan Plus-Alpha, 'FSK' ARK-Stroy Julia_Archi_ru http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 9
photo: Ostozhenka s photo: Ostozhenka s Vidnoye Housing Estate Zhukovskiy Proyezd 23-4 142700 Vidnoye This housing estate on the southern side of Zhukovskiy Street in Vidnoye is part of the development of the picturesque flood plain of the Bitsa River It is located between one of Moscow's entrance highways and the village of Ermolino The first of six residential complexes located on the slope of a ravine, it contains about 400 apartments in three buildings, creating a compact courtyard over semi-underground parking place for 90 cars The new complex participates in the panorama of Vidnoye from the highway and the railway lines in southern direction The spectrum of natural yellow colours, ranging from hues of lemon and carrot in combination with bright white, creates a positive atmosphere in the overall picture of the city against the background of the sky, snow and greenery photo: Ostozhenka s 10-2007 Associate architect Ostozhenka s OSTOZHENKA, GWIL alexey http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 10
Stanislavsky Centre Ulitsa Stanislavskogo 21 123610 Moscow The Stanislavsky Centre project consists of the conversion of a series of historic buildings into a mixed-use business and cultural complex, with a significant new residential component These elements are contained within a historical neighbourhood, originally developed in the 19th century by one of 's leading industrialists and cultural patrons, the Stanislavsky family The site comprises 13 buildings of varying age, material, style, and orientation; the landscape is important as it ties the entire site together The proposal includes new courtyards, gardens, and car parking areas The residential element has introduced a new standard of luxury apartments to central Moscow (text from architect's website) Project is public! Floor area/size 2008 8500 m² John McAslan and Partners Horus Capital tygger http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 11
95 Degrees Restaurant Klyazminskoye Reservoir Resort 141033 Pirogovo Constructed on the bank of an artificial pond, this fish restaurant looks like a scaffold of timber posts and beams It takes its name from the piers being slightly askew, forming an angle of 95 degrees where there should be a straight angle Project is public! 2001 Contractor Alexander Brodsky O Ovsy PKV tygger By car: Ostashkovskoye Shosse, 18 km from Moscow ring road, then follow the signs to Prichal 95 Gradusov http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 12
Danilovsky Fort Business Centre Novodanilovslaya naberezhnaya 8 117105 Moscow This business centre is composed of three vertically-oriented volumes, based on a single-storey, flat ground floor The clear and rational layout idea is softened by the complicated plastic forms of the façades The active rhythm of differently-sized windows that accrues and fades, relieves the monotony inherent to the architecture of many business centres The outlines of the façade windows stress the main peculiarity of the building: indented walls that give a graceful curve to the main façade overlooking the riverside The two glazed consoles protruding from opposite brick towers aspire to meet each other, thus uniting the whole structure Decorative brick of irregularly varying shades and tones is used for all façades The brick mass of the whole complex soars above the ground floor structure because of its glass-filled outer walls The whole composition enabled to create an inner yard on the roof of the ground floor, where an artificial hill can be found Floor area/size 2008 40000 m² Sergey Skuratov Biznes Stroy Ltd / Tehnologija Ltd of MR-group tygger http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 13
Barkli Plaza Prechistenskaya naberezhnaya 17-19 119034 Moscow http://barkliru/barkliplazahtml This building continues to form a new front line of the Prechistenskaya embankment, a process which had been started by building the new office of Moscow International Bank (MIB) quite a few years ago From an urbanistic point of view, the intention was to enlarge the scale of the structures here, in order to make the quay more accomplished and to give it a city-like character On the other hand, there always is the necessity to preserve historically dominant landmarks like the Kremlin towers, Christ-the-Savior temple and other local historic buildings This led to the disconnectedness of the volumes in the front façade of the new complex Three units of the complex facing the embankment are 5 storeys high at the front, while one more level is added further to the rear side of each unit, making an indentation in the roof line 2009 Sergey Skuratov Barkli Moscow tygger http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 14
Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage Obraztsova 19A 127055 Moscow http://wwwgarageccccom/ Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage was a public bus garage in Moscow, designed in 1926 by Konstantin Melnikov (floorplan concept and architectural design) and Vladimir Shukhov (structural engineering) The building, completed in 1927, was an example of applying avant-garde architectural methods to an industrial facility Neglected for decades and nearly condemned to demolition, it was restored in 2007?2008 and reopened in September 2008 as a gallery of modern art (from Wikipedia) Project is public! 1927 Structural engineer Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov Vladimir Shukhov tygger Monday - Thursday: 11:00-21:00 Friday - Sunday: 11:00-22:00 of the Center may be changed due to special events For information call: +7 (495) 645-05-20 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 15
Club of the Dorkhimzavod Chemical plant Berezhkovskaya Nabrezhnaya 28 121059 Moscow The smallest of Melnikov's clubs (the Frunze Club) was built during his "golden period" of 1927-1929 on the territory of the Dorogomilov chemical plant The central rectangular volume of the club, with a roof sloping downward to the rear façade, contains a 300-seat auditorium The projecting ground floor forms a terrace in front of the foyer, while stairs shafts are concealed behind the the stained glass windows of the projecting sides (Anna Bronovitskaya) 1929 Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov tygger http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 16
Novo-Ryazanskaya Street Garage Novoryazanskaya 27 105066 Moscow Novoryazanskaya Street Bus Garage, known as "Horseshoe garage", was designed by Konstantin Melnikov and Vladimir Shukhov (structural engineering) in 1926 and completed in 1929 at 27, Novoryazanskaya Street in Krasnoselsky District, Moscow,, near Kazansky Rail Terminal The main building of this truck garage has a semi-circular form, with service workshops and office in a standalone building between the tips of a "horseshoe" Each of two levels could store 110 trucks; unlike Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage, these had to be parked conventionally, using reverse gear Each tip of the horseshoe has a V-shaped protrusion with entry and exit gates set at an angle to the street line; this was supposed to simplify entry and exit from a narrow street This garage is still used as such, and houses Moscow's Fourth Bus Park (from Wikipedia) 1929 Structural engineer Vladimir Shukhov tygger http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 17
photo: A Narodizkij photo: A Narodizkij A house at the sea Naberezhnaya Martynova 74 197110 St Petersburg An apartment hotel and a housing complex in St Petersburg near the waterfront consisting of twelve individual buildings, some joined by a single-storey structure Arranged in an S-shaped form, the buildings form two spaces, each with its own character The?Parade Esplanade?, a tree-skirted avenue, with a fountain as an extension of the Grebny Canal axis, forms the centrepiece of the complex; the other space is a rather secluded, quiet recreation zone with promenades and green spaces The facade solutions of the complex are a blend of modern style and historical features of St Petersburg Details characteristic of French, Italian and other schools of southern architecture typified by venetian blinds, window shutters fastened to the outer walls, which are rendered in decorative elements in stone, produce an unexpected interpretation of the artistic image of the complex photo: A Narodizkij 2009 Main designer,, Urban planner, Urban planner NPS Tchoban Voss a-object Evgeny Gerasimov & partners http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 18
photo: Evgeniy Shchetinkin photo: Evgeniy Shchetinkin Moscow School of Management Skolkovo Skolkovo highway 1st km Odintsovsky District Moscow http://wwwskolkovoru When working on the project, Adjaye turned to world art history to try to find a prototype for his future creation that would correspond to the School's spirit as much as possible Deeply impressed by the ideas of the n artist Kazimir Malevich, whose works have had a great influence on the development of art world-wide, Adjaye proposed his own architectural vision of Malevich's masterpieces The design of the SKOLKOVO's building, created in the spirit of Malevich's paintings, aims on the one hand to stress the idea of the interpenetration of n and World culture and, on the other, to show the innovative and even futuristic character of the school, which is also characteristic of the great n artist's works Project is public! Floor area/size 2010 42891 m² Supplier Adjaye Associates Alucobond Europe Moscow School of Management Atozone_Tonine photo: Rodney Cudmore If you are planning to get to Campus by public transport: Shuttle busses #818 and #523 depart from Kievskaya metro station (Dorogomilovskaya st) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 19
photo: Atrium photo: Atrium Boarding School for Orphans 1st Kraskovskiy lane 38b 11625 Moscow The main purpose of this project was to create interesting, divergent and informative space for orphans The sophisticated, multilevel space, with the playful composition of different forms and colours, appeared here as the response to the function of the place While picturesque composition of buildings were defined because of the landscape and climate features There are five buildings linked with a second floor gallery The main social space of the complex is the atrium, which is connected with different public facilities There is a small winter garden in the atrium, what makes it look like a real inner courtyard It is the so called in-between space, where the façades of different building are continued without any changes, but becomes the interior This makes the whole complex a small settlement, where you can find streets, squares, bridges and so on photo: Atrium Floor area/size 8-2007 11000 m², Interior architect, Urban planner Atrium mariposa Don-stroy http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 20
photo: Atrium photo: Atrium RuArts gallery 1-st Zachatievskiy lane 10 119034 Moscow http://ruartsru In this project two 4-storey town houses were unified and transformed into an art gallery of 800 sq meters The architects removed the dividing bearing wall As contemporary art needs just white walls the main focus of the space became the staircase The flights of stairs are turned on different angles on every floor Some of them are enclosed in blind concrete volumes with stepped silhouette It looks like they were thrown through the ceiling For extra experience of the vertical structure there is a range of small gaps and glass parts in the ceilings The last floor is private, so the space of it is not so forceful as everywhere else in the gallery photo: Atrium Project is public! Floor area/size 2004 800 m² Atrium RuArts gallery mariposa Tue - Sat: 1200-2000 h http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 21
photo: Atrium photo: Sergey Muhamedov Headquarters Yandex L'va Tolstovo 16 119021 Moscow In the last 5 years Atrium designed the interior of 4 headquarters for 'Yandex' (one of the biggest n internet companies) Two of them were constructed, the concept from the third project, which wasn't realized, is partly repeated in the recently finished 4th one The new building is located in a former industrial site in the centre of Moscow 'Yandex' occupies 7 floors Every floor is characterized by different colour of carpeting and curtains All working-desks are arranged near to the glassed perimeter while some small conference-rooms, toilets and chill-outs are placed on the lengthwise axis in the core of the building They are grouped in volumes with curved plans The vertical greenery system with automatic watering is used for improving the eco home-like design Employees influence the character of the interior bringing some extra objects as a hammock, an old traffic light and so on photo: Ilia Ivanov Floor area/size 1-2011 12100 m², Interior architect, Urban planner Atrium mariposa Yandex search engine http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 22
photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Rusakov Workers' Club Stromynka Ulitsa 6 107076 Moscow The Rusakov Workers' Club is the most innovative of the Workers' Club built by Melnikov and it's considered a masterpiece of 20th century architecture The functional programme of Workers' Clubs (auditorium, meeting rooms, theatre, cinema, study rooms) establishes a new architectural typology, Melnikov conceives the clubs as a system of different sized rooms that can be united or separated according to the requirements of the events The revolutionary volumetry of Rusakov is born of this Melnikov's conception The wedge-shaped plan fans out two levels of rooms, focused all on the main stage The three staggered rooms of the upper level are cantilevered built and their volumes make up the dynamic outward appearance The two remaining triangles between the rooms house the stairs, their vertical glazed strips on façade are in contrast to the white massive cantilevered volumes The exterior gangplank and stairs serve as fire escapes and complete the composition creating a socle photo: José F García Martín 1929 Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov Kommunalnik Workers' Union Jose_Garcia Sokol'niki Metro Station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 23
photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Shukhov Radio Tower Ulitsa Shabolovka 37 115419 Moscow http://wwwshukhovorg/towerhtml Vladimir Shukhov was the first engineer using metal lattice shells as hanging arch-shaped roof structures and hyperboloid towers His first works using this structural type were built on 1896 at the All- Exhibition Later Shukhov used this structural type in many others buildings On 1919 Shukhov made the first design for a hyperboloid radio tower on Moscow, its nine levels reached 350 meters, higher than Eiffel Tower Due to the lack of steel during Civil War Shukhov made a less ambitious design composed by six hyperboloids and a height of 160 meters The tower was constructed using a telescopic method without scaffolding and lifting cranes Each hyperboloid section was assembled on the ground inside the tower and was lifted with the help of pulleys Nowadays the tower is still in use, although it needs a complete restoration, so a foundation has been created to help the tower's conservation The foundation is supported, among others personalities, by Norman Foster 1922 Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov Jose_Garcia photo: José F García Martín Shabolovkaya Metro Station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 24
photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Zuev Workers' Club Lesnaya Ulitsa 18 125047 Moscow The first sketch for this building was made by Konstantin Melnikov Later the project passed on to Ilya Golosov, who made his own design Golosov's design concept on Zuev Workers' Club was a dynamic composition with a main volume, the glazed cylinder housing the main staircase on the corner, and a set of smaller volumes subordinate to the main one Zuev Workers' Club became an iconic work of the soviet constructivist thanks to the picture of the glazed cylinder moving up and breaking through the massive volume of the third floor The club houses two auditoriums, 850 and 200 seats, and eight small meeting rooms Nowadays the building keeps using on the original function as theatre and social centre Unfortunately, over the years it has experienced some changes that distort the original composition: some volumes, as the second floor glazed balcony on the side façade and the advertisement's marquee on the corner of the first level, have been removed and many bays have been bricked photo: José F García Martín 1928 Ilya Alexandrovich Golosov Jose_Garcia Belorusskaya Metro Station Mendeleevskaya Metro Station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 25
photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Narkomfin Novinsky Bul'var 25C1 119002 Moscow http://wwwmaps-moscowcom/indexphp?chapter_id=181&d ata_id=30&do=view_single Guinzburg and his disciple Milinis projected this complex to house the workers of the People's Commissariat for Finance (Soviet Ministry of Finance, shortened Narkomfin) The Narkomfin building showed the results of the typological investigation carried out by the Standardization Department of the Stroikom (Commissariat for Construction), leaded by Guinzburg; highlighting the type F, which inspired Le Corbusier's Unite d'habitation The original project consisted of four buildings: a housing block, a communal block, a kindergarten and a service yard; only the first two blocks were built The building has suffered an ongoing decay since it was finished: the first inhabitants complained against the uncomfortable conditions caused by the collective way of life proposed and modified the dwellings; the ground level was closed to build more dwellings Narkomfin's current state is critical, needing an urgent restoration; nevertheless several people keep living on this modernism masterpiece photo: José F García Martín 1932 Main designer, Moisei Yakovlevich Ginzburg Ignaty Franzevich Milinis Jose_Garcia Barrikadnaya Metro Station Krasnopresnenskaya Metro Station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 26
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Centrosoyuz Building Myasnitskaya Ulitsa 39 101000 Moscow Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret won in 1928 the international competition for the design of the Central Union of Consumer Cooperatives' headquarters, the Centrosoyuz They completed the entire design plans but didn't take part on the construction works, due to disagreement with Soviet's authorities The direction of the work was carried out by Nikolai Kolli, who was in contact with Le Corbusier by mail The completed building was faithful to Le Corbusier's principles, it reflects clearly the five points of architecture, but suffered changes in the interior claddings according to the new taste of the Stalinist era The building's site was between Myasnitskaya Street and a new planned avenue, Prospekt Sakharov which was not opened until 1960's The layout is composed by three rectangular volumes for the offices and a fourth curved volume facing the new avenue for the hall and the auditorium The building shows big curtain wall surfaces and the walls clad with red Armenian tuff stone photo: Nazar Leskiw 1936 Main designer, Cooperating designer Le Corbusier Nikolai Dzhemsovich Kolli Pierre Jeanneret Frantisek Sammer Jose_Garcia Metro Station: Turgenevskaya, Sretenskiy Bul'var or Chistye Prudy http://wwwmimoaeu/users/asreading/guides/moscow/ 27