The first council considered the project of the museum complex "History of the T-34 tank" on Dmitrovskoe highway near the village of Sholokhovo. Let us remind you that in June last year a project of the VIP SERVICE Project workshop was presented to the Public Council, in which the new building repeated the outlines of a combat vehicle. The experts categorically did not like such a direct metaphor, and an architectural competition was announced for the project of the complex. The first place in it was shared by two projects offering fundamentally different scenarios for the development of the museum: one belongs to Mosproekt-4, the other to the already mentioned group of authors.
The first variant, which was voted for by the architectural workshop represented by Alexander Kudryavtsev and Yuri Gnedovsky for "plastic perfection", embeds the exhibition areas into a bulk mound that personifies the "runway" of the design idea. The second option, supported by the head and founder of the museum, Larisa Vasilyeva, the daughter of one of the three designers of the legendary tank, provides for the construction of a standard ground volume, decorated with a stained-glass window in the shape of a tank. On the one hand, an old museum grows to it, on the other - an entrance group. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov listened to the opinion of the director, who sharply condemned the option with the "mound of death", but did not make the final choice in favor of this or that project. As a result, the council decided to develop the project on the basis of the second proposal, but with the efforts of both authors' teams, since they are no stranger to working together - both of them have already participated in joint work on the project for the reconstruction of the cosmonautics museum, which today is deservedly considered one of the best museum projects of modern capital Cities.
Then the Public Council discussed the new version of the scandalous project "Five Capitals", located at B. Ordynka, 8, that is, in the immediate vicinity of the monument of federal significance of the Church of the Resurrection in Kadashi. Recall that a few years ago, the owner of this site decided to build a residential complex with an area of about 36 thousand square meters, of which almost half were to be located underground. In this form, the project threatened not only to block the views of the church, located in the depths of the quarter, but also to cause serious damage to its foundations, because construction was supposed not only near, but also directly on the territory of the monument. Years of complaints from residents, clergy and heritage defenders were finally heard. According to Alexander Kuzmin, after public hearings, the investor was ordered to leave the territory of the monument, limit the height of the complex to 15 meters and reduce the building density. As a result, the current version of the residential complex can, with some stretch, be called the regeneration of historical buildings - it provides for the construction of 8 small houses in the "classic style", the height of which ranges from 1 to 3 floors, with the possibility of using the under-roof space. Due to the proximity of the monument, underground construction has been reduced to 3,500 sq. M. and is now localized under each house exclusively for parking.
The Council warmly approved the current position of the investor, and Viktor Logvinov even called such a turn in the history of Kadashi "epoch-making in relation to the historical development."Only the overly pompous architecture of the buildings themselves was questioned - the investor wished to turn each of them into a kind of "estate", although, as you know, historically the development of Zamoskvorechye was ordinary, and the elegant Church of the Resurrection dominated the district. Agreeing with this remark, Yuri Luzhkov, however, expressed concern that in this case the houses might turn out to be too dull and monotonous and ordered to make them multicolored.
The next project - the administrative and business center at Prichalny prospect, 8 workshop "TPO Reserve" - was recently considered and approved by the Architectural Council. This is the first object in the development zone of the so-called "Big City", bordering the MIBC "Moscow-City" industrial area. Now, on the site bounded by Prichalny Proezd and Shelepikhinskaya Embankment, the Moscow Fat Factory is located, which became the investor of the project. The territory is separated from the Moskva River by a strip of park zone and the border of the projected bridge from the northwest side. Today it is extremely problematic to drive up to the construction site of the complex, because it is cut off from the Third Transport Ring by a railroad track, but the extension of Shelepikha, which is planned for the coming years, promises to correct the situation. Vladimir Plotkin's project provides for the construction of two 26-storey towers and a lowered public catering building, united by a 4-level stylobate. The towers are deployed so as to open a view of the green embankment for the future Arbatsko-Pokrovsky metro station, which will be built here. Of the two façade options presented - with striped glazing and facing with stone mesh - the council members leaned towards the second, considering that there is plenty of glass in Moscow City and the Mirax Plaza complex on the other side of the Moskva River. Yuri Grigoriev proposed to make the towers of different heights, lowering the one that "falls out onto Prichalny Proezd." Yuri Luzhkov, in turn, agreed to approve the proposal for the location of this facility and its volumes, but ordered to develop and present the transport situation to the council separately. But the mayor categorically did not like the architecture. “This is a huge blower, an air conditioner, and a few more canisters! - the capital's mayor was outraged, demonstrating a remarkable passion for metaphors. - Well, what kind of architecture is this? Let it be modern, but not squalid! " As a result, the decision of the facades by the team of authors under the leadership of Vladimir Plotkin will have to once again be submitted for consideration by the Public Council.
The territory bounded by the Third Transport Ring, the circular railway and the parallel Kanatchikovsky Passage awaits a comprehensive reconstruction. Now this place, with all the desire, can not be called pleasant: there is a psychiatric hospital named after. ON. Alekseeva (the famous "Kashchenko"), Children's Psychiatric Hospital No. 6, a technical school and a fragment of an old residential area that miraculously survived during the construction of the Third Ring Road. The development of this vast territory is expected in five phases. The first includes a high-rise complex bordering the hospital, as well as the “identified heritage site” - the Kanatchikovo railway station. In addition, the project provides for a new transport interchange between the Third Transport Ring and Vavilova Street, and the expansion of the 5th Donskoy Passage. The height of the new complex will be 140 meters, which, as noted by Alexander Kuzmin, corresponds to the indications of the landscape-visual analysis, carried out primarily for the sake of the adjacent Donskoy Monastery ensemble. The remaining phases include the construction of office and social facilities on the site of the demolished buildings, including the decommissioned technical school. The total area of new facilities will be about 400-450 thousand square meters. The mayor supported the project, and he suggested making the choice of a specific version of the volumetric-spatial composition later together with the investor.
The fifth project considered by the Public Council was the cultural and entertainment center at Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 11, building 2. The site in question adjoins the Circus building on Tsvetnoy Boulevard with its northern and western sides, and now it houses one of the first panoramic cinemas "Mir". Instead, it is proposed to build a cultural center with a large area for children and youth. Designed by the workshop of Dmitry Pshenichnikov, this object has a stepped composition of different heights, gradually receding from the red line of the boulevard. The roofs of the resulting terraces are supposed to be greened in order to visually lighten the building, since its first level is equal to the top mark of the circus building, and the total height is slightly higher than the neighboring residential building. The architects made the facades of the complex in various versions - "checkered" from mirrored glass and opaque panels, all glass with vertical and horizontal division, and so on.
This project suffered a resounding failure on the council. By and large, it was "overwhelmed" from the very beginning by Alexander Kuzmin, who, telling the council about the project, doubted the reliability of its functional purpose. According to the presented floor zoning of the object, from 1 to 5 floors there is a cultural and exhibition area with shops and cafes, 6-7 floors are reserved for a children's center, 8-10 - for a youth center. “In terms of its aspect, it looks more like an office and business center, which was simply called cultural,” the chief architect of Moscow shared his thoughts. He also noted that the project is 9 meters higher than the permissible 30, and there is nothing in its appearance that would tie the new building to the surrounding buildings and the history of the place. Yuri Luzhkov considered it unnecessary to discuss the project in this form and gave an order to deal with its function. The mayor called the architecture “absolutely alien to this part of the city”.
Finally, in the last place, the council considered the proposal, or rather the request of the Capital Group, to raise the height of the residential complex on Rostokinskaya Street. 2. The complex is called "Tricolor" and, like the above-mentioned business center in Prichalny proezd, was designed by TPO "Reserve". It is located not far from the Rostokinsky aqueduct, on the site of the removed DOK-17, and now one of the towers has already been erected up to the 48th floor; its slim silhouette is clearly visible to everyone who drives by on Prospekt Mira. As a result, the complex should consist of two such tall oval towers of 58 floors each with multi-colored striped glazing, a plate house (38 floors) and an eight-story office building, located on a stepped three-level stylobate. The investor asked to increase both towers by 10 floors, and the house-wall - by 5, in order to get an additional 20 thousand sq. M. area. Alexander Kuzmin noted that, according to the Moskomarkhitektura, such an increase is possible, since such large objects as the Cosmos Hotel and the Ostankino TV Tower are located nearby. In return, the chief architect of Moscow suggested demanding that the investor make an additional exit from the Third Ring. The Council, however, did not support this idea. Yuri Grigoriev expressed concern about the advisability of creating residential buildings of such a height and noted that the layout of the towers, a third of the area of which is occupied by staircase and elevator nodes, is irrational. Yuri Platonov looked like the towers were not stable enough. After these speeches, the Mayor of Moscow took the floor. He said that he “did not like this architecture at all”, called the building-plate with his favorite word “flat-faced”, and summed up that increasing it by another 10 floors is completely unacceptable … In other words, the investor's request for an extra 20 thousand square meters was rejected, and this was the end of the meeting of the Public Council.
