Last week, in connection with the resignation of Perm Governor Oleg Chirkunov, public figure Denis Galitsky formulated in his blog advice for the new head of the region, Viktor Basargin. In particular, he suggests stopping the design of a new building for an art gallery and an opera house. In the case of the opera house, he recommends reviewing other competition projects. As for the gallery, the blogger advises choosing another place for construction (today the territory between the Transfiguration Cathedral and the railway has been allocated). Architect Peter Zumthor can remain the author of the project only if it does not require excessive funding from the budget, the blogger believes. These "orders" provoked the emergence of new proposals. Thus, the architect Igor Lugovoi is sure that a new architectural competition for the building of the gallery should be held. In addition, the architect is in favor of developing a new General Plan for Perm. Denis Galitsky also writes about the need to create public advisory bodies that will coordinate the process of discussing projects. Architect Alexander Lozhkin proposes to solve the problem of coordinating projects by adopting clear restrictions on the maximum permissible parameters - regulations within which one can design and build without approvals and public hearings. And only what goes beyond the limits of the regulations should be brought up for discussion, the architect believes. He adds that, first of all, it is necessary to adopt the high-rise building regulations.
Priest Konstantin Kamyshanov in his article on the portal "Orthodoxy and the World" discusses the state of contemporary church art. He writes that today, when designing Orthodox churches, architects either copy or try to get as close as possible to the old models. The priest calls it a fake "childish" drawing or "doll doll". Until the 20th century, each century of Russian architecture gave a completely new concept of the temple. The author hopes that the 21st century will play a role in the development of church architecture. So, for example, it is worth thinking about a new composition of temples. The classical standard composition does not allow a sufficient number of people to be accommodated, and the combination of the volumes of the cylinder of the altar, the cube of the quadrangle, the refectory and the pyramid of the bell tower is extremely unfortunate, writes the priest.
The Theory and Practice portal tells about the intermediate research results of Strelka students, obtained during the study of the SENSEable City Moscow topic. Students were asked to study the daily activity of citizens by analyzing information received on portals, social networks, etc. The objects of research were political protests, tourism, road accidents and even sexuality. For example, when analyzing the Moscow protests, the task was to identify how social networks and new technologies have activated people. At the second stage of the study, students, based on the data obtained, will begin to develop their projects.
The public organization "Arhnadzor" publishes the resolution of the hearings of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on the architectural concept of the development of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. It says that the Public Chamber supports the idea of creating a "Museum Quarter" on Volkhonka and the museification of seven old city estates located next to the main building of the museum. But at the same time, it was emphasized that the project needs improvement, in particular, it was recommended to expand the museum within the framework of the existing historical appearance of the quarters surrounding the Pushkin Museum. To develop recommendations for improving the project, it was proposed to create a working group, which will include representatives of the museum communities and the Public Chamber.
This week "Arhnadzor" published on its website an article by Piero Cazzola about the architect Aloisio da Carezano (Aleviz the Old), who built the Grand Ducal Palace of Ivan III in the Kremlin at the turn of the 15th-16th centuries. The article is published with comments and translated by Mikhail Talalay, who, in particular, indicates among the comments that the works of Cazzola had a significant impact on the research of S. S. Podyapolsky. The publishing house "Staraya Basmannaya" plans to soon release a collection of works by Cazzola "Russian Piedmont" about Italian architects in Russia.
W3writer in his blog evaluates Sokolniki Park in Moscow after renovation. Most of the summer cafes were removed in the park, signs with signs were installed, pedestrian paths were lined with paving slabs, and WiFi was made available.
Lunteg publishes a fragment of an article about the “invisible house” at the corner of Kholzunov Lane and Rossolimo Street, written by the former resident of this house, journalist Olgerd emaitis. The house was built on the decline of constructivism in 1931, until the 1960s, teachers and students of the Academy of the General Staff lived in it, so "funnels" often drove up to it, taking away "enemies of the people." This is probably why, according to the author of the article, it was not customary to talk about the house in Soviet times, and even now excursion routes pass by it; The house has no security status.
The blog "Architectural Heritage" writes about the restoration of a wooden tower of the late XIX-early XXI century in the village of Ostashevo, Kostroma region. Terem had to be completely disassembled and taken to the site in Kirillov, where the rotten logs were replaced with new ones. After assembly and the next disassembly, the tower will be returned to its original place, where it will be assembled completely. In the future, Moscow architects are planning to organize a museum of Russian antiquity in it. A post in the blog of the ERA group ("Ecology of ordinary architecture") is dedicated to the barbaric reconstruction of the Kushelev-Bezborodko house in St. Petersburg. The house was built no later than the beginning of the 19th century and is an architectural monument of federal significance. Now a 2-storey attic is being built on its front wing, distorting the dimensions and compositional solution of the monument.
The portal "Our Heritage" talks about the gradual destruction of the Arkhangelskoye Museum-Reserve, which began in the 30s of the last century and continues to this day. And periskop talks about the Smolensky railway station, a model of the late Stalinist Empire style.
