Architect Andrey Barkhin in his blog raises the issue of harmonizing Moscow architecture. He believes that in order to create high-quality architecture, it is necessary, firstly, to "instill" in students the standards of European urban culture in architectural universities, and secondly, to turn to the achievements of pre-revolutionary culture. The architect says that this will create a new generation of designers "capable of embracing tradition and relaying its ideas in modern conditions." And blogger noarov writes that it is not at all necessary to refer to samples of classical architecture, it is more important to learn how to build comfortable and at the same time beautiful residential buildings.
Mikhail Korobko discusses why some objects become UNESCO monuments, while others, no less significant, do not. He writes about the recent protests of city rights defenders against the reconstruction of the temple near the Novodevichy Convent, and at the same time asks where they were when they decided to build two new churches on the historic monastery territory of the Donskoy Monastery. He sees the explanation in the fact that the Novodevichy Convent is a UNESCO monument, and the Donskoy is not.
And in St. Petersburg, construction has begun on the building of a parish school on the territory of the Shuvalov cemetery, writes the blog of a specialized group of ecology of ordinary architecture (ERA). Construction is being carried out in a protected landscape area, between two temples - cultural heritage sites. At the same time, the builders do not have all the documents necessary to start work, the blog says. In addition, according to the law, the construction of any objects not related to the ritual function is not allowed on the territory of the cemeteries. Activists have already sent appeals to specialized departments. The members of the ERA group are planning to do the same.
There you can also learn about how the renovation program of the historic center of St. Petersburg will contribute to the destruction of the heritage. The ERA group is confident that the program is being adopted only in order to build up the central areas of the city, which are still occupied by historical buildings. The activists are confident that the St. Petersburg soil in the city center will not withstand the work, which will result in the destruction of the front wings of the cultural heritage sites. The emergency state of buildings can be a pretext for their demolition, the authors conclude.
The blogger starcom68 writes about the restoration of the Izborsk fortress, which the Baltstroy company is engaged in, without even having a state contract for the work. It is curious that the restoration is carried out at the expense of the company itself. The author claims that in the course of the work, the cultural landscape of the fortress was destroyed, including maples and lime trees.
The Arkhnadzor public movement reports that the Russian Defense Ministry has closed Bolshoi Znamensky Lane in Moscow, between Znamenka Street and Kolymazhny Lane, for passage. Fences with gates and a checkpoint were built last year, but only now a pass system has been introduced, and in the neighboring inner-quarter passages - with passports. Meanwhile, in accordance with the Moscow law, the land plot under Bolshoy Znamensky lane from Znamenka to Kolymazhny lane is classified as common land, Arhnadzor emphasizes. An object of cultural heritage - the house of Sergei Shchukin - also ended up in a closed restricted area. Now people have been deprived of the right of access to it, guaranteed by the Russian constitution and federal legislation.
In the blog of "Arkhnadzor" you can also find out about the House of Theater Education in Moscow, built according to the project and at the expense of the artist Vasily Polenov.
The blog "Walks in Moscow" continues its regular section "Districts-Quarters" with a story about Krylatskoye, focusing on its main attractions - the "Chaz" house, the Olympic cycle track and the house built for Boris Yeltsin and his associates. You can read about the Lyublino estate and its surroundings in the blog "My Moscow".
The blog "Architectural Heritage" talks about the threat of demolition of three historic buildings of the Moskovsko-Yamskaya Sloboda. In their place, the BFA Development company plans to build modern houses. Also in the blog you can learn about the city of Sviyazhsk, founded by Ivan the Terrible to take Kazan.
The blog "Peace in a tree" calls on all caring people to help in the restoration of the burnt churchyard in the Upper River - the Verkhny Mudyuzhsky ensemble. The blogger babs71 writes about a house on the site of colonist A. F. Mundinger in Tsarskoe Selo, built in the Art Nouveau style using motifs of English medieval architecture. And kraeham tells about the dachas of the Sokolovs and Shikhobalovs in Samara, which were built in the period from 1909 to 1940.
At the end of the Strelka academic year, the director of the educational program of the institute, architect Yuri Grigoryan talks about its results and the institute's plans for the future. Normal 0 false false false RU X-NONE X-NONE
