Multifunctional complex on Khoroshevskoe highway. Competition
This time, the Architectural Council acted not only in its usual function, but also as a jury of the concept competition for a shopping complex on Khoroshevskoye Shosse, organized by TPS Nedvizhimost. The meeting of the jury was held behind closed doors, the IQ Studio project was announced as the winner. The second and third places were shared by ABD and UNK Project. Commenting on the voting results, Sergey Kuznetsov said that "the project of the winners meets the customer's requirements to the greatest extent, answers all the questions posed and was solved very elegantly and efficiently, with the use of correctly selected materials."
We publish the projects of the winners, as well as three other participants in the competition.
Contest Winner: IQ Studio
The building resembles a block of ice, something like a half-melted iceberg, in which water washed two streamlined tunnel-entrances. Metal panels in a pearlescent shade in combination with thin structural glazing in the entrance area and first floors add lightness to the volume, vertical slats serve to transition from blank surfaces to transparent ones. The square in front of the main entrance flows into the atrium, forming a single public space. Even the paving effortlessly overcomes the glass border of the walls and penetrates into the interior. The architecture is supported by "landscaping": a forest of streetlights shaped like "ice" trees support the theme, and the high backs of benches, along with islands of greenery, serve as protection from noise.
2nd / 3rd place: UNK Project
An example of a very delicate environment architecture. The four floors are united by a grid of thin pylons, the vertical rhythm of which responds to the drawing of the facades of the buildings adjacent to the complex. The corner part, where the main entrance is located, is as transparent as possible. The attic floor recedes noticeably from the façade line, leaving room for a large terrace with cafes and trees.
2nd / 3rd place: ABD architects
The image of the building is formed by thin horizontal bands that encircle its northern and western facades. Their uniform circular movement is interrupted by the smooth glass of the entrance area and two glass volumes protruding on the sides. In one of them, located on the northern facade, there is a restaurant, in the other, on the side of 4th Magistralnaya Street, there is a children's center. The billboards are slightly recessed. The atrium is illuminated by a large skylight.
projects of other participants in the competition:
AB Asadova
The architects proposed to make the embossed facades of the complex, similar to tree bark, from metal cassettes or from perforated panels. The plastic solution of the building responds to the need to place billboards, which are inextricably linked with the architecture of the complex. The authors suggested covering the space in front of the entrance with a large canopy, the lower edge of which can be used as a media screen in the evening.
Architect Vorontsov's office
The architects wrapped the building in an ornamental mesh of a curtain facade imitating wooden slats and slightly receding from the main glass facades. A large protruding rectangle serves as a media screen, and advertising strips are embedded in the shell at the second floor level.
Gradproekt
A lush ribbon of mirrored glass that swells at the corners and in the center is a suspended facade that recedes far from the body of the building. It can also be used as a media screen. The glass bubble of the entrance grows into the skylight of the atrium. The southern and eastern facades are more restrained; for decoration, the architects suggested using overlapping metal panels.
In addition to the competition projects, the architectural council considered another project in the "usual" mode - an apart-hotel from the workshop of Pavel Andreev.
Project of an apart-hotel at the intersection of Michurinsky Prospekt and Lobachevsky Street
The site with a serious (more than 10 meters) relief drop is located at the corner of Michurinsky Avenue and Lobachevsky Street. Previously, the project was dealt with by the Stroyproekt company, but at the stage of elaboration of details and facade solutions, he passed to Pavel Andreev, who presented two diametrically opposite options to the council.
The first corresponds to the original wishes of the customer and reflects the recognizable architectural style of the author. According to Pavel Andreev, "the proportions were slightly changed in relation to the previously existing version, the color scheme was thought out - restrainedly monochrome, but the nature of the architecture as a whole has not changed."
By his own admission, Andreev, this decision did not satisfy him, so a second, bolder option arose. Here the building is made up of two towers of different heights with sloping walls. Both towers, like the necks of a giraffe, grow out of a single eight-story volume. The expressiveness of the form is supported by the beaten rhythm of windows and bay windows, as well as the materials chosen for finishing - glass and steel or aluminum panels.
All participants unanimously supported this, the second option. According to Evgeny Ass, "the change in trend of Pavel Andreev is an important event in the world of Moscow architecture." However, Ass was questioned by the quarterly layout, which was the basis for the projected complex, since the complex is surrounded by buildings of the opposite, microdistrict type. A similar thought was voiced by Andrei Gnezdilov, pointing out that with such a layout it would not be possible to enter the courtyard through the adjacent intra-quarter passage.
All council members also agreed that the authors should carefully consider engineering and facade solutions in order to ensure the quality of the implementation and further operation of the complex. The oblique shape and a lot of curved lines, according to Evgeny Ass, create certain difficulties in finishing: "the slightest irregularities and defects in joining will be very painful to the eye." Sergei Tchoban also agreed with Ass, stressing that "the decision will not look convincing if you do not track all the details in the implementation process." Vladimir Plotkin recommended in the future to move away from redundant sharp-pointed solutions and, if possible, go to large-element coating of facades. Doubts were also caused by the layout of the territory: the courtyard of the residential building is very small, it is inexpedient to organize the entrance of cars here. According to Plotkin, the entire yard should be given to pedestrians.
Summarizing the discussion, Sergey Kuznetsov suggested supporting the second option, but recommended that the authors take into account all the comments made.
