On Tuesday, the intrigue with Zaryadye was resolved: one after another media reported that the terms of reference for the construction of the park will be carried out by a consortium led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with the participation of two other finalists - TPO Reserve and MVRDV. Archi.ru, The Village and Afisha published projects with comments from the jury. In an interview with Gazeta.ru, the chief architect of Moscow, Sergei Kuznetsov, noted that he was pleased with the way the competition went, especially because the new approach to the formation of the urban environment is connected with it. By the way, in the same interview, Kuznetsov noted that he was wrongly considered "a clear adherent of modern architecture" in the sense of spectacular and high-tech buildings and admitted that architecture that has "materiality, decorativeness and order signs ". However, the new "design code" is more likely for the center of Moscow, Kuznetsov added, since it is difficult to follow it outside the Third Transport Ring. But even here, in 30-40 years, when the "shelf life" of panel microdistricts expires, according to Kuznetsov, a full-scale renovation will begin according to the quarterly principle - a compact city, the architect is sure, "is easier in both engineering and social operation." Other interesting details of the "portrait" of the chief architect can be found in a large article in the magazine Architectural digest.
Meanwhile, Andrey Gnezdilov, the chief architect of the Research and Development Institute of the General Plan of Moscow, shares his ideas about Zaryadye in an interview with Kommersant. both in the direction of the Moskva River, and in the direction of the skyscraper on the Kotelnicheskaya embankment ", as the building of the Philharmonic will fit into the existing" air pool ", the architect notes. But Kirill Ass believes that it would be better to design not a park in Zaryadye, but the city itself, which was destroyed here in the 1930s. “The Diller Scofidio + Renfro project, divided into four zones and heated pavilions, resembles Gorky Park,” says the architect, “an absolutely entertaining story, when the snow has not yet fallen and the skating rinks are already opening. A huge model "Russia" was built in St. Petersburg, and here there will be a huge "Nature of Russia", and then they will also let the deer run. " And Kirill Ass also doubts the technical implementation of his plans - “all these beautiful designs will end when it comes to expertise”. Although, for example, the head of the Research and Development Institute of the General Plan of Moscow Karina Nigmatulina believes, “if you look at the details of the project, it will become clear that you don’t need to invest colossal money in it. All this is very realizable."
“Everything here is gratifying that it’s not Posokhin or Foster, even if it’s tundra with swamps,” Alexander Mozhaev comments on the results of the competition to Vesti; however, the winning project, unfortunately for a local historian, is an improvisation that has nothing to do with either archeology or the architectural symbols of the former Zaryadye. Pyotr Miroshnik on Yopolis.ru explains the position of city rights activists: “The winning project is drawing a restaurant on the site of the church of St. Nicholas Mokroi. The project that took third place is a reservoir, the bronze project is an underground parking. And this despite the fact that the foundations of the church, which was one of the symbols of the region, have been preserved at the entrance to the Zaryadye cinema. The author reminds us that the same thing happens with the foundations of the Kitay-Gorod wall along the embankment, the preservation of which was supposed to be only one project and that was not included in the number of finalists.
But the Deputy Mayor of Moscow Marat Khusnullin in an interview with Echo Moskvy noted that the competition was not just a success - it was noticed by the world architectural community and even the New York Times had posted material about Zaryadye on the front page the day before. Khusnullin also said that the finalists have already agreed to make a "combined team" to prepare the terms of reference, on the basis of which the mayor's office will announce a competition for the design and construction of the park in the middle of next year.
The newspaper "Kommersant", meanwhile, devotes material to another competition conceived by the mayor's office - on the concept of the development of the Moscow River with the transformation of embankments into pedestrian areas. The opinions of experts, however, are very restrained on this score. "The trend of turning all spaces into pedestrian spaces has somewhat outgrown its meaning," notes, for example, urbanist Andrei Ivanov, recalling that "the center of Moscow has more serious problems." "Knocking out" a number of embankments at once from the transport frame of the center will inevitably aggravate traffic in other areas, according to the Dean of the Higher School of Urban Studies Alexander Vysokovsky. But inspired by the success of the “park projects”, the city authorities continue to “pedestrianize” the capital with might and main. Arbat, recessed into bulk green curbs.
And again, "Kommersant" publishes this week news that is disappointing for city rights defenders that the Moscow Heritage Committee still approved the demolition of six buildings of the Sretensky Monastery, thus clearing out. site for the construction of a new church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. Leaving aside the quality of the architectural project, the coordinator of "Arkhnadzor" Konstantin Mikhailov again recalls a direct violation of the law on the protected zones of the monastery; however, according to the newspaper, with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture, the borders of the zone will most likely be changed. The same Ministry of Culture was subjected to a flurry of criticism this week for inaction during the demolition of the constructivist Stroyburo House in Korolev, Moscow Region. Experts on Colta.ru write in detail about the value of one of the world's first communal houses, built by famous architects A. Langman and L. Cherikover. Meanwhile, with the active assistance of the developer, who had recently resettled the damaged house, the commune recently burned for the eighth time and was actually destroyed during the "extinguishing of the fire." Unfortunately, the meeting of the Public Chamber held on Thursday did not save the house: as Novye Izvestia writes, there is only one facade left of it; but the defenders of the monument still hope to save at least the frescoes of the 1920s that were found in it the day before.
Unlike the new church in the Sretensky Monastery, the affairs of another large project of the Russian Orthodox Church - a spiritual and cultural center on the Quai Branly in Paris - did not go well. In fact, the avant-garde project of a temple under a glass roof, with which the Russian-French team won an international competition several years ago, is no longer on the agenda. According to Kommersant, the conflict with the Parisian authorities led to the fact that the design was handed over to the Frenchman Jean-Michel Wilmotte, who is ready to present his “less extravagant” version to the public by the end of this year.
