Bloggers write
Anna Bronovitskaya on her Facebook page shared her impressions of the “press tour” at VDNKh. In her opinion, there is good and bad news. It is positive that serious experts were involved in the discussion of the legacy topic at VDNKh: Andrey Batalov, Boris Pasternak and Dmitry Shvidkovsky. All of them are of the opinion that VDNKh is an ensemble that needs to be fully guarded. Also, the head of the Moscow City Heritage Site, Alexander Kibovsky, confirmed that the status of the united security zone had not been replaced with the status of a landmark, that is, there should be no new construction within the security zone. On the other hand, Kibovsky made a reservation that “the territory is very torn apart” and it is difficult to determine the boundaries of the ensemble, thus there is a risk of narrowing the buffer zone to the central core. The giant oceanarium, which is being built without approval, has already been legalized, and the adjacent "Shipbuilding" pavilion has been demolished the other day. “So far, the exhibition continues to be a territory where laws do not apply,” concludes Anna Bronovitskaya. Her point of view was confirmed on April 18, when the dismantling of the modernist facades of the Zdorovye, Computing Machinery and Radioelectronics pavilions unexpectedly began, which had not been coordinated with specialists in any way. Bronovitskaya responded to this: “A week ago, the journalists were called, the experts were brought out and they solemnly announced that all decisions would be made after discussion with experts. And they immediately began to destroy that layer of the exhibition's architecture, which constitutes VDNKh. Then the name of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition would be returned immediately."
Alexander Shumsky acquaints readers with the project for the reconstruction of Revolution Square in Moscow, the concept of which was developed by the Wowhaus bureau. The blogger is impressed by the new ground crossing in front of the Bolshoi Theater, with which many commentators disagree, who fear problems for transport. The idea of creating summer cafes along the Kitay-Gorod wall was also criticized. As one of the users writes, "it seems that urbanists believe that Moscow is somewhere on the Mediterranean Sea, and it is warm here all year round."
Arkady Gershman has prepared a post about new urbanism promoting mixed block development, within which office, social, entertainment and other facilities are within walking distance. Also, this direction involves the creation of "green" buildings and public areas, the preservation of historical buildings and the reorientation of industrial facilities, the development of public transport. Readers are trying to figure out whether there is at least one project in Russia that corresponds to this type of development, and whether we need them at all. Another post is dedicated to unexpected color combinations of Moscow fences.
Bloggers take pictures
Blogger deni-spiri impressed his readers with photographs of the murals of an abandoned church in the town of Nikola-Vysoka, Tver region. “The painting in this temple is one of the best that we have encountered during all our travels,” the author writes. The temple also has a monumental main iconostasis and two side-houses. The villages in the area have died out, the services have not been held for a long time, the roads are gradually disappearing, what will happen to the temple is unknown.
Vadim Razumov prepared a photo report of the walk around the Razumovsky estate, the reconstruction of which began in 2010, as well as a short story about its history. Blog "Old Eagle" tells about the oldest surviving wooden building in the city - the 200-year-old house of Ermolov. The Shukhov Tower Foundation writes about a hyperboloid tower in the Japanese port of Kobe built in accordance with the patent of engineer Shukhov, which withstood a seven-point earthquake in 1995, and offers modern photographs of the building.
Bloggers show
Urbanurban publishes videos that showcase the growth of Paris, São Paulo and Los Angeles in the 19th and 20th centuries. The visualization was prepared by the staff of the Stern Urbanization Project, which exists at the base of New York University. The magazine also tells about the game Monument Valley, built on architectural puzzles reminiscent of the work of M. K. Escher. The artist and creator of the game, Ken Wong, said that the team's goal was to make every frame of the game so beautiful that it would be hung on the wall like a painting.
Yuri Krupnov published on his blog a film by Alena Oleinik and Boris Mamlin entitled "Omsk, the city where I am", in which an attempt was made to find and formulate the identity and mission of the city.
