Press / Moscow
The chief architect of the capital, Sergei Kuznetsov, gave an extensive interview to the magazine "Profile", in which he spoke about the most significant changes that are planned in Moscow until 2018, and the Portal of the Moscow Architectural Council provided details of the projects of multifunctional complexes that were submitted for Working Considerations this week. In the list: 2-storey bus station as part of TPU "Tushino" from the Bureau of TPO "Reserve"; The multifunctional complex on Akademik Ilyushin Street, designed by the bureau of Alexander Asadov; multifunctional residential complex at 49 Suschevsky Val, the project of which is being developed by the SPEECH bureau, and some others.
The portal also talked to the founders of the Buromoscow workshop, Yulia Burdova and Olga Aleksakova, about how much more pleasant sleeping areas can become for life. According to the architects, the current dull look of the houses is not the biggest problem. Comfortable courtyards, "active" ground floors, well-thought-out layout and height, delimitation of zones and an individual approach can result in multifunctional areas where people can live, work and relax at their own pleasure. As an example, a quarter in Molokovo designed by Buromoscow.
MARSH graduates think about similar problems. Archplatform publishes an interview with Maria Tyulkina, who defended her diploma in the studio of Rubens Cortes "Unfinished Moscow" and received a special prize for her project at an exhibition at the London Metropolitan University.
Hypostases of a tree
Alexey Shchukin has prepared a new article for the Expert Online portal. This time, the author talks about alternative methods of working with the historical environment in the city center, which is mostly made up of vulnerable wooden structures. In contrast to the demolition and subsequent construction of multi-storey complexes, Shchukin gives an example of the successful integration of "pieces of wood" into a modern city. This scenario was implemented in the 130th quarter of Irkutsk and is being prepared for implementation in Samara, where a conflict-free renovation project for the 79th quarter is being developed, and local residents are involved in it as active players.
Our portal spoke with the Austrian architect Werner Nussmüller about wood as a material that has become fashionable. Despite some limitations and prejudices associated with wood (acoustics, span size, fire hazard), it is increasingly being used for the construction of truly "green" objects, both social and more expensive.
The Art Newspaper Russia talks about the upcoming Archstoyanie festival in Nikola-Lenivets, the main event of which will be the presentation of the multi-tiered 20-meter lazy ziggurat belvedere made of logs bought with public money.
DK and VDNKh
Izvestia says that the capital's houses of culture will turn into modern public spaces. Recreation areas with Wi-Fi and board games will be created inside, lecture halls, scientific and technical laboratories, etc. The initiators hope that residents of the outskirts will want to spend more time in such centers than in supermarkets and malls. By autumn, Severnoye Chertanovo, Druzhba in Biryulyovo, Zelenograd, Sovremennik in Strogino, Zodchia and Onezhsky will be renewed. How global these changes are can be understood from the project of transforming the Palace of Culture in Strogino, which The Village writes about.
Gazeta.ru reports on new people involved in the reconstruction of VDNKh. The founder of the Afisha company and one of the founders of the Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture and Design Ilya Oskolkov-Tsentsiper and the former chief editor of the joint editorial office of Afisha-Rambler, Yuri Saprykin, are involved in the case. So far, it is only known that the consulting company "Tsentsiper" will provide consulting support in the formation of the concept for the development of the exhibition.
Identity of cities
Urbanurban publishes a video of Viktor Vakhstein's lecture on Moscow's identity. The main conclusions: the capital is a meta-city, a black box and an “office city” whose residents do not feel like Muscovites. The magazine also talks about the Liveable City service, which was invented by St. Petersburg students. With its help, you can determine how attractive a place in St. Petersburg is for life. Another group of students prepared a concept for transforming the long-suffering embankments of the Obvodny Canal into a recreation area, The Village reports.
Afisha-Gorod asks why the capital has pedestrian zones, floor navigation in the metro and bicycle paths, but there are still fewer tourists in Moscow than in St. Petersburg, where such infrastructure does not even think to appear. Serafim Orekhanov believes that St. Petersburg "gives rise to such meanings for which people are ready to come, despite the rather trashy climatic conditions, the need to obtain a visa, the high cost of tickets, and so on." Moscow is also encouraged to follow a similar path.
Blogs
Ilya Varlamov's post with photographs of the new microdistrict of Samara "Krutye Klyuchi" blew up the Internet space. In the comments it was dubbed a barracks, a concentration camp, “storage rooms for buyers of the nearby Mega”, a pig farm, “Enjoy Your Bath”, etc. However, there are those who find advantages in the venture: accessibility, low-rise, there will be no problems with parking, and the infrastructure can be established. If you look into the group of residents of the microdistrict, dissatisfied people are also not found, although people communicate more intensively than at any homeowners association meeting.
Alexander Antonov on Facebook reports that a similar product has become in demand in the regions of the country: it is likely that similar projects will appear in the Ulyanovsk, Kaluga and Penza regions. On his page, he publishes fresh photos of the quarter on Bazovskaya, which after Samara seems to be a piece of a city in another country.
The editorial staff of the Strelka Institute blog spoke with the American architectural critic Nikolai Urusoff. In his opinion, one of the essential tasks of a critic is "to broadcast ideas that are floating in the architectural environment and translate them into an understandable language for a large audience" so that people can discuss architecture as freely as cinema or sports. Perhaps the book that Urusoff left the New York Times to write will contribute significantly to this. The blog also wrote about the innovations that await the students of the institute in the coming academic year.
Mikhail Belov has published two essays. In the first, he proves that constructivism, functionalism and classicism (utility, strength, beauty) have always existed and will exist, but under different guises. The second, probably inspired by the Rem Koolhaas Biennial in Venice, focuses on the wall as a cornerstone of architecture.
The Let's Save the Red Lyagu community publishes a photo report on the latest changes that took place during the restoration of the Sreteno-Mikhailovskaya Church. The moderators and authors of the Sobora.ru portal are trying themselves as the initiator of a program for the preservation of one specific, but very important architectural monument. With the funds raised, activists have been attracting the attention of society and the authorities to the unique facility since 2012, and they are also carrying out emergency recovery work there.
User starcheolog reports that volunteers are required at the Yuryev Monastery near Veliky Novgorod to search for fragments of 12th century frescoes, and Andrei Anisimov on Facebook posts the latest photos of the Church of St. George the Victorious in Nizhny Novgorod.
Arkady Gershman continues to follow the changes at VDNKh, and also talks about the project to recreate the tram network in Luxembourg.
